#2520 - Tommy Lee

**Joe Rogan** (0:01)
Joe Rogan Podcast, checking out The Joe Rogan Experience.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:06)
Trained by day, Joe Rogan Podcast by night, all day.

**Tommy Lee** (0:13)
Thanks for the heads up, so I'm not tripping later on. Hey, dude.

**Joe Rogan** (0:18)
Good to see you, man.

**Tommy Lee** (0:19)
Yeah, good to see you, too.

**Joe Rogan** (0:19)
What's cracking? You got a diamond in your tooth? Is that what's going on? Nice.

**Tommy Lee** (0:24)
That's fun.

**Joe Rogan** (0:24)
My friend Cam just got a gold tooth, and I was giving him a hard time, and I was like, damn, I think I want one.

**Tommy Lee** (0:30)
Oh, yeah, you got to get one, dude.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:32)
I'm thinking of getting a gold tooth.

**Tommy Lee** (0:33)
I have a cap.

**Joe Rogan** (0:35)
I had a root canal. I've got a cap. I think I'm going to swap it out for a gold tooth.

**Tommy Lee** (0:40)
Do it. Do it.

**Joe Rogan** (0:41)
Fuck, yeah.

**Tommy Lee** (0:42)
I got one back here somewhere. It's just that little, like, I don't know, that little pirate thing starts to happen.

**Joe Rogan** (0:50)
I know. It's just a little outcasty.

**Tommy Lee** (0:52)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

**Joe Rogan** (0:54)
So what's cracking, brother? How are you doing?

**Tommy Lee** (0:56)
I'm good, man. I'm stoked to be here, to see you.

**Joe Rogan** (1:01)
Stoked to have you here.

**Tommy Lee** (1:03)
Yeah, man. Shit, I wish I was staying longer now.
But we'll make the best of...

**Joe Rogan** (1:09)
How long are you staying? How long are you in town for?

**Tommy Lee** (1:11)
I'm leaving after...

**Joe Rogan** (1:12)
Right after this?

**Tommy Lee** (1:13)
After you, yeah.

**Joe Rogan** (1:13)
Where are you headed?

**Tommy Lee** (1:15)
Back home, LA. My son is getting married.

**Joe Rogan** (1:20)
Oh. Congratulations.

**Tommy Lee** (1:22)
Thanks, thanks, which is such a trip, dude.
You know, like, he's 29, and he's getting married. And I'm just... I've been kind of tripping out on that. Like, dude, where the fuck did that time, A, go?

**Joe Rogan** (1:38)
Right.

**Tommy Lee** (1:38)
And, like, I'm so fucking happy for him that he's been seeing the school for seven years. I'm so proud that he did exactly the opposite of his dad.
You know what I mean?

**Joe Rogan** (1:53)
Right, right.

**Tommy Lee** (1:54)
He knows, and they've been... Basically, they've been married, you know?
And they're just making it official now. And I'm just so happy for him. Like, I tell him all the time, like, so happy for you, dude. Like, you know, you use some patience and some love and, like, mix it all around and put some time in there. And you know, shit's, like, your survival rate is going to be way better, way better. And that makes me really happy.

**Joe Rogan** (2:25)
And your happiness rate. I think if you're a kid and your dad is Tommy Lee, and you've had such a fucking crazy, chaotic life, he's probably like, slow down, give me a fucking yard and a picket fence and whoa.

**SPEAKER_5** (2:37)
Totally, totally.

**Tommy Lee** (2:39)
That's why, like, you know, in the drift of everything, I'm really surprised and I'm really happy. He just, like, pumped the brakes.

**Joe Rogan** (2:47)
That's awesome.

**Tommy Lee** (2:48)
Just, like, make sure that what he's doing is the real shit.

**Joe Rogan** (2:52)
Yeah, I mean, especially in LA with a rock star dad, it's like there's so many bad influences. There's so many ways you could go where you could just ruin your fucking life. It's so easy to ruin your life if you're in the wrong circles.

**Tommy Lee** (3:05)
Dude.

**Joe Rogan** (3:06)
So easy.

**Tommy Lee** (3:07)
Right?

**Joe Rogan** (3:08)
Because everybody else is doing it too. You're like, hey, I guess we're doing meth.
I mean, I know people that are good people that have fallen down that rabbit hole. And they're not bad people. They're not even stupid, man. They just made a bad decision for whatever reason. And then next thing you know, they're all strung out. And it's like LA is the hub of that. There's so much of that going on in LA.

**Tommy Lee** (3:36)
Yeah. And if you have any sort of... that sort of shit magnet attached to you, like, you know, the shady friends and the weird circles, you just kind of...
Of course. And all of a sudden, you're just fucking... Oh!

**Joe Rogan** (3:53)
I mean, I don't live in the rock and roll world, but I think that's probably the most attractive to, like, crazy people, like that world. That is the world where if you're a fucking kook, like, you gravitate towards that world, you know? It's probably so hard to find, like, sane, balanced people that are, you know? They have their shit together. It's like, it's almost impossible. So, like, you're just comparing yourself to the other chaotic people you're around, and you're the fucking drummer in Mötley Crüe. I mean, how are you supposed to be normal? What the fuck are you talking about? What kind of life is that? That's such a bizarre life. It's the craziest life of all time. You're fucking slamming the drums on stage in front of literally a sea of human beings singing along to your music.