Athena Lee (born Athena L. Bass; December 8, 1964) is an American drummer and actress. She is the younger sister of

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drummer

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 ...

Career

Lee was born in

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, 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

. 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. As of 2011, Lee plays drums with various artists and is endorsed by Rockett Drumworks. Her book, ''Coming in Second,'' was published in October 2011. Since 2012, she has been a cast member of the Fuse reality TV series ''Ex-Wives of Rock'' (which also features her brother's bandmate Vince Neil's ex-wife Sharise Neil).

Personal life

Athena had a daughter with John Guerrero in 1991. Lee's first husband was Scott Atkins, a former bandmate. They had a son born in 1992. She was later married to James Kottak, the late ex-drummer of the German rock band

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. They had a son together, born in 1997, but have since divorced.

References

External links

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