Tommy Lee Biography

Tommy Lee

(Thomas Lee Bass)
rock musician
Born: 10/3/1962
Birthplace: Athens, Greece

Lee has been drummer for the heavy metal band Motley Crue since its beginnings in 1981 and with whom he has released albums Too Fast for Love (1981), Girls Girls Girls (1987), and Generation Swine (1997). He has been married to actresses Heather Locklear (1986–94) and Pamela Anderson (1995–). Problems with the law have interrupted Lee's career. In 1997 Lee was arrested, with band member Nikki Sixx, for encouraging fans to rush the stage during a concert in Phoenix; he was arraigned for allegedly beating a photographer in 1998; and in May 1998 he was sentenced to six months in prison for assaulting his wife Anderson. She filed for divorce but the two reconciled and reunited in 1999.


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