Known for Acting
Birthday
October 3, 1962
Place of Birth
Athens, Greece
Biography
Thomas Lee Bass (born October 3, 1962) is an American musician and founding member of Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem, and has pursued solo musical projects. Lee was born Thomas Lee Bass on October 3, 1962, in Athens, Greece, to father David Lee Thomas Bass, an American U.S. Army sergeant, and mother Vassilikki "Voula" Papadimitriou (Greek: Βασιλική Παπαδημητρίου), a Miss Greece contestant for the 1960 Miss World event. His family moved to California a year after he was born. He received his first drum when he was four years old, and his first drum kit when he was a teenager. Lee dropped out of high school to pursue a career in music, starting with the band Suite 19. He has a younger sister, Athena Lee (née Bass), who was also the drummer in his solo band KrunK and was married to James Kottak, the drummer for the rock band Scorpions. As a teenager, Lee listened to Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Cheap Trick, Kiss, AC/DC and Sweet. His main drumming influences were John Bonham, Tommy Aldridge, Alex Van Halen and Terry Bozzio.

Bones

Saturday Night Live

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Californication

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Goldbergs

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Punk'd

MTV Video Music Awards

V.I.P.

V.I.P.

Comedy Central Roasts

The Frank Skinner Show

Fastlane

The Muppets Mayhem

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Counting Cars
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