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THE DAY TOMMY LEE FELL OFF THE ROTATING DRUM KIT

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APRIL 6, 2020…TO START OFF I JUST WANT TO SAY I LOVE MOTLEY CRUE. TOMMY LEE JUST SEEMS LIKE A REAL FUN GUY TO BE AROUND AND THE KIND OF GUY THAT WILL TRY ANYTHING.  ONE OF THE COOLEST STUNTS I’VE EVER SEEN IN CONCERT WAS HIS IDEA FOR A ROTATING/ROLLER COASTER DRUM KIT. THERE WAS ONE NIGHT THOUGH WHERE THE IDEA WENT HORRIBLY WRONG ! ON THIS DATE 30 YEARS AGO, LEE SUFFERED A CONCUSSION WHEN HE FELL AFTER SWINGING FROM THE SCAFFOLDING ABOVE HIS ELEVATED DRUM KIT. THE FALL WOULD HAVE KILLED MOST MORTALS , HOWEVER I FIGURE HE MUST HAVE CUSHIONED HIS FALL WITH HIS HUGE WANG. HERE’S TOMMY LEE WITH HIS SOLO IN OAKLAND 3 YEARS EARLIER (1987)

 

photo thanks- Dawn