Tommy Lee Quits Motley Crue
According to an amended complaint filed by MÖTLEY CRÜE against artist manager Carl Stubner and his three companies Sanctuary Group, INC, Sanctuary Artist Management, INC., and Carl Stubner Productions INC, drummer Tommy Lee "recently informed Sixx and Mars, the shareholders of MCI [MÖTLEY CRÜE, INC], that he was resigning from the band and his resignation was accepted."
The article I pulled this information from has a lot of legal jargon, but the gist is MÖTLEY CRÜE feels that Carl Stubner advised Tommy to do other engagements instead of MÖTLEY CRÜE.
In CRÜE's original lawsuit, which was filed on June 18 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, three of the group's founding members (Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil and Mick Mars) through Motley Crue Inc., claimed Stubner forced Tommy Lee to "to become engaged in 'reality' projects that were bad career moves for Lee, harming [Sixx, Mars, Neil and Lee], the MÖTLEY CRÜE brand and Lee's own image."
According to TMZ.com, the suit calls the low-rated NBC show "Tommy Lee Goes to College" a "critical disappointment and a ratings disaster," adding it painted Lee as "incoherent, lazy and incompetent" and made him "look like a laughing stock who could not carry a drum beat." The suit also claims Lee's participation on "Rock Star: Supernova" "diminished the publics interest in Lee and their overall perception of his musical talents."
I am all for nailing Stubner to the wall for scalping complimentary tickets (which is also in the suit), but I can't fault him for trying to package up a steaming turd. Tommy Lee goes to College was an edited show that could have painted Tommy in a better light, but you just can't put makeup on a pig and vote it the prom queen.
The fact is, Tommy Lee is an incoherent, lazy, and incompetent laughing stock. These reality projects didn't create that perception, Methods of Mayhem, DJ Tommy Lee, and Pam and Tommy Lee's sex tape did that damage.
Last time I checked, humans have free will. If Tommy didn't want to do the show, Tommy didn't have to. Again the point is, Tommy is an incoherent, lazy, and incompetent laughing stock. That is not Stubner's fault.
The only thing that remains is Kid "Pebble" taking over the drums for MÖTLEY CRÜE.
The article I pulled this information from has a lot of legal jargon, but the gist is MÖTLEY CRÜE feels that Carl Stubner advised Tommy to do other engagements instead of MÖTLEY CRÜE.
In CRÜE's original lawsuit, which was filed on June 18 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, three of the group's founding members (Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil and Mick Mars) through Motley Crue Inc., claimed Stubner forced Tommy Lee to "to become engaged in 'reality' projects that were bad career moves for Lee, harming [Sixx, Mars, Neil and Lee], the MÖTLEY CRÜE brand and Lee's own image."
According to TMZ.com, the suit calls the low-rated NBC show "Tommy Lee Goes to College" a "critical disappointment and a ratings disaster," adding it painted Lee as "incoherent, lazy and incompetent" and made him "look like a laughing stock who could not carry a drum beat." The suit also claims Lee's participation on "Rock Star: Supernova" "diminished the publics interest in Lee and their overall perception of his musical talents."
I am all for nailing Stubner to the wall for scalping complimentary tickets (which is also in the suit), but I can't fault him for trying to package up a steaming turd. Tommy Lee goes to College was an edited show that could have painted Tommy in a better light, but you just can't put makeup on a pig and vote it the prom queen.
The fact is, Tommy Lee is an incoherent, lazy, and incompetent laughing stock. These reality projects didn't create that perception, Methods of Mayhem, DJ Tommy Lee, and Pam and Tommy Lee's sex tape did that damage.
Last time I checked, humans have free will. If Tommy didn't want to do the show, Tommy didn't have to. Again the point is, Tommy is an incoherent, lazy, and incompetent laughing stock. That is not Stubner's fault.
The only thing that remains is Kid "Pebble" taking over the drums for MÖTLEY CRÜE.
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