{"id":94629,"date":"2023-08-30T16:09:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T21:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=94629"},"modified":"2023-08-30T16:27:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T21:27:26","slug":"motley-crues-tommy-lee-busted-using-backing-track-not-quite-sure-how-the-cymbals-started-playing-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=94629","title":{"rendered":"M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE&#8217;s Tommy Lee Busted Using Backing Tracks: &#8220;Not quite sure how the cymbals started playing themselves&#8230;&#8221; (UPDATED)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE<\/strong>&#8216;s trainwreck comeback tour rolled into Kansas City on July 19th last year with a mountain of negative concert reviews piled up behind them. Just when you think things can&#8217;t get any worse, the Crue&#8217;s drummer, <strong>Tommy Lee,<\/strong> pulls off the biggest blunder yet. <em>Yes, it&#8217;s even worse than calling his singer &#8220;Vince Meal&#8221; and getting the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OQxE9Is8J_I&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fthemetalden.com%2F&amp;source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&amp;feature=emb_title\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OQxE9Is8J_I&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fthemetalden.com%2F&amp;source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&amp;feature=emb_title\"> shit kicked out of him<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Tommy Lee is the latest member of the, &#8220;I CHEAT ONSTAGE WITH BACKING TRACKS&#8221; after getting busted for not being behind his drum kit as cymbal crashes begin introing &#8220;Looks That Kill&#8221; while the band played in Kansas City on July 19th. Watch the video and you&#8217;ll see Tommy&#8217;s drum tech adjusting something with the drum kit as Tommy frantically rushes the tech out from behind the kit but not before drum sounds are heard coming through the PA.&#8221; &#8211; WEBN 102.7 FM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Motley Crue - \u201cLooks That Kill\u201d - Kansas City, MO 7\/19\/22\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yqsJu7_Wj7c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A YouTube user named Curt Taft has uploaded concert footage (see above) from the Crue&#8217;s most recent gig on The Stadium Tour and at the start of &#8220;Looks That Kill&#8221; fans will clearly see and hear Lee not even behind the kit yet, but somehow his drums start playing themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The massive <a href=\"https:\/\/webn.iheart.com\/featured\/nudge\/content\/2022-07-28-tommy-lee-fakes-it-on-stage\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/webn.iheart.com\/featured\/nudge\/content\/2022-07-28-tommy-lee-fakes-it-on-stage\/\">news story<\/a> authored by acclaimed rock journalist and heavy metal band promoter <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rocketmetalden\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rocketmetalden\">Randy &#8220;Rocket&#8221; Cody<\/a><\/strong> of TMD exploded and was published on dozens of iHeart radio station sites, gaining millions of views overnight last year, creating an instant scandal in rock n roll music, <em>exposing the use of backing tracks at stadium concerts by the top rock bands<\/em> charging the fans the highest ticket prices. Backing tracks is a common practice among the elite music stars. The scandal subsequently was fully confirmed by ousted Crue guitarist <strong>Mick Mars<\/strong>, wherein he contends that all members but himself were guilty of using backing tape during <strong>The Stadium Tour<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tommyleeJohnTravolta-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  data-gnlv=\"hey\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tommyleeJohnTravolta-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-104084\" style=\"width:500px;height:500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tommyleeJohnTravolta-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tommyleeJohnTravolta-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tommyleeJohnTravolta-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tommyleeJohnTravolta-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tommyleeJohnTravolta-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tommyleeJohnTravolta-1-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tommyleeJohnTravolta-1-1170x1169.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tommyleeJohnTravolta-1.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I called it again months before everyone else!!<br \/><br \/>Industry Source: Nikki Sixx Fired Mick Mars For \u201cBeing too old\u201d And Told The Guitarist \u201cYou\u2019re not ever welcome back!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uwuffgzgBy\">https:\/\/t.co\/uwuffgzgBy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yMIwAAp1AM\">pic.twitter.com\/yMIwAAp1AM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Randy Rocket Cody (@rocketmetalden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rocketmetalden\/status\/1644126398204764163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<\/center><center>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTheMetalDen%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02FNNhsrUotmqfwmJ3k9SR2UN41n4Q2k9YCtieC5nuWvFE2CYrbLrUFzyoDqVrN7Fol&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"629\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<p><\/p><\/center>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE&#8216;s trainwreck comeback tour rolled into Kansas City on July 19th last year with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94629"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104090,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94629\/revisions\/104090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/104083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}