    thomas lee bass (born october 3, 1962), best known as tommy lee, is an american musician and founding member of heavy metal band mÃ¶tley crÃ¼e. as well as being the band's long-term drummer, lee founded rap-metal band methods of mayhem, and has pursued solo musical projects. he has been married to model elaine starchuk and actresses heather locklear and pamela anderson. ==early life== lee was born in athens, greece, as thomas lee bass to father david oliver bass, a us army serviceman partly of welsh descent, and mother vassiliki papadimitriou (greek: ÎÎ±ÏÎ¹Î»Î¹ÎºÎ® Î Î±ÏÎ±Î´Î·Î¼Î·ÏÏÎ¯Î¿Ï), a 1957 miss greece contestant. his family moved to california a year after his birth. he received his first drum when he was four and his first drum kit when he was a teenager. as a teen, lee listened to led zeppelin, van halen, cheap trick, kiss, ac/dc and sweet. his main drum influences were john bonham, tommy aldridge, alex van halen and terry bozzio. after transferring from south hills high school; he joined the marching band at royal oak high school (
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