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I first started photographing and capturing to film, Tommy Lee's career when he was just 17 and performing at the Starwood in a band called Suite 19. From there Tommy and I toured together in his next band, Dealer. In 1981 he invited me to record on film his journey in Motley Crue.
Review of Dealer Demo featuring Tommy Lee on drums In 1980, Tommy Lee recorded six songs with his band Dealer. These were the only songs Tommy ever recorded before Motley Crue. When Tommy went to meet Nikki at the Denny’s, he took a cassette tape of these six songs which he gave to Nikki as […]
View Full ArticleDEALER – 1980’s Tickets On page 51 of Motley Crue’s autobiography, The Dirt, Tommy claims “he briefly played with another band before it broke up”. That band he claims was “brief”, was the band Dealer. Below I present three tickets. The first is a show in May of 1980 at the Starwood. On page 52 […]
View Full ArticleIn the images below you can see Tommy playing with Suite 19 (top photo) and his next band,
View Full ArticleIn Motley Crue’s biopic, The Dirt, there is a scene of David Lee Roth sitting on a couch snorting coke with a lovely lady next to him. The true story behind this scene began hours earlier. I was in a relationship with a lady named Lonnie. She was 18 or 19 and living at home […]
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