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'''Thomas Lee Bass''' (born October 3, 1962)<ref name="Tommy Lee AMG">{{cite web|last=Prato|first=Greg|title=Tommy Lee Biography|accessdate=January 28, 2014|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tommy-lee-mn0000521424/biography}}</ref> is a musician most famous as the founding member and drummer of [[W:Mötley Crüe|Mötley Crüe]]. In 2014, he joined [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smashing_Pumpkins the Smashing Pumpkins] to perform drums for their [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monuments_to_an_Elegy Monuments to an Elegy] album.<ref name="SmashingPumpkins">{{cite web|last1=Grow|first1=Kory|title=Motley Crue's Tommy Lee to Drum on Smashing Pumpkins Record|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/motley-crues-tommy-lee-to-drum-on-smashing-pumpkins-record-20140508|website=Rolling Stone|accessdate=7 March 2016}}</ref>
'''Thomas Lee Bass''' (born October 3, 1962)<ref name="Tommy Lee AMG">{{cite web|last=Prato|first=Greg|title=Tommy Lee Biography|accessdate=January 28, 2014|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tommy-lee-mn0000521424/biography}}</ref> is a musician most famous as the founding member and drummer of [[W:Mötley Crüe|Mötley Crüe]]. In 2014, he joined [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] to perform drums for their [[Monuments to an Elegy]] album.<ref name="SmashingPumpkins">{{cite web|last1=Grow|first1=Kory|title=Motley Crue's Tommy Lee to Drum on Smashing Pumpkins Record|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/motley-crues-tommy-lee-to-drum-on-smashing-pumpkins-record-20140508|website=Rolling Stone|accessdate=7 March 2016}}</ref> The idea to enlist Lee came from [[Jeff Schroeder]]. During the [[May 2014 – The Village Recorder and Pumpkinland II|May 2014 studio sessions]], Corgan told Schroeder "we really need to get someone like Tommy to play on this song" (which song is unclear), and Schroeder simply replied “well, why don’t we reach out to him?”<ref>Billy Corgan, "Mirrors Within Mirrors, While Tom-Tomming With Hammers", Smashing Pumpkins Nexus, May 8, 2019</ref>


{{Cquote|I've known Tommy since 1992. Didn't know him real well, but enough to call him up. He was like, 'The Pumpkins drumming style is a lot busier than I play.' But he heard it in demo form and said, 'I wanna play on all of them.' You can hear on tracks like '[[Run2Me]]', where he did a lot of drum programming – he took real investment in the material.|author=Billy Corgan|source=Q&A, [[w:Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]], January 2015}}
{{Cquote|I've known Tommy since 1992. Didn't know him real well, but enough to call him up. He was like, 'The Pumpkins drumming style is a lot busier than I play.' But he heard it in demo form and said, 'I wanna play on all of them.' You can hear on tracks like '[[Run2Me]]', where he did a lot of drum programming – he took real investment in the material.|author=Billy Corgan|source=Q&A, [[w:Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]], January 2015}}

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Tommy Lee
Lee in March 2012
Background information
Birth nameThomas Lee Bass
BornOctober 3, 1962
Athens, Greece
InstrumentsDrums, vocals
Associated actsThe Smashing Pumpkins, Fuel, Rob Zombie, many others
Websitetommylee.com

Thomas Lee Bass (born October 3, 1962)[1] is a musician most famous as the founding member and drummer of Mötley Crüe. In 2014, he joined The Smashing Pumpkins to perform drums for their Monuments to an Elegy album.[2] The idea to enlist Lee came from Jeff Schroeder. During the May 2014 studio sessions, Corgan told Schroeder "we really need to get someone like Tommy to play on this song" (which song is unclear), and Schroeder simply replied “well, why don’t we reach out to him?”[3]

Relevant discography

References

  1. Prato, Greg. "Tommy Lee Biography". Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  2. Grow, Kory. "Motley Crue's Tommy Lee to Drum on Smashing Pumpkins Record". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  3. Billy Corgan, "Mirrors Within Mirrors, While Tom-Tomming With Hammers", Smashing Pumpkins Nexus, May 8, 2019
  4. Pattison, Louis: "Q&A", Uncut, January 2015, p67