Joe Lynch from Fuse spoke with MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee recently about a number of topics. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

Fuse: You guys had a few shows with KISS back in 1982. What do you remember most about that time?

Lee: "I just remember it being really quick: I was so bummed! I was like, 'Wait, that’s it?' I was so dead-set on seeing what they really looked like. That was my thing. I was like, 'Oh man, I’m finally gonna be able to see what these dudes look like in sound check and shit,' you know? And of course, I never got to see that because when they did walk into sound check they had a scarf on their face or they were covered up, so I never did get to see what they looked like. In one way I was bummed, but in another way I was like, 'That’s fuckin’ cool.' You know what I mean? Just that surprise and mystery of it all is what I was infatuated with. More than the show or the music or learning anything it was just like, 'What do they really look like?'"

Fuse: Any chance your new 'Sex' single is going to end up on a new Crüe album?

Lee: "Well, you know, I guess you never really know. It was one of those where we wanted to have something new out there for the summer and it's really killer. And it's the first time we’ve ever given anything away as a free download. It’s a gift! It's some summer fun from us, you know?"

Fuse: Recently you wrote on Facebook asking fans to stop asking for pictures in your free time. Since you posted that, have you been hassled any less?

Lee: "It's weird listening to everybody’s reaction. I’ve seen a bunch of people going, "I totally agree, I get it," and then you got others saying, 'You’re a fuckin’ douchebag, fuck you!' I’ve seen 'em both and I don’t spend a whole lot of time on it because I just needed to say what I needed to say. It’s so funny because no matter what you say, fans only read and hear what they want. I swear to God, I could’ve reworded it eight different ways and the people who were hatin’ on me would still only read and see what they wanted to. That letter wasn’t addressed to fans. I mean, I did address the fans, but the whole thing started with me saying, 'Fuck, I’m so over taking pictures with randoms and meeting randoms.' I'm not talking about fans, I'm talking about people that don’t even know who the fuck you are; they just want a picture with you. That's how this all started. My point was, everybody has a fucking camera in their phone these days. In the past, if someone wanted a picture with you and they had a camera on them it was like, "Fuck yeah, let's rip a picture, this is cool!" And now everybody has a fucking camera, so if you stop and take a picture with a fan, somebody sees that and you got yourself a fuckin' 30-minute or one-hour meet and greet, my friend. And some people don’t even know who you are. They don’t even know your music but they’ve seen you on TV. So here you are, just trying to sneak into Starbucks for a quick coffee, and it turns into a fuckin’ meet and greet at a record store."

Read more at Fuse.

KISS/Mötley Crüe The Tour dates:

July

21 - Farm Bureau Live - Virginia Beach, VA
22 - Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion - Raleigh, NC
24 - Aaron's Amphitheater at Lakewood - Atlanta, GA
25 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Charlotte, NC
27 - Cruzan Amphitheatre - West Palm Beach, FL
28 - 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheater - Tampa, FL
31 - Oak Mountain Amphitheatre - Pelham, AL

August

1 - KFC Yum! Arena - Louisville, KY
3 - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - Woodlands, TX
4 - Gexa Energy Paviliion - Dallas, TX
5 - AT&T; Center - San Antonio, TX
7 - Hard Rock Casino Presents: The Pavilion - Albuquerque, NM
8 - Comfort Dental Amphitheater - Englewood, CO
10 - Ashley Furniture Home Store Pavilion - Phoenix, AZ
11 - Mandalay Bay Arena - Las Vegas, NV
12 - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre - Chula Vista, CA
14 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Irvine, CA
15 - Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA
16 - Sleep Train Pavilion - Concord, MA
18 - White River Amphitheatre - Auburn, WA
19 - Sleep Country Amphitheater - Ridgefield, CT
24 - Rock Jam Grand - Junction, CO
26 - BOK Center - Tulsa, OK
27 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Maryland Heights, MO
29 - Minnesota State Fair - Minneapolis, MN
31 - Riverbend Music Center - Cincinnati, OH

September

1 - Klipsch Music Center - Noblesville, IN
2 - First Niagara Pavilion - Burgettstown, PA
4 - Bridgestone Arena - Nashville, TN
5 - DTE Energy Music Theatre - Clarkston, MI
7 - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre - Tinley Park, IL
8 - Alpine Valley Music Theater - East Troy, MI
11 - Allegan County Fair - Allegan, MI
12 - Blossom Music Center - Cuyahoga Falls, OH
13 - Molson Amphitheatre - Toronto, ON
15 - Darien Lake PAC - Darien Lake, NY
16 - Comcast Center - Mansfield, MA
18 - Toyota Pavilion - Scranton, PA
19 - Susquehanna Bank Center - Camden, NJ
21 - PNC Bank Arts Center - Holmdel, NJ
22 - Nikon at Jones Beach - Wantagh, NY
23 - Comcast Theater - Hartford, CT