''Never a Dull Moment'' is the first

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by then former

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, released on May 21, 2002 by MCA.

Background

Tommy Lee began writing music in September 2000, following

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's stint on

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. Lee described the process in a 2002 interview: :"I locked myself in my home and I just started writing. I didn't know what I wanted to do; it was more like thought'let's just write and see where this goes and make this like a natural progression.' What you hear is where it went. The more we started listening to it n the studiothe more my producer started going, 'Dude, you know, you can just call this what it is.' I was like, 'What are you talking about?' And he goes, 'Why don't you just call this Tommy Lee?' After thinking about it for a while, I realized he was right. That's when I made that decision, to just go under my own name rather than a 'band' name." ''Never a Dull Moment'' features the hit

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"Hold Me Down". Its

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debuted in late April and found significant airplay on

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. Directed by Dean Karr, it revolves around Lee riding a strange flying machine which crashes.

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-like performers are also featured in the video.D'Angelo, Jo
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MTV.com (April 16, 2002). Retrieved on August 15, 2008. "Hold Me Down" was performed on ''

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'' on May 22, 2002. The track, as well as the singles "Sunday" and "Ashamed" aired on

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station as well. "Ashamed" also featured a Music video. Aside from basic

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, ''Never a Dull Moment'' encompasses a variety of styles.

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s are offered through "Ashamed" and "Blue", which features guest vocals by

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, and "Sunday" boasts

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aesthetics. A

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's " Fame" is also featured on the album. In promotion of the album, Tommy Lee embarked on a tour beginning on May 24, 2002 and ending on July 20. This features bands such as

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and Headstrong. He also appeared on the

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2003 tour alongside

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and Default.

Track listing

# "Afterglow" (Tommy Lee) – 3:33 # "Hold Me Down" (Lee, Kai Huppunen) – 3:23 # "Body Architects" (Lee) – 2:57 # "Ashamed" (Lee, Huppunen) – 3:51 (featuring

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) # " Fame 02" (

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) – 3:39 # "Blue" (Lee) – 4:30 (featuring

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) # "Sunday" (Lee, Huppunen) – 3:28 # "Why Is It" (Lee,

Scott Humphrey Scott Humphrey is a Canadian record producer and mix engineer. He began his music career as a keyboard player and programmer. He is best known for his work with multiplatinum recording artist Rob Zombie and has co-written, co-produced and mixed ...

) – 4:02 # "Face to Face" (Lee, Huppunen) – 2:57 # "Higher" (Lee,

Marty O'Brien Marty O'Brien is an American bass guitarist. He plays professionally for live touring musical acts, recording sessions, television, and film scores all of which encompass a range of genres such as pop and rock, thereby collaborating with vario ...

) – 4:00 # "People So Strange" (Lee) – 3:15 # "Mr. Shitty" (Skit) – 1:02

Charts

Album Album (Year-end) Singles

References

External links

"Hold Me Down" music video
on

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