tommy lee

Lee was born Thomas Lee Bass on October 3rd, 1962 in Athens, Greece, to father David Lee Thomas Bass, an American U.S. Army sergeant, as well as mother Vassiliki "Voula" Papadimitriou (Greek: Basilike Papademetriou), one of the contestants in the 1957 Miss Greece beauty contest. Athena is his older sister. She is also a drummer. Lee was only two years old [4] when his father accompanied his family on a trip to the United States. Lee received his first drum sticks at the age of four, and his first big drum kit when he was an teen. To pursue a career in a musician, he dropped out of highschool and joined the L.A. nightclub band Suite 19. In his teen years was listening to Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Cheap Trick, Kiss, AC/DC and Sweet. John Bonham, Tommy Aldridge and Alex Van Halen were his primary drumming influencers. Terry Bozzio has also been an influential influence.