Pam & Tommy: Third Eye Blind Beat Motley Crue Even Worse Than You Realize
Tommy Lee gets embarrassed by Third Eye Blind in Pam & Tommy episode 5, «Uncle Jim and Aunt Susie in Duluth,» but Mötley Crüe got beaten by the band even worse than that in real life. The episode shows Tommy start to spiral after the fallout from his and Pamela Anderson's stolen sex tape starts to weigh on him. One blow to his ego is his band getting bumped from their usual studio space by Third Eye Blind, an up-and-coming band. It's a brief scene but it's one that definitely has an impact on Tommy Lee, portrayed in the show by Sebastian Stan.
Pam & Tommy portrays Tommy Lee in all of his rock and roll glory. He enjoyed success drumming for the band Mötley Crüe, one of the most well-known heavy metal bands of the 80s. Multiple Mötley Crüe albums went platinum or multi-platinum, as well as hitting Top 10 on the Billboard 200 multiple times, with 1989's Dr. Feelgood hitting #1. Lee comes off as a cocky, overly confident guy in Pam & Tommy, and there's no doubt that the band's great success contributed to that.
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However, by the 90s, when Pam & Tommy is set, the band had declined in popularity. Metal was waning in relevance as grunge, indie rock, and alternative bands became more popular. In episode 3, Tommy flips through the TV channels and lands on a VH1 Behind the Music episode about Mötley Crüe. Though this detail is anachronistic (that episode about the band didn't air until 1998), it sends a clear message about how Mötley Crüe is losing popularity, and is an interesting parallel to a scene in Pam & Tommy episode 5 where Tommy is looking at a wall of plaques boasting of the millions of records sold by his band. The times are changing, whether
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