Mötley Crüe · 1989 · drums by Tommy Lee
Dr. Feelgood
From Dr. Feelgood. Intermediate · Straight · rock
Tempo
111BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 90–120
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 81 and climbs to 111 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
A stomping half-time-feeling groove with a huge gated snare, the kick doubling the riff, and tom fills that sound like they were recorded in a hangar (Bob Rock made sure they were). The pre-chorus stops need to be dead on.
Intermediate: Needs independence, a feel, or fills you have to learn.
Tommy Lee
- Read the Tommy Lee feature →Who they are, how they play, and what to listen to next.
- Tommy Lee's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 1989 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Tommy Lee songs
Songs at about 111 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.
- The Seed (2.0)111
- Immigrant Song112
- Bleed115
- Schism107
- Vicarious115