Editing Tommy Lee (section)

===Solo career===
[[File:Tommy Lee at Digital Playground Party 3.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Lee in 2004]]
Lee came back once with Mötley Crüe to go on the ''Crüe's Greatest Hits'' tour in 1999. With the popularity of [[rap metal]], he formed a band called [[Methods of Mayhem]]. The band released a self-titled album the same year and toured in support of it. Although Lee distanced himself from Mötley Crüe after splitting, he agreed to take part in the band's 2001 autobiography, ''[[The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band|The Dirt]]''. In addition to Mötley Crüe and Methods of Mayhem, Lee has made guest appearances on albums by other artists, such as [[Stuart Hamm]], [[Nine Inch Nails]] and [[Rob Zombie]]. He also contributed a song, "Planet Boom" (originally on Mötley Crüe's [[Quaternary (EP)|Quaternary EP]]) to the soundtrack of then-wife [[Pamela Anderson]]'s 1996 movie, ''[[Barb Wire (1996 film)|Barb Wire]]'', and produced an album for the pre-[[Goldfinger (band)|Goldfinger]] project from [[John Feldmann]] and [[Simon Williams (bassist)|Simon Williams]], the [[Electric Love Hogs]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K88GFEJCGc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/0K88GFEJCGc| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live |work=YouTube |access-date=February 6, 2010 |date=March 12, 2008 |title=Electric Love Hogs in the Studio With Tommy Lee}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
Lee parted ways with [[Methods of Mayhem]] partner [[TiLo (rapper)|TiLo]] and began recording with members of [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]]. He then released his first solo album. The album, 2002's ''[[Never a Dull Moment (Tommy Lee album)|Never a Dull Moment]]'', has tones of [[rap metal]] and [[electronica]]. The song "Blue" features guest vocalist [[Rodleen Getsic]] (the credits read: "Rolleen"). In August 2002, Tommy Lee and his solo band joined [[Ozzfest]], mainstage. In 2006, he formed a new band called [[Rock Star Supernova]] with [[Jason Newsted]] (ex-[[Flotsam and Jetsam (band)|Flotsam & Jetsam]], [[Voivod (band)|Voivod]], [[Metallica]]) and [[Gilby Clarke]] (ex-[[Guns N' Roses]]).

The 2006 [[Rock Star: Supernova|season]] of ''[[Rock Star (TV series)|Rock Star]]'' selected [[Lukas Rossi]] as the lead singer for Supernova. [[Dilana]], [[Magni Ásgeirsson]], and [[Toby Rand]] with his own band [[Juke Kartel]] were the three runners up and accepted an offer to go on tour with Supernova. The self-titled debut album ''[[Rock Star Supernova (album)|Rock Star Supernova]]'' was released on November 21, 2006.

Lee released his autobiography, ''Tommyland'' and his second solo album, ''[[Tommyland: The Ride]]'' in 2005. The CD featured as a soundtrack to the book and includes the singles, "Tryin to be Me", "[[Good Times (Tommy Lee song)|Good Times]]" which was the theme song to his reality TV series ''[[Tommy Lee Goes to College]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=18859 |title=Tommy Lee Goes to College! soundtrack |website=Top40 Charts |date=29 November 2005}}</ref> and "Hello, Again" which features [[Andrew McMahon]] from [[Something Corporate]] and [[Jack's Mannequin]]. Lee was also a guest DJ at [[WINS-FM|WXRK]] "K-Rock" in New York during the Fourth of July Monster Metal Meltdown in 2005.<ref name=":0" />

He also recorded drum tracks for the alternative rock band [[Jack's Mannequin]], which has released the album ''[[Everything in Transit]]''.

[[File:Criss Angel and Tommy Lee.jpg|thumb|upright|Lee (right) with illusionist [[Criss Angel]] at the [[2007 Scream Awards]]]]
In November 2007, it was announced by Nikki Sixx that Lee was no longer a member of Mötley Crüe. The drummer reportedly quit after the rest of the band sued his manager, [[Carl Stubner]], for forcing Tommy to take part in reality TV shows, thus forcing the cancellation of a lengthy leg of Crüe tour dates in 2006. Lee had already quit once in September 2007 before returning to the band. Vince Neil denied the claims that Tommy Lee resigned from the band, and said that Mötley Crüe would be going into the studio in January to start recording its new album. In the end, Lee did end up recording the new album, ''[[Saints of Los Angeles]]'', and toured with the band in 2008 on its Crüe Fest tour.

Tommy Lee's more recent artistic endeavors include touring as an electronic dance music DJ with his Methods of Mayhem DJ/production partner, DJ Aero (birth name: Chester Deitz). As DJs, they are also known as Electro Mayhem, and clocked over 60 club dates as DJs throughout North America in 2007 alone, with stops in the Bahamas and Central America. Lee and Aero debuted as DJs on the mainstage at Ultra Music Festival during Winter Music Conference (WMC) in 2004. Lee and Aero began DJing together in 2000. In 2009, Lee appeared in select cities with [[Sharam]], one half of Grammy-winning [[Deep Dish (band)|Deep Dish]], accompanying Sharam live on the piano during his house DJ sets. Lee and DJ Aero also accompanied [[deadmau5]] in his 2011 Meowington Hax tour. He played keyboards with [[Deftones]] at a benefit show for now deceased bassist Chi Cheng in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0D3Dh_XHA0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/h0D3Dh_XHA0| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live |date=December 11, 2009 |title=DEFTONES - Anniversary Of An Uninteresting Event - w/ Tommy Lee and Mike Shinoda |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2014, Lee performed on [[the Smashing Pumpkins]]' ''[[Monuments to an Elegy]]'' album.<ref name=SmashingPumpkins>{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |title=Motley Crue's Tommy Lee to Drum on Smashing Pumpkins Record |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/motley-crues-tommy-lee-to-drum-on-smashing-pumpkins-record-20140508 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=May 8, 2014 |access-date=March 7, 2016}}</ref> That same year, he rejoined his Mötley Crüe bandmates for the group's farewell tour. As part of a legal agreement between the four band members, each signed a contract which would prevent any of them from ever touring under the Mötley Crüe moniker again unless all members were involved.<ref name=SmashingPumpkins/>

In 2022, Lee had a phone conversation with [[Foo Fighters]] drummer [[Taylor Hawkins]] just hours before the latter's death. It was reported that Lee was one of the last people to speak to Hawkins while he was still alive.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tommy Lee Says He Spoke to Taylor Hawkins Hours Before His Death |url=https://www.etonline.com/tommy-lee-says-he-spoke-to-taylor-hawkins-hours-before-his-death-in-emotional-tribute-181509 |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=Entertainment Tonight}}</ref> Lee later appeared with Nikki Sixx in a tribute concert for Hawkins at [[Kia Forum]] in [[Inglewood, California]] on September 27, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fighters |first=Foo |date=2022-08-17 |title=Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert Updates: How To Watch, Artists Added & Charities Announced |url=https://foofighters.com/news/taylor-hawkins-tribute-concert-updates-how-to-watch-artists-added-charities-announced/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=Foo Fighters}}</ref>