Clubplanet,com recently conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

Clubplanet.com: Tommy, was there a moment where you first fell in love with electronic music, and is there a split between rock and dance fans who come to see you DJ?

Tommy Lee: At our L.A. Forum gig, there were 6,000 people, and everyone was dancing their asses off! I've always loved dance music, even back in the disco era.

Clubplanet.com: Which DJs do you like?

Lee: I like Benny Benassi, Adam Freeland, Erick Morillo…Erick and I've done a couple of things together. I can't believe it's such a shock that I like dance music, because any time I've done anything with drums, I've always incorporated electro ****, always, always, always! When I'm at home, dance music is all I listen to! I'm actually kinda over rock music…

Clubplanet.com: Tommy, did you just say you're over rock?

Lee: I really am! If I sit-down to write a song, it's definitely gonna have beats…but, just the old drum sound or cheesy rock guitars…I'm just like, ugh! I'm just tired of the same-ole.

Clubplanet.com: If electronic music producers can incorporate rock guitars and other rock-inspired sounds into their dance music, why can't a rock star play electronic music, right?

Lee: Totally! You know what I just heard today? It's a band from Australia called SILVERCHAIR; they're a rock band and I heard it from radio. They have a track called "Straight Lines", and it's a remix waiting to happen!

Clubplanet.com: When did you first become inspired to dabble in electronic dance music?

Lee: I think working on the METHODS OF MAYHEM project, which was a hybrid, rock-techno-industrial-metal thing…I wanted to combine all of those styles and put them on one record. I had everyone from Snoop Dogg to the guy from the CRYSTAL METHOD, to Kid Rock, to George Clinton, to the WU-TANG CLAN! That project was in '99-2000. I didn't just wanna be this one-dimensional "rock guy."

Clubplanet.com: Tommy, is there an aspect of DJing that satisfies you as a musician, whereas you don't find the same fulfillment playing in a band?

Lee: Yeah, it's the sounds. You sit there and you play a rock concert, and it's loud 'n' banging. But the electronic sound hits so much harder and there's something about the bass [in electronic music] that freaks me out! If you go to a club, you'll find me standing in front of the sub-woofers! [laughs] That's something that comes from DJing that I don't get from playing rock music, that big bass and gorgeous analog sound. Those sounds don't come from drums or guitars…those sounds only come from electronic drums or synthesizers! It's a whole new set of sounds you can't get with a rock band. Listen, I love rock. But with electronic, I get to taste all the flavors.

Clubplanet.com: I never would've thought Tommy Lee was such an electronic music enthusiast. Do you mind being called a "celebrity DJ?"

Lee: [moans] I ****ing hate the celeb-DJ ****. My feelings get hurt. Some stupid tabloid mentioned me and Lindsay Lohan as being "celebrity DJs." Don't even put her with me in the same sentence.

Clubplanet.com: Tommy, do you ever feel as though people doubt your sincerity as a DJ?

Lee: I'm not DJing for any other reason than because I love it! When I'm sitting at a drum machine making beats, I'm in my happiest state ever. I could literally die. My close friends who come see us DJ, they're like, "Dude, when you DJ, you go into your own world!" That's true.

Clubplanet.com: Is there a downside to your fame when you're DJing?

Lee: Well, you've got the MÖTLEY fans, you've got the Tommy Lee fans, and the dance kids in there. I like it, because it's been my goal to get everyone to have fun together. I'd be so much happier if all the cameras were put away, though. Sometimes, the lighting guys are like, "What kind of lights do you want?" I'm like, "Please do not put a spotlight on me!" If I don't get a chance to tell them before the show and they put a bright spotlight on me, I ask [my tour manager] to put the spotlight on the kids.

Read the entire interview at Clubplanet.com.

ohno:

George Clinton is P-FUNK. The Funkmaster. :rock:

Tommy - do the world a favor - GO AWAY. :mad: Get over yourself, too.

Tommy Lee is a moron. It is a shame that he always seems to have a foot in his mouth because he really is a great drummer. I wish that he would shut his big pie hole and get back behind the drum kit where he belongs. :drummer:

It's really so pathetic that Tommy Lee would give up the music that made him a gazillionaire to pursue the path of K-Fed that will ultimately bankrupt him. He's done this with Methods Of Mayhem, and his NU-metal direction didn't happen. And he'd better watch out, because I've read that rap and hip-hop isn't even selling that well. (How can it, when everyone's DOWNLOADING stuff for free?? :rolleyes: )

What's next, and upside-down turntable, like on the 1987 Girls Girls Girls Tour with the rotating inverted drumkit?

I look at the cool old pictures of the Crue from way back when, and it's hard for me to believe that Tommy Lee could ever go that route with rap:

Well if Hip-Hop and Rap aren't selling that well and not making money due to downloading, that can be said abt any artist regardless of the kind of music they make. Artists are making money whether it is rock, rap, pop, etc.

Funny that was mentioned here, when last night there was a countdown of the richest artists in Hip-Hop and Rap. DAMN!!!!! No wonder they live the way they do. First they have no money, then BOOM! they are making gazillions. :crazy: This is according to FORBES.

Well if Hip-Hop and Rap aren't selling that well and not making money due to downloading, that can be said abt any artist regardless of the kind of music they make. Artists are making money whether it is rock, rap, pop, etc.

Funny that was mentioned here, when last night there was a countdown of the richest artists in Hip-Hop and Rap. DAMN!!!!! No wonder they live the way they do. First they have no money, then BOOM! they are making gazillions. :crazy: This is according to FORBES.True, downloading is hurting all genres of music. I can't say someone's not making SOME money on it. Downloading won't replace an album or CD in the long run.

It is funny, in both metal and rap, guys either like Axl Rose or Ice Cube, etc., who come from practically nothing who sing Welcome to the Jungle and such about the wrong side of the tracks and being so down on their luck, finally get to being some of the richest performers in the industry--but where's all that wonderful "street cred"?

Of course, some of these guys come from rather well-to-do backgrounds as well, and want us to believe they're from the bad side of town.

True, downloading is hurting all genres of music. I can't say someone's not making SOME money on it. Downloading won't replace an album or CD in the long run.

It is funny, in both metal and rap, guys either like Axl Rose or Ice Cube, etc., who come from practically nothing who sing Welcome to the Jungle and such about the wrong side of the tracks and being so down on their luck, finally get to being some of the richest performers in the industry--but where's all that wonderful "street cred"?

Of course, some of these guys come from rather well-to-do backgrounds as well, and want us to believe they're from the bad side of town.
I know. :rofl: That is what drives me crazy. I remember when having "street cred" as you pointed out, was part of the promotion for selling music. C'mon, as if that would be the reason I would buy any sort of music. :crazy: Yeah, like I listen to Loretta Lynn music because she was so damn poor and ate squirrel meat and got one new dress a year, was dirt poor, etc. :crazy: :lol: I like her music and many other genres of music because of how it sounds to me. I like some rap, some hip-hop, a lot of R&B, funk, pop, blues, etc. I have CD's from different styles/genre of music.

Now, whether an artist can make or offer different style/genre of music is another story. :lol: Some can pull it off, most others cannot.

I know. :rofl: That is what drives me crazy. I remember when having "street cred" as you pointed out, was part of the promotion for selling music. C'mon, as if that would be the reason I would buy any sort of music. :crazy: Yeah, like I listen to Loretta Lynn music because she was so damn poor and ate squirrel meat and got one new dress a year, was dirt poor, etc. :crazy: :lol: I like her music and many other genres of music because of how it sounds to me. I like some rap, some hip-hop, a lot of R&B, funk, pop, blues, etc. I have CD's from different styles/genre of music.

Now, whether an artist can make or offer different style/genre of music is another story. :lol: Some can pull it off, most others cannot.I really wonder if Tommy Lee could do it, I doubt it. He's too tied into the image and rep of wife-beating percussionist for pretty boys Motley Crue.

Actually, the wife-beating part might help his rap cred. ;)

I really wonder if Tommy Lee could do it, I doubt it. He's too tied into the image and rep of wife-beating percussionist for pretty boys Motley Crue.

Actually, the wife-beating part might help his rap cred. ;)
On the other hand, remember a few months back when Motley Crue ripped Paris Hilton?? It was so funny that MOTLEY CRUE thought Paris Hilton was too slutty for them!! :rofl: I can't find that thread - we had so much fun with it. :lol: