Tommy Lee responds to claims stating he ripped off Travis Barker
Tommy Lee took to Twitter to respond to those who claimed he “stole his shit” from Travis Barker, and Barker’s response was perfect.
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Earlier this week, Motley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee caught wind of rapper Travis Scott’s ASTROWORLD Tour setup. Lee in turn accused him of ripping off old sets by posting side-by-side videos of both stage designs.
Since then, fans have come forward claiming that Lee ripped off the idea from Blink-182’s Travis Barker.
Lee responded to the claims by posting a video of him doing the same drum stunt from 1981 (although fans were quick to correct him that it was actually ’87), long before Barker began doing something similar.
AND for the dumbasses saying I stole my shit from Travis Barker???? This is 1981 🤘🏻DO UR HOMEWORK 📚 pic.twitter.com/R1v6mx1ypZ
— T🥁mmy L33 (@MrTommyLand) December 1, 2018
Barker then responded to the tweets claiming, “EVERYBODY COPIED Buddy Rich!!!”
Tommy I love you bro, give props to the ???? who did it before anybody and who influenced us both. Ladies and gentlemen this is the first person to play the drums upside EVERYBODY COPIED Buddy Rich!!! ???? https://t.co/morxHczZEn
— Travis Barker (@travisbarker) December 1, 2018
Lee then made note that he never claimed to be the first to drum upside down, and no ill-will against Barker himself.
Love ya too dude!!! I’ve never said I was the 1st to play drums upside down! What I’m saying is I’ve since then created the inconceivable-rollercoaster drums etc and didn’t dig both my exact rigs gettin stolen …. you know who I’m talkin about
— T❍mmy L33 (@MrTommyLand) December 1, 2018
And who Lee is talking about is rapper Travis Scott.
Scott is currently on the road in support of his latest album of the same name. He’s been turning the stage into his own personal amusement park complete with a roller coaster and a ferris wheel-like contraption.
Earlier this month, in the midst of his tour, Scott hosted a one-day ASTROWORLD Festival featuring Post Malone, Lil Wayne and more. The rapper reminisced over the hometown gig by posting a clip in the aforementioned ferris wheel.
Tommy Lee caught wind of the tour setup and claimed either Scott or his team stole the idea.
“Just found out this fucking idiot @travisscott or someone on his team ripped off the 360 AND The Crüecifly! WTF!! Get an original idea bro…(swipe to see who did this shit first) BRB there’s more …”
Lee followed it up with a second post alleging Scott also copied the Crüecifly with his roller coaster-like design.
“ANNNNND not one rip off but TWO. DOPE. I get copying is a form of flattery, but this is just straight ripping off my shit. What do you guys think??? #crüecifly”
Following the alleged proof of the idea theft, Lee took to twitter to tell Scott to “lawyer up.”
Hey @trvisXX lawyer up!
— T🥁mmy L33 (@MrTommyLand) November 29, 2018
Lee also pointed out that the same production company used to create his designs also created Scott’s, telling everyone who claimed he wasn’t right to “fuck off.”
And the plot thickens! After I and our production crew created the 360 and Crüecifly, We hired a company called SGPS in Las Vegas to create it. WELLLLL GUESS WHO’S DOING TRAVIS’S SET DESIGN???? Fucking SGPS! So all u mothafuckas tellin me I’m not right can fuck off
— T🥁mmy L33 (@MrTommyLand) November 29, 2018
The production company has also worked with blink-182 where they constructed Travis Barker’s flying drum riser for their return in 2009, which marked their first post-hiatus tour.
Scott has still not publicly commented.