When MÖTLEY CRÜE launched their 2011 summer US tour in Dallas, TX at the AT&T; Center, the group thrilled fans who attended the sold-out concert with the new “360” vertical drum rollercoaster, which features Tommy Lee being launched into multiple vertical loops while continuing to perform. To add to the insanity, Tommy Lee picked a from the audience to join him for his crazy ride at every show!

Last September photographer Mike Corrado tried to capture the stunt on film at at Jones Beach on Long Island, NY. So, along with trying to get close-ups of Lee, Corrado had to figure out how to get a difficult shot from a killer angle showing the drummer playing upside down before the live crowd. For the close-up aspect of the challenge, Corrado was able to place remote cameras directly onto Lee's drum kit.

In a new interview with Imaging Resource, Corrado talks about the challenge which includes plenty of newly-released photos of the feat!

"This idea came about from when I was a kid going to concerts,” Tommy Lee explained about vertical drum rollercoaster. “Whenever the drummer started his drum solo, I wondered why people would leave to go get a beer, buy a t-shirt, restroom, whatever!! I wanted to show people what happens behind the drumset, so I decided to expose it all by flipping the drums vertical, upside-down, making them disappear and fly over the audiences heads! Mötley Crüe brings you on a thrill ride, jump on the 360!…Lets do this! By the way, it's really f@cking difficult playing while on this ride!”

Watch Tommy Lee’s first performance on “The 360” drum rollercoaster at Mötley Crüe’s opening night in Dallas, TX in 2011 (loop at 1:00, fan joins at 3:00) below: