September 28, 1999 The latest post from Tommy from the AOL Methods Of Mayhem folder: Hey guys!........I will be done with the CD this Sunday! Just putting the final tweaks down..... This is by far the best Music I have ever writtin! You guys are gonna freak!!! I'm losing it!!! Also, check out the Gallery for new pics! September 24, 1999 TODAY is the day to watch the 1515 News show on MTV for the interview with Tommy from the "Get Naked" video shoot. The air times are as follows: September 24 at 7:30 p.m. September 25 at 9:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m., and 9:30 p.m. September 26 at 5:30 p.m. September 27 at 7:00 a.m. and noon. September 17, 1999 Don't forget to tune in to MTV's 1515 News Show TODAY for the full interview with Tommy from the "Get Naked" video shoot!! September 14, 1999 The sound clip for "Get Naked" is now on the Sounds page. Listening with your clothes on is strictly prohibited!! An article from the L.A. Times from Sunday: Tommy Lee's in the Mood for Mayhem By STEVE HOCHMAN So you think you've seen everything there is to see of Tommy Lee? No, not the bootlegged movies of him and Pamela Anderson. We mean his musical talents. What could the former Motley Crue drummer do but more of the same ol' metal, dude? Well, Lee's got a few surprises tucked away with Methods of Mayhem, a new project that was signed to MCA Records recently after a big bidding war. Rather than hair-band circa 1985, his new music -- created in partnership with Tim Murray, a.k.a. TiLo -- rocks somewhere between Limp Bizkit and the hardest Nine Inch Nails tracks, with Lee rapping convincingly. Bizkit's Fred Durst, in fact, guests on the upcoming album, as do hip-hop stars Snoop Dogg and Lil' Kim and funk godfather George Clinton. Lee says he couldn't take the thought of playing the same old Crue hits over and over. "I needed to get away," he says, noting that his old band was at best indulgent about his new musical directions. "I even got [grief] from management--'Yeah, you can do the solo album, but we've got this tour to worry about.' But I couldn't fake it anymore." The revelation came last spring during Lee's four months in jail after pleading no contest to charges that he kicked Anderson -- who then filed for a divorce that was completed, though the two are now back together. He left the Crue after a greatest-hits tour last fall. "I did a lot of reading and a lot of thinking," Lee says of his time in the cooler. "And I realized, 'Dude, you're in jail for a reason.' That's when it came to me--I wanted to do something fresh. [With the Crue] we came, we saw, we kicked the world in the ass. It's never going to be like that again [for the band]. But they kept thinking it was. I could have continued touring with them and making a lot of money. But it really shows who you are when you jump ship on the gravy train." On the Methods Of Mayhem album, which is due Nov. 9, Lee addresses autobiographical matters, including the bootleg video of him and Anderson in action. In the video for the first single, "Naked," it's not just he and Anderson sans clothes, but everyone on TV--news anchors, athletes, sitcom characters, the works. He hopes the humor will undercut press and public sensationalism. "On a lot of the songs I'll take a few seconds and make it intensely personal," he says. "But then I'll make fun of it and go on. I don't want it all to be personal." September 13, 1999 Don't forget to tune in to MTV's 1515 News Show on Friday, September 17, 1999 for the full interview from the "Get Naked" video shoot! A post from Tommy from the AOL Methods Of Mayhem board regarding the sound clips on streetteam.net: HEY FREAKS......... I SPOKE TO THEM TODAY, THEY WILL HAVE SOUND CLIPS, PROMISE......I JUST APPROVED EM!!! I WILL HAVE EM ON MY SITE NEXT WEEK! ALSO TONS OF VIDEO!!! Thanks TOMMY LEE September 9, 1999 A post from Tommy from the AOL Methods Of Mayhem board: Hey from NY guys!!! They just asked me to present tonight, So i'll see ya'll on the tube tonight!! Tilo and Played the rough-cut of the video to MTV last night and BOOM.........They Dug it!! IT"S ON BABY!!! Thanks T O M M Y L E E September 7, 1999 A little news from Tommy (from the Methods Of Mayhem AOL folder) regarding the "Get Naked" video: THE VIDEO IS FINISHED EDITED...........OH MY GOD......IT'S OFF THE HOOK i'll have the unsensored version OF "GET NAKED" on my site any day now!!! The other will air at MTV on the 4th of October I'M OFF TO NY TUESDAY FOR THE MTV AWARDS SHOW BYE YA'LL On a serious note, here's what Tommy had to say about his Dad: MY FATHER IS TERMINALLY ILL, HE HAS MYLOMA AND CANCEROUS BLOOD DISEASE.....IT'S TREATABLE BUT NOT CURABLE. I'M SO SAD ABOUT IT!! I'M FLYING TO MY DADS HOUSE EVERY CHANCE I GET TO SPEND TIME WITH HIM BEFORE HE GOES TO HEAVEN. I KNOW HE'LL BE OK, HE TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY, HE'S 75 YEARS OLD AND HAS HAD A GREAT LIFE ,2 GREAT KIDS, AND A GREAT MARRAIGE....WHAT MORE COULD A GUY WANT? I'M GONNA MISS HIM! September 3, 1999 This is a message posted from Tommy from the new Methods of Mayhem AOL folder: Hey guys, Welcome to my new AOL home!!! Thanks so much for the welcomes and good lucks etc........... This and my website will be the 2 places where you'll get the real dealio on what's up with the Methods!! .... Promise!! Also "Jsolo41515" has a MOM site i endorse giving her info as well. For those who don't know, We shot the first video last weekend and I'm editing it now for an Oct 4th premier on MTV, They flipped over the toon . I can't even begin to tell you all how happy I am........and tired!! I've been burnin it up 12 hours a day at the studio making sure this record freaks you out. I'm blessed with the opportunity, creativity and fans like you and all the others around the world to have a second phase of my musical career......This doesn't happen for many! I thank you and look forward to a mind-blowing journey though the new millennium ! I will have sound clips, and video clips within a few day @ "www.methodsofmayhem.com" ...........Naked people everywhere!! Tilo and I we butt naked doing our shots,Pamela bared it all...... Naked dirkbike riders, surfers, skaters, cops, you name it.....it's a freeforall......Even the production and film crew where naked!!! Mixmaster Mike (Beastie Boys DJ) & Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit), rocked their so hard........... Lil Kim was the sexiest ever.......wait til ya see her, And George Clinton was pimpin hard!~ This is gonna be hands down the most insane video ever!!!! Also, there is an interview with Tommy on the EOnline web site. September 2, 1999 Attention AOL members: There is now a Methods of Mayhem AOL folder! 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