MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee spoke with Sean Daly and Steve Spears from Tampabay.com recently while on their summer headlining US tour. Here are a few excerpts from the chat:

Tampabay.com: Tell us about the 360 drum roller coaster you developed for this tour. Sounds insane.

Lee: "It's one of those things you absolutely have to see. You can watch YouTube videos all day long, but unless you come and see it live. . . . The idea starts with me, and we just kind of take it from there. It was time to take it to the next level. (Laughs) I'm gonna shoot myself out of an elephant's a-- next time. You know me, dude: full-on thrill seeker. Someone's gotta do it!"

Tampabay.com: How debauched is the Crue backstage scene these days? We hear you're the one keeping the wild rep alive.

Lee: "I'm pretty much that guy, you know? After the show's over, we usually have a big party in my dressing room 'cause I basically have a club sound system, a huge PA system. Everyone parties and dances around and gets crazy. Yeah, it's always nuts back here."

Tampabay.com: You've repeatedly said you don't want to make albums anymore. Why is that?

Lee: "No one really buys records anymore. You can look at sales and do that math real quick. Unfortunately, it's fast food in the music industry. People don't ingest full records anymore. They buy song to song, something that blows their skirt up. For you to sit there and rip your hair out and put six, eight months into making a full record for someone to buy one song from, that is stupid."

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