MOTLEY CRUE’S TOMMY LEE STAYING OUT OF GODSMACK’S ERNA’S CRUEFEST ISSUES

Godsmack’s Sully Erna said that there was a lot of drama from the Motley Crue side during last year’s CrueFest, and reports have been surfacing that it was a…

After successfully completing the Cruefest 2 Tour with Motley Crue, Theory of a Deadman, Drowning Pool and Nikki Sixx’s signing Charm School Devils, Godsmack’s Sully Erna knew the tour was good for the band but he also knew it was the worst tour Godsmack had ever taken part in. Performing for thousands of Rock fans throughout the Summer of 2009, Erna cherished the opportunity to tour once again with Godsmack after taking a hiatus from touring and recording and he knew it was a good opportunity to put to rest the rumors the Godsmack had broken up. But what he didn’t see coming was the ego driven drama that comes with touring with Motley Crue. Having toured on Ozzfest and with bands like Metallica, Rush and Black Sabbath, to name a few, Godsmack certainly knows what touring as an opening act entails and how they should be treated. So what does drummer Tommy Lee think about Sully’s statement that it was the worst tour of his career filled with a underlying competitive aspect that lent itself to an uncomfortable vibe on tour?

Artisan News caught up with Tommy Lee recenetly to get his thoughts his experience on last years Cruefest 2 tour.

“Yeah, I don’t know too much about that. That’s something…Sully and I are good friends and I think he just had some issues with the way he was treated by somebody else in the organization but I’m going to stay right out of that.”

Godsmack are currently working on their follow up album to 2006’s “IV” as well as 2007 Greatest Hits package “Good Times, Bad Times… Ten Years of Godsmack.” Tommy Lee is currently in studio working on his upcoming Methods of Mayhem album while Motley Crue takes 2010 off before getting back into the studio and out on the road in 2011.