Former Motörhead drummer, Mikkey Dee, has been doing the rounds with media interviews lately to promote the band’s 40th-anniversary edition of ‘Ace of Spades’ and in his latest chat, he’s dished the dirt on fellow musicians whose behaviour was sub-par.
Reflecting on his 1992-2015 tenure with Motörhead, Dee explained that while he argued with fellow bandmates Lemmy and Phil Campbell, it was the trio’s dynamic that made them successful.
“To tell you that we played for 25 years without any arguments, that’s pathetic, that’s ridiculous. We had arguments. Lemmy had a vision, I had a vision, Phil [Campbell, guitar] had a vision,” Dee said during an appearance on The NFR Podcast.
“Now I’m not gonna mention any other names, but I’ve played with musicians that act like little fucking babies. They could be pissed off for a week over a small discussion or just that we have different views or opinions about something,” he continued. “And that’s what we never had in Motorhead. We’d always end up on the same fucking road and always even stronger.”
Dee explained that all three members brainstormed ideas together and would hash things out when one of the band members didn’t agree.
“We could sit down and say, ‘Hey…’ I could tell Lemmy, ‘OK Lem, give me your vision on this, why do you think we should have something like this on here?’” He shared. “If we had arguments when we disagreed, it was never any pissed-off moments or sour mouth.”
Dee also revealed in a recent interview with RRBG Podcast that the basis of Motörhead’s success was their close relationship with each other and this unison meant that, in his time in the band, there was only a handful of live shows that were “dodgy”.
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“It’s very important to be able to generate that have that feeling around you. You have to glow on stage. And with Motörhead I believe we did that every single show.
“We had a couple of horrible shows, just a few, but it was because someone was sick or something. We had a few dodgy shows, but I think I played close to 5,000, and I can say we maybe had 2-3 shows where we sucked. And that’s a pretty god damn ratio.”
Motörhead disbanded in 2015 following the death of frontman Lemmy who passed away on December 28th, 2015 at age 70 as a result of prostate cancer and heart failure.
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