![]() The former is interesting as it stands as a real confessional from Lee, with the lyrics complaining that he’s unable to express himself freely. The relatively restrained acoustic vibe of “Hold Me Down” and “Why Is It” prove how good this album could have been if Lee had stuck to this formula. Those are certainly two of the album’s better tracks, and indeed, when the melodies are present, when the familiar power of Lee’s rhythm section crashes in, and when the songs stick to what Lee is good at, then this album lives up to expectations. Ironically, songs like “Sunday” and “Afterglow” sounds like they could have been taken from those same sessions. Scott Humphrey, who helped produce 1997’s alternative-tinged Motley Crue record, Generation Swine, co-produces the album. His chapters in The Dirt reveal he had been considering a solo career for some time during his last years with Motley Crue, and following his dalliance with rap on Methods of Mayhem, his rock roots do show their true colours second time around. A serious solo career may have been inevitable following his split with Motley Crue, but perhaps it was also inevitable that Never a Dull Moment would reek more of perspiration than inspiration. In a genre full of talentless poseurs, Tommy Lee was one of the most technically gifted drummers of the hard rock scene, and although he has been continually surrounded by controversy down the years, music - rather than scantily clad Playboy models - has always been his prime passion. I’m sure Lee cares more about when his former wife Pamela Anderson will remarry than he does about critics’ (or Vince Neil’s) reactions to his latest offering, but sadly, the contents of the album aren’t nearly as exciting as the lifestyle its title refers to. ![]() If Tommy had tits, he’d be a fucking Spice Girl.” Neil is referring to Lee’s Methods of Mayhem rap-orientated project, but in many ways, his comment is a pretty accurate description of the former drummer’s second post-Motley record, Never a Dull Moment. ![]() ![]() He never stuck to what made him what he was, which was rock and roll. In the recent best-selling, tell-all Mötley Crüe biography The Dirt, vocalist Vince Neil said of his former bandmate Tommy Lee: “Whatever is in, he wants to do that. ![]()
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