Lee was born Thomas Lee Bass on October 3rd, 1962 in Athens, Greece, to father David Lee Thomas Bass, an American U.S. Army sergeant, as well as mother Vassiliki "Voula" Papadimitriou (Greek: Basilike Papademetriou), who was a contestant in the 1957 Miss Greece beauty contest. Athena, his younger sister, is also drummer. Lee was only two years old [4] when his father accompanied his family on a trip to the United States. Lee received his first drum sticks at the age of 4 and his first big drum kit at the age of a teenager. He quit high school in order to pursue an interest in music and began in the L.A. club band Suite 19. 5. As a teenager, he enjoyed listening to Van Halen as well as Led Zeppelin as well as Kiss, AC/DC, Cheap Trick, Kiss and Led Zeppelin. John Bonham, Tommy Aldridge and Alex Van Halen were his principal drumming influences. Terry Bozzio has also been an influential influence.
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