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TOMMY LEE: 'I Love To Sing And I Love To Play Drums'

September 5, 2005

ChartAttack.com recently spoke to MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee about his recently released solo album, "Tommyland: The Ride". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

On being a solo artist:

"I love to sing and I love to play drums so it's not that big of a deal to me. But I do enjoy being the singer. It's obvious even when I do my drum solos I always make them a big spectacle. I love being out front."

On being more DIY/hands-on with this album than with 2002's "Never A Dull Moment".

"My last record which I worked my fucking ass off never saw the light of day. MCA just fell off the face of the planet. I was like, 'Fuck, this can't be happening to me.' I put so much time and love into a record and just watched it just crash. Here I'm in control. I'm able to get my music to people for $7.92. I don't have 400 people on a major label to employ so I can make the price right. I mean how cool is that? A CD should be priced like that."

On releasing the new album in Canada via NICKELBACK frontman Chad Kroeger's 604 Records:

"I built this virtual record company and he saw what I was doing. He was like, 'Wow man, why don't you let us distribute the record up in Canada?' So I said, 'Take care of Canada and I'll take care of the United States.'"

On collaborating with Kroeger on a song for the new album:

"I met Chad a few years ago. I said we should make music together and he said, 'Yeah, that would be great' — you know how people say that and it never happens. I was working on my record and I called Chad to see if he wanted to do a track together and, funny story, he said, 'I'll be there in three hours.' He hangs up gets on a plane from Vancouver to L.A. and I swear to god he was in my house within three-and-a-half hours. It was fucking awesome."

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