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Tommy Lee
Thomas Lee (born Thomas Lee Bass; October 3, 1962) is an American musician who co-founded and plays drums for the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. He also founded rap metal band Methods of Mayhem and has pursued solo musical projects. Early life Lee was born Thomas Lee Bass on October 3, 1962, in Athens, Greece, to father David Lee Thomas Bass, an American U.S. Army sergeant, and mother Vassiliki "Voula" Papadimitriou (Greek: Βασιλική Παπαδημητρίου), a contestant on the 1957 Miss Greece beauty contest. He has a younger sister, Athena, who is also a drummer. When Lee was approximately two years old, his father moved the family back to the United States, settling in California. Lee received his first drum sticks when he was four years old, and his first proper drum kit when he was a teenager. Lee attended Royal Oak High School where he met Vince Neil and was part of the marching band. He dropped out of high school to pursue a career in musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU). The Municipality of Athens (also City of Athens), which constitutes a small administrative unit of the entire urban area, had a population of 643,452 (2021) within its official limits, and a land area of . Athens is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years, and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BCE. According to Greek mythology the city was named after Athena, the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athena Lee
Athena Lee (born Athena L. Bass; December 8, 1964) is an American drummer and actress. She is the younger sister of Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee. Career Lee was born in Los Angeles County, California, the daughter of David Lee Thomas Bass, an American U.S. Army sergeant, and Vassiliki "Voula" Papadimitriou, Miss Greece for the 1960 Miss World event. Her brother is rock drummer Tommy Lee. Athena Lee took an interest in music around age 20; two years later, she joined the all-female band Hardly Dangerous and the punk group Butt Trumpet. She then signed on and worked with KrunK. Aside from her musical career, she has also been a guest commentator on VH-1's '' Behind the Music'' and '' E! True Hollywood Story''. Lee was voted for, and won, "Best Female Drummer" at the Rock City Awards Show. In the 7th Annual L.A. Music Awards, she was nominated for "Best Drummer (Males and Females)" category. She was the first female ever nominated in the history of the L.A. Music Awards. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Hills High School (West Covina, California)
South Hills High School, often known by its abbreviation SHHS, is a public high school located in the hills of the eastern part of West Covina, California. There is a common misconception that it is in Covina, most likely because the school is in the Covina-Valley Unified School District rather than the West Covina Unified School District. South Hills opened in the fall of 1964. Architecture The buildings were designed by architect Henry L. Gogerty (1894–1990) in the year 1963. Demographics During the 1993–1994 school year, there were 1,306 students enrolled at the school. This has since grown, with 2,113 students enrolled during the 2007–2008 school year. Currently, enrollment stands at 1,650 students, of which 500 are transfer students on permit from other school districts. Demographics by ethnicity; 2007–2008 *Hispanic/ Latino: 25.1% *White: 52.2% * Asian: 11.0% *African American: 6.7% * Filipino: 3.2% *Pacific Islander: 0.5% * American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.5% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Bozzio
Terry John Bozzio (born December 27, 1950) is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons, U.K., and Frank Zappa. He has been featured on nine solo or collaborative albums, 26 albums with Zappa and seven albums with Missing Persons. Bozzio has been a prolific sideman, playing on numerous releases by other artists since the mid-1970s. He was inducted into the '' Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1997. Biography Terry Bozzio was born on December 27, 1950, in San Francisco, California. He started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets. At the age of 13 he saw the Beatles' premiere performance on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' and begged his father for drum lessons. He cited Carmine Appice, Mitch Mitchell and Ginger Baker among his biggest influences in the early years. In 1968, Bozzio graduated from Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo, California, where he received a music scholarship award, and later went on to the College of Marin. During this time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Van Halen
Alexander Arthur Van Halen ( , ; born May 8, 1953) is an American musician who was the drummer and a co-founder of the rock band Van Halen, which was formed in 1972 by Van Halen and his younger brother Eddie Van Halen, Eddie under the name "Mammoth" before adding Michael Anthony (musician), Michael Anthony and David Lee Roth in 1974 and changing their name to Van Halen. Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. signed the band in 1977, and the band's debut album was released a year later. Prior to their disbandment in 2020, following Eddie's death, Van Halen released 12 studio albums, and the brothers were the only two constant members of the band. Noted for his technical prowess, speed, and power, Alex Van Halen is widely regarded as one of the greatest drummers of all time. Early life Van Halen was born in Amsterdam. The family name in Dutch is ''van (Dutch), van Halen'' (with lower-case 'v') and is pronounced in Dutch as . His Dutch father, Jan van Halen (1920–1986), was an ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Aldridge
Tommy Aldridge (born August 15, 1950) is an American heavy metal and hard rock drummer. He is noted for his work with numerous bands and artists since the 1970s, such as Black Oak Arkansas, Pat Travers Band, Ozzy Osbourne, Gary Moore, Whitesnake, Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy, Vinnie Moore and Yngwie Malmsteen. Self-taught, Aldridge was initially inspired by the music of Cream, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin. Drummers like Joe Morello, Ginger Baker, John Bonham and Mitch Mitchell were particularly influential as Aldridge developed his drumming style. Aldridge himself has become very influential and is regarded as a double bass drum pioneer in rock music. Career Raised in Pearl, Mississippi, Aldridge taught himself to play drums in the 1960s, building a kit piece by piece with money earned delivering newspapers and other odd jobs. He credits his unique style to learning without the benefit of a mentor or teacher. While his mother was supportive of his desire to play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bonham
John Henry Bonham (31 May 1948 – 25 September 1980) was an English musician who was the drummer of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Noted for his speed, power, fast single-footed kick drumming, distinctive sound, and feel for groove, John Bonham Biography ''AllMusic'' he is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential drummers in history.John Bonham at ''Modern Drummer'' . '' Modern Drummer''The Greatest Drummers Of All Time! . '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sweet
Sweet (known as the Sweet until the early 1970s) are a British glam rock band who rose to prominence in the 1970s. Their best-known line-up consisted of lead vocalist Brian Connolly, bassist Steve Priest, guitarist Andy Scott and drummer Mick Tucker. The band formed in London in 1968, originally with the name the Sweetshop, and achieved their first hit, " Funny, Funny", in 1971, after teaming up with songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and record producer Phil Wainman. During 1971 and 1972, their musical style showed a marked progression, from the Archies-like bubblegum style of "Funny, Funny" to a Who-influenced hard rock style, supplemented by a use of high-pitched backing vocals. The band achieved success in the UK charts during the 1970s, having thirteen top 20 hits, with " Block Buster!" (1973) topping the chart, followed by three consecutive number-two hits: "Hell Raiser" (1973), " The Ballroom Blitz" (1973) and " Teenage Rampage" (1974). The band turned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973. Their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock and Heavy metal music, heavy metal, although the band calls it simply "rock and roll". They are cited as a formative influence on the new wave of British heavy metal bands. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003 and have sold over 200 million records worldwide, making them List of best-selling music artists , one of the best-selling artists of all time. AC/DC were founded by brothers Angus Young, Angus (lead guitar) and Malcolm Young (rhythm guitar), with Colin Burgess (musician), Colin Burgess (drums), Larry Van Kriedt (bass guitar) and Dave Evans (singer), Dave Evans (lead vocals). They underwent several line-up changes before releasing their debut Australasian-only album, ''High Voltage (1975 album), High Voltage'' (1975). Membership stabilised after the release of ''Let There Be Rock'' (1977), with the Young brothers, Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiss (band)
Kiss (commonly styled as KISS) was an American rock music, rock band formed in New York City in 1973 by Paul Stanley (vocals, rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (vocals, bass guitar), Ace Frehley (lead guitar, vocals) and Peter Criss (drums, vocals). Known for their face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid-1970s with shock rock–style live performances which featured fire-breathing, blood-spitting, smoking guitars, shooting rockets, levitating drum kits and pyrotechnics. The band went through several lineup changes, with Stanley and Simmons remaining the only consistent members. The final lineup consisted of them, Tommy Thayer (lead guitar, vocals) and Eric Singer (drums, vocals). With their makeup and costumes, the band members took on the personas of comic book-style characters: the Starchild (Stanley), the Demon (Simmons), the Spaceman or Space Ace (Frehley), and the Catman (Criss). During the second half of the 1970s, Kiss became one of America's mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick is an American rock band formed in Rockford, Illinois in 1970 by guitarist Rick Nielsen, bassist Tom Petersson, lead vocalist Robin Zander and drummer Bun E. Carlos. Their work bridged elements of '60s pop rock, guitar pop, '70s hard rock, and the emerging punk rock sound, and would help set the template for subsequent power pop artists. Cheap Trick released their Cheap Trick (1977 album), self-titled debut album in 1977 and, later that year, found success in Japan with the release of their second album, ''In Color (album), In Color''. 1978's ''Heaven Tonight'' included the power pop classic "Surrender (Cheap Trick song), Surrender". The band achieved mainstream popularity in the United States in 1979 with the RIAA certification, triple-platinum live album ''Cheap Trick at Budokan, At Budokan'' and a Top 10 single, a live recording of "I Want You to Want Me". They followed with ''Dream Police'' (1979), their most commercially successful studio album, reaching No. 6 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Halen
Van Halen ( ) was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1973. Credited with restoring hard rock to the forefront of the music scene, Van Halen was known for their energetic live performances and the virtuosity of their guitarist, Eddie Van Halen. From 1974 to 1985, Van Halen consisted of Eddie Van Halen, his brother, drummer Alex Van Halen, lead vocalist David Lee Roth, and bassist Michael Anthony (musician), Michael Anthony. Upon its release in 1978, the band's Van Halen (album), self-titled debut album reached No. 19 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 and sold over 10 million copies in the United States, achieving a RIAA certification, Diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). By 1982, the band had released four more albums: ''Van Halen II'' (1979), ''Women and Children First'' (1980), ''Fair Warning (Van Halen album), Fair Warning'' (1981), and ''Diver Down'' (1982), all of which have been certified multi-platinum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
