October 27, 2001 From Tommy's diary: THE RECORD IS FINALLY DONE FREAKS!! IT'S THE BOMB..... YOU GUYS ARE GONNA DIG IT!! IT'S RELEASE SHOULD BE AROUND MARCH WITH A SINGLE AND VIDEO IN LATE FEB. October 25, 2001 I found this article from etonline from August 28, 2001: Tommy Lee: The Latest ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT: First of all, what do you want to tell fans who are wondering where you are? TOMMY LEE: I've been underground since September at my home studio writing, recording, and now we've moved production from my place up to my producer's place up in the Hollywood hills. We're just putting the finishing touches on a record that's going to come out at the first of the year. ET: In light of recent events, how are you holding up? How is your family holding up, and the kids and everything? TOMMY: Everybody's doing really good. Everyone's fine. ET: Tell me about recording at home. TOMMY: I've got a real nice set up there. I can wake up, have something to eat, go downstairs and do what I love to do best, and that's make music and write and record and it's all right there. More and more you see studios in a lot of people's homes these days, because they like to just wake up and be inspired, or at two in the morning you get up and say, "I've got to lay this down really quick or I'm going to forget it." So, it's just ... it's the ultimate big notepad. It's cool. ET: What kind of stuff inspires you? TOMMY: Usually the truth. Just real stuff. The things that I've experienced, or the things that I've been through, or things that I've seen other people go through. But I don't really write about fiction. I write about what's going on, what's happening. ET: What can people expect to hear, what's the sound you're going for? TOMMY: It's probably heavier than the first METHODS OF MAYHEM record, I'm always trying to push the envelope with my producer, to make sure that what we're doing is not only current, but futuristic as well. ET: Are there going to be some more videos? I saw "Get Naked" today and it was kind of an all-star thing. Are you going to be doing some more of that? TOMMY: I'm trying not to have a gazillion collaborations this time, and just keep it focused on what I'm doing. There's going to be a few guest stars, and I'll just kind of keep that a secret until it comes out. But, nothing like last time. That was a lot of people on the record and it will be a little bit different this time. ET: Do you have any aspirations to act? TOMMY: I don't know yet. I'm still playing with it, so we'll see what happens. ET: You've done it in so many videos, that should be training ground enough. TOMMY: Yeah, but that's something you're really comfortable with. You're playing music, you're behind your instrument, you're singing, you're playing drums, you're playing guitar. Speaking parts and acting, that's like a whole different ball game. ET: Are we ever going to see you on one of those game shows or reality shows? TOMMY: Hell no! (laugh) I hope not. That will mean my career is over. ET: We also hear that you have a new girlfriend. TOMMY: Yeah, I've got a new girlfriend, and this one's going to be different, because I'm going to keep my private life really private this time. ET: I know that you've talked to HOWARD STERN about PAMELA (ANDERSON) and the whole KID ROCK thing, are you still... TOMMY: (laughs) Saving these questions for last. You know what, I've got really nothing to say about all that. I hope that they are happy and doing their thing. ET: Do you run into to each other? How is everything going with the kids? TOMMY: They're doing so well. We just went out boating a couple of weeks ago, and fishing with the boys. October 24, 2001 Tommy Lee whips it out for Rob Zombie Tommy Lee has whipped it out for Rob Zombie (well, his drum sticks at least). Rob's also enticed Ozzy Osbourne, Slayer's Kerry King, DJ Lethal and Beastie Boys DJ Mix Master to play on his new record. It appears everyone loves Rob Zombie. It's been three years since his last album but Rob's hitting back hard with 'The Sinister Urge' mid November. Says Zombie: ``My goal was to make a big, lush, live sounding hard rock album, reminiscent of the albums I grew up listening to. Musically it is not a radical departure, but it is definitely more melodic and straight to the point. I wanted it to play as an album from start to finish, not just a bunch of songs strung together.'' The new Zombie album comes with it's own headlines. Rob will debut the theme for the movie he directed "House of 1000 Corpses", "Never Gonna Stop", already known to WWF fans as Edge's theme song and the Ozzy partnered "Iron Head". Ozzy and Rob also team for a co-headline tour across America over the next few weeks. Rob's last album "Hellbilly Deluxe" debuted at #5 in the USA in 1998. by Paul Cashmere Undercover Music News October 5, 2001 From Tommy's diary: ......I SKYDIVED FROM 12,000 FEET FOR MY BDAY! DAAAAAAAAAAAMN!!!!! WHAT A BLAST!! MAYTE JUMPED TOO!!!! WOW..... IS ALL I CAN SAY!! IF YA HAVEN'T JUMPED YOU SHOULD!! HANDS DOWN THE CRAZIEST SHIT EVER!!!!!! October 3, 2001 Happy Birthday, Tommy! BACK TO ARCHIVE