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TOMMY LEE: Real Student Or Just A Sideshow?

October 15, 2004

Kim Roberts-Gudeman of the Omaha World-Herald is reporting that former MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee (photo) enrolled at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln last week to film a reality TV series for NBC. The show will follow the tattooed drummer as he studies, auditions for the marching band and attends Cornhusker games.

It's unclear how long Lee will be in Lincoln, but filming is expected to end in early November.

Lee has said he hopes to better himself through higher education.

But does the musician — who has made headlines for beating up paparazzi, creating a sex video with ex-wife Pamela Anderson and urinating on a police car with Ozzy Osbourne — really want to change his life?

Or is the reality show just an attempt to kickstart his career after leaving MÖTLEY CRÜE?

Pop culture commentator Elayne Rapping suggests the latter.

"Tommy Lee's career is going downhill," said Rapping, a professor of American studies at the University of Buffalo in New York. She compared Lee to Osbourne, the former lead singer of BLACK SABBATH, whose career got a boost with his MTV reality show.

"Everybody is trying to get in on what has been the biggest TV phenomenon in years, especially people like Lee, whose careers have really plummeted."

Lee's musical career has lost steam, no question. Even before he left in 1999, MÖTLEY CRÜE's popularity had declined. Read more.

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