He’s run his musical career on similarly jagged lines, and Crüe fans will not be troubling themselves with latest solo album, ANDRO. It finds Tommy – as producer, writer and musician – working with rising names from the hip-hop world, each artist supplying their own lyrics. This is familiar territory for the sticksman, but anathema to anyone who knows him only from his day job.
Only a few tracks on ANDRO contain tasters from the heavier end of music. Opener Knock Me Down, featuring rapper Killvein, batters on walls with thumping industrial hammer blows. In contrast, Make It Back is lush dream pop led by South African female rapper Push Push – its synthetic beats belong on dancefloors rather than pits. There’s intriguing wordplay from British rap dude Shotty Horroh on Soma Coma, and Tommy concludes the album by remixing the appropriately named Tommy Lee, a slinky pop-rap concoction previously released by Post Malone’s protege Tyla Yaweh, and featuring guest vocals from Malone himself.