ANDRO

Today Better Noise Music recording artist and iconic Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee releases the fourth single from his October 16th, 2020 release, ANDRO. “The year’s most galvanizing electro/hip hop record,” according to Alternative Press.

Entitled, “Demon Bitches” this newest single is a collaboration with artists Brooke Candy and Moon Bounce. With lyrics that are NSFW, Tommy and Brooke explore a combination of themes including the Devil in our everyday lives, sex, bad relationships, set to a beat that no doubt will be heard in clubs around the world. For sure, your own personal “club” as we are homebound during the endless Covid-19 quarantine.

Stream the new song here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6W981KLlE0&feature=youtu.be

Brooke Candy, is a singer/rapper/stylist and the daughter of Hustler Magazine CFO Tom Candy. She takes a no-holds-barred approach in expressing herself, no better illustrated than in this collaboration with Tommy. Highly sexualized lyrics have been a calling card for Brooke, whose in-your-face, lightning-quick rap is front and center on “Demon Bitches” complimenting the theme of ANDRO.

The lyric video for the track is a largely female affair – directed by Melissa Ladybug, the video simulates a horror film credit sequence. The intro to the lyric section is the end of a horror film taken from a 2018 short called NIGHT TERRORIZER, written by and starring Pandie Suicide. As edgy as the song itself, the video packs quite a punch.

Also joining in on “Demon Bitches” is Moon Bounce, the mutant-pop alias of producer, songwriter, and vocalist, Corey Regensburg. Taking cues from dance music, R&B, and even the rhythmic lurch of metal, his output combines soulful melodies with jilted percussion, obtuse rhythms, helium-soaked vocals and larger-than-life production with a hyper-controlled synthesis.

“Demon Bitches” comes off the heels of Tommy’s most recent collaboration with Post Malone and Tyla Yaweh. After Yahweh and Malone released their song, “Tommy Lee”, Tommy himself joined them by remixing the song. Tommy’s remix made the track into an energetic rocker, with additional help from his friend John 5 on guitars and his son and co-producer, Dylan Lee (a musician and producer in his own right). Yahweh, Lee and John 5 performed the remix Live on ESPN House’s NBA Pre-Show on August 3^rd to kick off the 2020 NBA season. The track has millions of streams and video views – blowing up as the trio knew it would!

Tommy has been looking forward to fans hearing more from ANDRO. “It’s frustrating to let people hear a song or two at a time. I’m like, “Fuck. I want to see it come out already!” There’s so much badass shit on the record. It’s a killer record. I’m really proud of it,” explains Lee in his Alternative Press interview.

The first two singles from the collection, “Knock Me Down” and “Tops” were released in early June to critical acclaim and fan excitement. Lee’s new single is the next step in the theme of ANDRO being the male and female sides of music, equal in power and status. Androgyny is a combination of the essences of male and female genders and the album is the manifestation of the concept.

Other features on the record include a Prince cover from Lukas Rossi (Rockstar Supernova), Josh Todd (Buckcherry), Mickey Avalon and more. Go to TommyLee.com to pre-order the album, options include an exclusive autographed Pink and Blue vinyl set. The album will be available October 16, 2020.

photo by Myriam Santos

In conversation with Tommy Lee about his new music, his abject JOY over his new album, ANDRO, is infectious. The mastermind behind this compelling collection of songs has conquered TikTok amassing 560k followers in the past couple of months, while growing his Instagram audience to over 1 million during quarantine – an audience that eagerly awaits his new opus.

Lee has had a mega-popular Netflix film (The Dirt), starred in and produced 3 Network TV shows (Tommy Lee Goes To College, Rockstar: Supernova, Battleground Earth: Ludacris vs Tommy Lee), had a NY Times Bestseller (Tommyland) and has appeared on scripted and interview TV shows – most recently, a hilarious appearance as a professor on ABC’s The Goldbergs.

The longtime Mötley Crüe drummer has just spent the last 2 years writing and recording his new album and it is about to challenge virtually everything you thought you knew about him and his musical proclivities. True, he hinted at some of the complexity behind the chaos, when he formed Methods of Mayhem and when he toured with Skrillex, Zedd and Deadmaus, but Lee’s new set of tracks seem to truly represent the music that’s he was meant to make – and that definitively reveals the depth and range of his musical fascinations. They also represent the male and female sides of music – equally important and equally powerful, thus the name of the album, ANDRO. Androgyny is a combination of the essences of male and female genders and the album is the manifestation of the concept.

Check out below the singles debut from upcoming album, ‘Andro’.
“Tops” featuring Push Push / “Knock Me Down” featuring Killvein

The passion is evident right from the start of ANDRO (out 10/16), as the album opens with the first of his two singles “Knock Me Down,” a paint-stripping industrial-metal stormer (as close as ANDRO gets to what Lee is best known for) featuring the up-and-coming rapper Killvein, who gives a scorching performance. “I heard his shit on the internet,” Lee recalls, “and I thought, this dude is badass, ‘Knock Me Down’ had his name all over it. He raps like a beast, is super-talented, and actually says something. He’s gonna blow up.”

Another singularly fierce pairing on the second of his two singles, is with female South African rapper Push Push, who raps like lightning in her unique accent over a cool Afrobeat groove on “Tops.” She comes off as someone who you probably don’t want to cross. “She’s a total troublemaker,” Lee jokes, “a maniac!” With a powerful singing voice that takes listeners by pleasant surprise in between her staccato raps, Push Push has a down-to-earth attitude and the talents to deliver on her enthusiasm for experimental, barrier-breaking projects. Push Push has worked on a recent Pussy Riot single and has performed alongside the likes of Peanut Butter Wolf and Ryan Hemsworth. Her tracks have been featured on Comedy Central’s Broad City.

Both artists’ videos were directed by Lee’s longtime friend, Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit). As alike as the sets are for the videos, that is how different, sonically, both songs are. “Working with Tommy was an incredible opportunity, he made sure that I was in a comfortable space, free to express myself fully and without limits. The video shoot was a dream come true. I felt empowered to show all my true colors without judgement. Honestly that team could’ve made anyone feel like a star,” says Push Push.

“It was great working with Tommy! It’s crazy because I grew up listening to Mötley Crüe so I never imagined I’d end up working with Tommy fucking Lee,” enthuses Killvein. “I was surprised he’d even heard of me but that’s all thanks to our mutual friend, Danny Lohner. Danny showed Tommy my music last year and that’s when Tommy sent me the beat. I recorded half the song in my garage in Sacramento and the other half in his studio in Calabasas. I was like a kid in a candy shop in there – he has everything. The video shoot was surreal. Getting to work with both Tommy and Fred Durst on that was a dream.”

Other features on the record include a Prince cover from Lukas Rossi (Rockstar Supernova), Josh Todd (Buckcherry), Brooke Candy and Mickey Avalon. A pre-order also launches today and includes an exclusive autographed Pink and Blue vinyl. The album will be available October 16, 2020.