If you don’t know who Tommy Lee is, then you’ve been living under a rock. From his drumming in hard rock heroes Motley Crue, his pop and hip hop solo work, his marriage to Pamela Anderson, or the porn tape that showed the two of them cavorting on their honeymoon, everyone knows Tommy. And if you don’t know him by now, you will by the end of the year via his brand new reality show Tommy Lee Goes To College, his sold out arena reunion tour with Motley Crue, or his new solo album and book, both titled Tommyland.
Street Fury had a chance to chat with Mr. Lee about his rides now and back in the day, trickin’ out interiors, and gay unicorns. Yes, you read that right. Read on…
STEET FURY: Hey Tommy, what kind of ride are you rockin’ these days?
TOMMY LEE: I drive the new convertible Mercedes SL500, and I have an Excursion I wanna get rid of and get the new Range Rover.
SF: Do you get your ride all tricked out with TV screens, huge speakers and all the gadgets?
TL: Totally. The crazy Alpine system, four screens, all the crazy sh*t. That’s how I keep my kids occupied in the backseat. Where were those things when we were kids, man? You’re going on some long-ass drive with your parents. I would just sit in the back and fight with my sister the whole way. If we’d had those we would have been sitting back there playing games.
SF: What was your first car back in the day?
TL: My very first car was a Chevy van.
SF: Of course it was.
TL: Yup. It had the teardrop window in back, and some gay mural on the side.
SF: Like, some airbrushed unicorn of something?
TL: Yeah, it was bad. The mag wheels. I had big carpeted flat deck in the back where you could throw down. It was like a bone wagon.
SF: Eight-track stereo, by any chance?
TL: You know what? I think it was cassette player by that point.
SF: Wow! You were at the cutting edge of technology!
TL: You know it, bro.