
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), an actress on the 1957 Miss Greece beauty contest. Athena is his younger sister. She is also a drummer. Lee was just two years old when his father decided to move his family to California. He also got his first drumsticks when he turned four. He also received his first drum set when he turned sixteen. He quit high school to pursue a career in music, starting in the L.A. club band Suite 19. [5] As a teenager, he listened to Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Cheap Trick, Kiss, AC/DC and Sweet. The main influences on his drumming are John Bonham, Tommy Aldridge, Alex Van Halen and Terry Bozzio
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