Chris Vener: So tell me Tommy, how's the tour going?
Tommy Lee: It's goin' cool. We've been out now, let's see, I think it's been exactly a month. We're having a blast... all the people coming to the show are stoked to see the Crue back together. It's been a ball, very reminiscent of... I guess you could call it the old days, but they're not that old.
Chris: Can we expect this tour to be as outrageous as always? Any crazy surprises going on?
Tommy: Definitely. I think this one is probably the sickest one yet. [laughter] Definitely f*cked up. There's ton's of surprises, things that we've never done before. Music-wise, production wise, there's some elements that we've incorporated into the show that we've never used before. It's really wicked.
Chris: What's the "M�tley Cr�e vs. The Earth" stand for?
Tommy: At first it was like our version of a tweaked tour, like a sci-fi kind of a play on the tour. But the more we go through it day and day out here, it really is, you know, us against the world. We're always fightin' for what it is we believe in, or doing things the way we wanna do them, so I think this tour is very appropriately titled, my friend. [laughter]
Chris: As far as the set list goes, I assume you're doing songs from Too Fast For Love through Generation Swine?
Tommy: Yeah, the only stuff we're not doing is the Corabi album, and Vince's solo. We're not playing anything that we didn't do together as a band. Let's put it that way.
Chris: I know you guys always have great road stories; anything crazy so far on this tour?
Tommy: Let's see here, let me think... oh, man, nobody's set anything on fire yet. It's been such a whirlwind, we're just like in and out of cities so quick. Let's come back to this one while I think, ok?
Chris: How's married life and little Brandon?
Tommy: It's awesome, it's just so f*ckin' hard to leave him. I just took two days off to visit the family, and my little boy's goin' "Dada? Dada, bye-bye!' As I drove away, my heart f*ckin' hurt. His little face was like, "My dad's leaving." It's been a month since I've seen him, we've been out just bustin' this tour up. It was really cool to go home, I needed to see both of them, even though it was a quick one, it was cool.
Chris: Other than the music magazines that are there to talk about the band, how do you feel about those tabloids butting into your personal life?
Tommy: Those guys all suck ass. It's weird because I've never, ever done an interview with one of them, but they've always got some juicy shit to print. They obviously made the shit up, because I've never spoken to any of them. It's their jam, dirt sells and they got lots of shovels. It's a weird thing, I don't really care but the only thing that bugs the hell out of me is when they come to my house. That's when I kind of lose my mind, like shotguns and shit.

Chris: So how are the fans reacting to the tour?
Tommy: I get probably somewhere between 100-200 pieces of mail every day. Everyone's just like overwhelmed; they've seen us five or six times on tours and this one's smoked them all. This tour takes you on a journey from the beginning up until now, and there's all these emotions, from excited to horny to crying to laughing to disgusting. It has a bunch of video images we're using, it's really a cool show.
Chris: Any plans for more tattoos?
Tommy: Yeah, matter of fact, soon as my other son is born, I'm gonna get both of those guys tattooed above my heart. So that's the next tattoo in line.
Chris: Is the drum solo gonna blow away all the other drum solos?
Tommy: Oh yeah, dude. This one's a f*ckin' head scratcher. You'll be sittin' there wondering, "How the f*ck did he do that?" It's a trip. You're gonna freak.
Chris: You know, Tommy, you're going to be the last band to play the Aladdin?
Tommy: That's what I've heard. We're trying to get the company that's doing the demolition to let us press the button. We wanna blow the place up. Hopefully the night after we play.
Chris: I couldn't think of anybody more suited to do it.
Tommy: Yeah! Wouldn't that be cool, Chris? The Cr�e just levels the f*cking Aladdin! It'll go down in history.
And to get back to your earlier question about some crazy road stories... we got a DJ spinnin' the latest and greatest in the crowd, and there's some video shit goin' on with everything from animals f*cking to skateboarding crashing to pot smoking; you name it, it's on the screen. Everybody's all psyched before the show watchin' it. We got popped awhile ago, because we stuck a full-blown XXX porno at an all-ages show. The cops came back and f*ckin' lost their mind... confiscated the tape. That was in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Then another time, Vince jumped in the crowd in Nassau; some guy was flippin' him off so Vince jumped in and just wasted him.
Another incident was when these security guards were being dumb asses, pushing little girls down off their chairs, just being rough with our fans. Nikki and I went to the front of the stage and choosed them on for a fight. So they removed the guard. He pussed out; He wouldn't come up and fight us. Chris: With that, we look forward to seeing the show. Say hi to the est of the guys in the band. Seeya in Vegas, Tommy! Later.
Tommy: All right, bro. Bye.