Mötley Cruen Tommy Lee paljastaa kolme rumpalia, jotka ovat vaikuttaneet häneen eniten soittajana

Yhdysvaltalaisen rockyhtye Mötley Cruen oli määrä kiertää tänä kesänä Yhdysvalloissa stadioneita yhdessä Poisonin, Def Leppardin sekä Joan Jett & The Blackheartsin kanssa, mutta kiertue siirtyi koronaviruksen vuoksi. Yhtyeen jäsenillä tuntuu silti olevan koronan keskellä kiirettä, sillä bändin kitaristi Mick Mars on työstänyt jo tovin tulevaa sooloalbumiaan, ja bändin rumpali Tommy Leeltä on luvassa sooloalbumi ”Andro” lokakuussa. Tommy on vieraillut hiljattain All Access Hitsin järjestämässä seminaarissa, jossa hän on kertonut, millaisella rumpusetillä nykyisin soittaa ja mitkä rumpalit ovat häneen itseensä toimineet suurimpina musiikillisina vaikuttajina. Tommy nostaa haastattelussa esille kolme rumpalia, joiden ansiosta hänestä on tullut sellainen rumpali kuin hän nykyään on: Jason Bonhamin (Led Zeppelin), Phil Ruddin (AC/DC) sekä Tommy Aldridgen (Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake). Tommy kertoo kolmikosta haastattelussa seuraavaa:

”The hands-down guy is John Bonham [LED ZEPPELIN], and you can probably hear it in my playing. That guy, most people will talk about how heavy his foot was and how laid back his snare drum was, but not a lot of people talk about his cymbal placement. He doesn’t really play a ton of cymbals, but when he does, he always seems to pick that right moment. And you can hear it in the studio — they’ve got the cymbals mic’d and compressed really well, so that when he does hit it, it [sounds huge]. And if you were to do that the whole time, it would be messy sounding. But he really had this amazing ability to pick and choose when those moments were when he wanted that power and that big [cymbal sound]. That’s something that a lot of people don’t talk about. Other than his amazing timing and just his groove, man — the way he laid back on that big heavy foot and the snare drum way, way on the back side. I mean, that’s money. The first time I heard that, I’ll never forget it. I was sitting there. I must have played ’Physical Graffiti’ nine million times, just flipping out, like, ’Jesus, listen to this dude.'”

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”And then later on, other influences… Tommy Aldridge [OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE] was another one — just the showmanship part of his playing, the stick spinning and the cymbal grabs and all that kind of stuff. Tommy was another one. And for pure just, like a metronome — Phil Rudd [AC/DC]. Dude, that guy is like a human drum machine. I mean, you could probably clock that guy and I’ll bet you it doesn’t move — he’s that solid. So there’s different guys for different things, but I’ve been inspired by many drummers. And more that I could mention, but we’d be for freakin’ hours. [Laughs]”