Tommyland
by Tommy Lee
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I am Tommy Lee, born Thomas Lee Bass in Athens, Greece, on October 3, 1962, and raised in a suburb of California by an American father and a Greek mother. At seventeen, I joined Mötley Crüe and we became one of the baddest-ass rock bands in history. We sold over 40 million albums, we wreaked havoc, we scared parents, and we titillated too many fathers' daughters. I've been married three times: once for just a few days to a Penthouse Pet, for seven years to Heather Locklear, and then for show more five years to Pamela Anderson, with whom I have two beautiful sons. I've gotten into a lot of fights and I've been to jail a few times.But this book isn't your typical journey in a straight line from day one to day now. I'm more interested in revealing what's most important about my life, like how I cook my steaks; what I think of the tabloids, the truth, my ex-wives, my ex-band, my music; and what an innocent observer might find hanging around my house any given Sunday. You'll get plenty of facts and I'll tell you a story, but my real mission here is to paint you a picture of my life. I want to show you how my memories smell.
I'd like to get into it now, so please take your seats. I advise you to keep your arms and legs inside the car at all times. If you have a pacemaker, a heart condition, or if you are pregnant or too damn short to reach the safety bar, I ask that you turn back immediately. Those with weak stomachs, strict morals, or chronic indigestion should put the book down now. For the rest of you, there's one truth that's real across the board: What you send out is what you get back. Send out the good, people, and it will come back to you. There's another thing I've learned over the years, in court, in fights, and in arguments with people I love: There isn't one truth, there are many. This book is my truth.
NOTE: THE EBOOK DOES NOT INCLUDE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT APPEAR IN THE PRINT EDITIONS.
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This was good - not great. Not a lot of smut, more like "a day in the life of Tommy Lee".
Motley Crue was my favorite band for a couple years - between Def Leppard and Metallica. But once I got into thrash I never went back to listening to them. I still love the old music though and now I'm interested in hearing some of Tommy's new solo stuff.
Overall Tommy sounds like a big kid. Really. He sounds about 17 throughout the entire book. Even when he's talking about deep topics. That got a little annoying but he ALWAYS seemed really sincere. It was way better than most of the musician's autobiographies I've read where they seem to focus on doing drugs all the time - that is REALLY annoying.
I liked the jail chapter the best. I also felt show more really bad for him about all the intrusions into his privacy and getting sued all the time. show less
Motley Crue was my favorite band for a couple years - between Def Leppard and Metallica. But once I got into thrash I never went back to listening to them. I still love the old music though and now I'm interested in hearing some of Tommy's new solo stuff.
Overall Tommy sounds like a big kid. Really. He sounds about 17 throughout the entire book. Even when he's talking about deep topics. That got a little annoying but he ALWAYS seemed really sincere. It was way better than most of the musician's autobiographies I've read where they seem to focus on doing drugs all the time - that is REALLY annoying.
I liked the jail chapter the best. I also felt show more really bad for him about all the intrusions into his privacy and getting sued all the time. show less
Hilarious. Tommy has long been one of the funniest members of Motley Crue and this book is no exception. I do have to say though that some of the funniest bits are Pam Anderson or their kids.
A bit annoying as it is written in Tommy-talk, but full of gossip and sex nonetheless.
This Was a fun book. I like the hollywood gossip and it gives him a chance to tell his side of the story. I read Pam Anderson's book too.
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Rock Bios
50 works; 3 members
Mötley Crüe
16 works; 1 member
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- Original publication date
- 2004
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- Music, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 782.42166092 — Arts & recreation Music Vocal Music, Singing Secular forms of vocal music Songs General principles and musical forms Traditions of secular songs {genres} Rock songs modified standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography Biography
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- ML419 .L42 .A3 — Music Literature on music Literature on music History and criticism Biography
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- English
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