Does he need to be taught any manners? Is he a young Tommy Lee? Like are you afraid he may rub cum all over the dressing room walls like you did to Kiss, causing Motley Crue to get kicked off a Kiss tour?
(laughs) You know what, I just let him be himself, you know. He's a fucking, he's a great guy. He's definitely, he's got his own style, and uh yeah he's a fucking wildman, that's why I love him. That's the kind of energy you need on stage, you know. That's the kind of energy people come to see, so yeah, you know, I basically just let him do his thing, you know? I'm not going to be his dad. I'm not going to be anything but his friend you know we're just going to have a good time, you know, and take Methods of Mayhem around the world, and fucking tear it up.

Well, Tommy Lee of Methods of Mayhem, have u heard of the band the Donnas at all, from San Francisco? They covered "Too Fast For Love."
Yeah, I heard about that.

And they spotted you driving the Methods of Mayhem tour bus. Now hold on! Why isn't Tilo driving. Make him work there, Tommy Lee!
(laughs) I'm driving this ship, baby!

Get Naked- "77 million made from watching me cum under the sun on my vacation." But you didn't make one penny off that?
Nope. Not one. Zero. Zilch. Fuckin' nada.

The best part of that video, Tommy Lee, is - I mean, sure there's Pam, and there's all that other excitement - but I think the best part is when you "honk the horn!" of the speedboat! When you take your cock out there, and you push the horn of the speedboat. Do you remember that?
Of course.

Did u rent or buy that speedboat?
Um, that was a rental.

So did you like tell them that your cock-print was left on the horn?
Label Rep: Nardwuar!? (laughs) God damn it! I would imagine they would know by now if they've seen the video!

Tommy Lee of Methods of Mayhem, further on the video there is a "Mayhem" tattoo prominently displayed on you in the video, and there is totally wild music going on in the background which is complete, forshadowing, now that you have Methods of Mayhem with wild crazy toons! What was the music going in the background there? It was some craaaazy stuff! It was like "It's all good." Like, "It's all good."
That's MC Hammer actually. That's one of my favourite songs that he ever did. Because it IS all good. Because every time uh Pamela and I would go anywhere and do anything, that was like our theme song, man, it was like, we would both, you know, look at each other and just fuckin' like it's all good, you know what I mean?

It's all Hammer Time!
Well, I don't know about Hammer Time, but it's definitely all good, that's for sure.

Now, Tommy Lee, was this whole video fiasco all Bret Michaels of Poison's fault? Because since he started flogging his sex tape with Pamela, and it like sold for 5 million dollars, the people who stole yer tape wanted to make bucks too? Was it Bret Michaels' fault, Tommy Lee?
Uh, you know, I don't know too much about that. I've sort of kept my... distance. I know nothing about that. That was before my time, man-

Because they like put 3 million dollars into marketing it your video tape? That's pretty good! That would be great to put 3 million into promoting your record!
Yeah! (laughs)

And you are Tommy Lee of Methods of Maythem. Now, Tommy, Narcotic: "Are you ready? Are you ready for the weekend" Is that a reference to "workin' for the weekend" by Loverboy , Tommy Lee?
No. (laughs) Mine is actually "Are You Ready for the Tweak End." Don't confuse me with the Loverboy guys!

Well Loverboy was from Vancouver, and you do sort of have some Vancouver connections. Like you have your guitarist from Noise Therapy, from Vancouver. And wasn't your first Wife - before Pam and Heather - Candice, from Surrey, BC?
Uh, yeah, we used to go out for a little bit.

So she was your wife?
Uh, for like about 30 days.

Wow another Canadian connection. So Canadians! Can be proud. And, do you know the name of the Canadian brand of the beer that launched the career of your third wife, Pamela Lee?
Uh, Labatt's, I think.

Labatt's Blue! Tommy Lee of Methods of Mayhem, so what's yer fasination with Vancouver Girls? Like there's the song "Girls Girls Girls" that mentions the Vancouver club, The Body Shop. What is the fascination?
Um, I don't know, I think at that time it was a time in our life and I just decided to write about it, you know?

But you like the Comox/Courteney area where Pamela is from? You know, here in the Vancouver area... on Vancouver Island? The Comox Valley?
Yeah, you know, I spent a, a good day or two out in the gardens, I think it was Butchart Gardens?

Butchart Gardens!
Yeah, I just walked around the checked out all these beautiful trees and plants and water features. It was beautiful. I thought it was a really beautiful part of the country.

That was totally amazing. The one time I interviewed Kurt Cobain, he actually mentioned he went to Butchart Gardens as a small kid! Kurt Cobain and Tommy Lee having something in common! That's incredible!
(laughs)

New Skin: Now I'm shedding my Skin... you gotta listen" Now, Tommy Lee, will Mick Mars ever shed his skin and reveal his Canadian roots? Isn't he from Newfoundland?
Uh, actually, you know what? No, he's not. That was just like a big trip, a big press facade. Like I think he's from Indiana. (laughs)

Oh no!
Yeah. (laughs)

Well, how much of this was a facade? I mean, Methods of Mayhem is totally real here, but with Motley Crue, on the Shout the the Devil tour and parts of Theater of Pain tour there was a rumor that Nikki Sixx, Nikki Sixx!- Nikki was replaced with a double! Like some guy from Erie, Pennsylvania from a band called Sixx Pack dressed up as Nikki, cuz Nikki was too fucked up to go on tour.
Uh, god, fuck, you know what, dude? I don't really want to talk about all that shit? It's all so old. I'm into, I'm onto some new shit right now. Like those stories are all so old and tired.

Hypocritical: "We Protest against their negative stress." Hypocritical: "We Protest against their negative stress."
Yes.

Now you have this record with Methods of Mayhem, Tommy, and we kinda got to refer to the Crue here slightly, but did they "blackmail you" into anything, saying to you if you talk any shit about us, we'll let the world know, that Tommy Lee, uh, kicked my dog, etc? Because there weren't too many biting lyrics into your past relationships with the Crue on this particular release?
Yeah. Yeah. Um. I don't know. I just set out to do this record for me. It's all about truth, you know? And I will always speak the truth, you know? And some people might not like to hear it, but I'm going to fucking say it, you know, it is, and, I just don't like the way, um, I just don't like the way things are reported, I think everything is sensationalized just to get fucking ratings-

But how about Motley Crue on this record? Were there any references to them? I looked closely, just wondering if there were any, and if the Crue did indeed tell you, "Hey, Tommy, you'd better not do this or we're gonna, you know"?
No, there's no references whatsoever.

What do you think of the rock 'n' roll form know as "punk", Tommy Lee? What do you think of punk? Because you were in the LA area. Did you ever see the Germs? (silence) (line goes dead)

Three minutes later on Nardwuar's voicemail:
Label Rep: Hey Nardwuar, I think Tommy's on his cell phone, and the battery died. Um, so let me see if i can get him back on the phone. Ok, call me back. Thanks, bye.

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