Rocker Tommy Lee and a friend of his were tooling around the Southern California skies in a helicopter Sunday morning when they allegedly decided to do some rather “amusing” stunts in front a police chopper.

The LAPD forced the chopper to land at the Van Nuys Airport yesterday after it caused the stir  too close to the LAPD helicopter. Pilot Martz was flying Tommy Lee around. It appears that after the chopper landed, Tommy Lee disappeared and by the time cops got to the airport to interview the pilot, he had been drinking vodka.

Pilot David Martz was previously charged with reckless operation of an aircraft in 2006 after landing his bird in a residential neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills. The pilot picked up Tommy Lee and two other passengers and they went to a Nine Inch Nails concert in Orange County.

"[The pilot] was flying rather erratically, and he did get close to one of our helicopters,'' said LAPD Officer Karen Smith.”The tower over the area was concerned about his flying, too."

Lee, who was riding shotgun, was released after this weekend’s event. His pilot, David Martz, was located by cops at a nearby hotel approximately ten minutes after the landing, where he was reportedly suspected of drinking. LAPD took Martz to the cop shop for a blood alcohol test, which proved inconclusive.

Tommy Lee is the founding member of heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem, and has pursued solo musical projects. He was previously married to actresses Heather Locklear, and Pamela Anderson, with whom he has two children.