Getting married in four days was the biggest... mistake I've ever made. I have two beautiful kids, but... how can you know somebody in four days? Bonehead.

He then released his first solo album. The couple divorced in 1998. At this time he met future bandmate Nikki Sixx.

As well as being the band's long-term drummer Lee founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem and has pursued solo musical projects. Thomas Lee Bass (born October 3 1962) best known as Tommy Lee is an American musician and founding member of glam metal band Mötley Crüe. He has been married to model Elaine Bergen and actresses Heather Locklear and Pamela Anderson.