Athena Lee
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Athena Lee | |
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| Birth name | Athena L. Bass |
| Born | December 8, 1964 Los Angeles County, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, actress |
| Instruments | Drums |
| Associated acts | Hardly Dangerous, Butt Trumpet, KrunK, Femme Fatale |
Athena Lee (born Athena L. Bass; December 8, 1964)[1] is an American drummer and actress. She is the younger sister of Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee.
Career[]
Lee was born in Los Angeles County, California,[1] the daughter of David Lee Thomas Bass, an American U.S. Army sergeant, and Vassiliki "Voula" Papadimitriou, Miss Greece for the 1960 Miss World event. Her brother is rock drummer Tommy Lee.[2] Athena Lee took an interest in music around age 20; two years later, she joined the all-female band Hardly Dangerous and the punk group Butt Trumpet. She then signed on and worked with KrunK. Aside from her musical career, she has also been a guest commentator on VH-1's Behind the Music and E! True Hollywood Story.
Lee was voted for, and won, "Best Female Drummer" at the Rock City Awards Show.[3] In the 7th Annual L.A. Music Awards, she was nominated for "Best Drummer (Males and Females)" category. She was the first female ever nominated in the history of the L.A. Music Awards.
As of 2011, Lee plays drums with various artists and is endorsed by Rockett Drumworks.[citation needed] Her book, Coming in Second, was published in October 2011.[citation needed] Since 2012, she has been a cast member of the Fuse reality TV series Ex-Wives of Rock.[4]
Personal life[]
Lee's first husband was Scott Atkins, a former bandmate. They had a daughter born in 1991 and a son born in 1992. She was later married to James Kottak, ex-drummer of the German rock band Scorpions. They had one child together, born in 1997, but have since divorced.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The Birth of Athena Bass". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Archived from the original on March 8, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
Her father's last name is Bass, and her mother's maiden name is Papadimi.
- ^ Archos, Iirene (March 29, 2014). "Athena Kottak: Tommy Lee's Little Sister Drummin' to a Greek Beat". GreekAmericanGirl.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
- ^ "Rock City Awards winners".
- ^ "Ex-Wives of Rock". IMDb. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
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- 21st-century American women musicians