Greek-American musician Tommy Lee is said to be worth $70 million.
Tommy Lee is well-known for being the drummer and a founding member of the heavy metal group “Mötley Crüe.” In 1999, he started the rap-metal group “Methods of Mayhem.”
In a 2005 episode of the Comedy Central Roast, Tommy Lee “roasted” his ex-wife Pamela Anderson. He has recently been in the news as the incident is receiving more attention due to their connection and the problem with their allegedly leaked sex tape.
He put out 20 albums, including live, studio, and compilation ones. Six of these 20 have achieved platinum status. He also enjoyed a successful solo singing career.
In Athens, Greece, Tommy Lee was born in 1962 as Thomas Lee Bass. His mother was Miss Greece in 1960, while his father served as a sergeant in the US Army. His family moved to California when he was only a year old.
At the age of four, he received his first drum sticks, and at the age of thirteen, he obtained a full drum set. He loved Kiss, Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple, among other hard rock and heavy metal bands.
Before deciding to drop out of school to follow his passion of being in a rock band, Lee was a drummer during his time in school. Lee’s first band was called Studio 19. At a Studio 19 performance, Lee first met Nikki Sixx, a future Mötley Crüe bandmate.
Nikki Sixx anticipated a heavily theatrical heavy metal band, and when he saw Lee playing, he knew he had found his drummer. Lee was persuaded by Sixx to quit Studio 19 and join the Mötley Crüe band.
Vince Neil, a singer buddy from high school, was proposed by Lee to complete the new band. Mötley Crüe released their debut album Too Fast for Love in 1981 on their own independent label.
Mötley Crüe was subsequently signed by Elektra Records, a Warner Music Group record label, and Too Fast For Love was reissued in 1982. Mötley Crüe then issued a string of hugely successful albums, including Dr. Feelgood (1988), Girls, Girls, Girls (1987), Theatre of Pain (1985), and Shout at the Devil (1983). (1989).
For $837,886 in 1995, Tommy bought a home in the Malibu hills. Together with his ex-wife Pamela Anderson, he lived in this house.
This Malibu home was featured in an episode of “MTV Cribs” that aired in the year 2000. He sold the home for $2.5 million ten years later.
Sadly, a fire in 2019 destroyed the Malibu mansion, and when the fire was put out, Tommy uploaded a ton of pictures and videos to his Instagram account.
In 2018, Tommy advertised his Calabasas, California, home for $4.65 million. The home features six bedrooms, eight bathrooms, indoor waterfalls, and a retractable glass roof. It is stretched out over an area of 10,000 square feet.