Tommy Lee gears up for Download Festival and MORE…

“We had such a great one last time we played Download,” he says. “It was f***ing wicked. “Of course we’re going to do the craziness. We are bringing over what we have been dragging around the States the past months. “It’s going to be fun – we’re going to have more fun than we are allowed to have. “We’ll be drinking some absinthe with Marilyn Manson. “There are a bunch of killer bands on the bill – Korn and Slipknot are cool guys. Chris Cornell’s playing, which should be hot.”

Despite decades of touring, Tommy has yet to play a show on home turf – till this summer. He reveals: “We’ve never played Greece so I’m pretty excited about taking my kids out too. I’m sure that we’re going to get in trouble. “I’m going to stay for probably a week and catch up with family and chill out.”

And despite being a veteran, Tommy still gets the wobbles before a gig. He admits: “It’s kind of my rule to still get nervous. My stomach starts getting all crazy and I pace around. I start playing drums on everything before the show. “The second that I don’t get that feeling I’ll probably quit because I will have lost the passion.”

The next priority after Mötley Crüe rip up Download is a record from Tommy’s other band, Methods Of Mayhem. Due around September, the album will take a swerve away from their nu-metal roots to something more club friendly. “I got a couple of new favourites that I’ve been listening to – Does It Offend You, Yeah and MGMT,” he says. “Those two bands are doing some new s*** which I think is really cool. It’s what I’m doing with the Methods project. “It’s got elements of rock but yet you can dance to it.” So will Tommy be giving Justin Timberlake, 28, a run for his money and get choreography lessons? With a guffaw he insists: “Hell no. I just make the music and let everyone else dance.”

Mötley Crüe headline the Second Stage at Download on June 12.

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