Recently speaking with Sweden’s TellUs Rock, Mikkey Dee clarified he has no plans to revive Motörhead for a worldwide tour.
Talking about his recent series of concerts called ‘Mikkey Dee With Friends,’ where he played some of Motörhead’s well-known songs, the drummer said:
“It’s not a tour, but a few shows. It’s only a tribute thing. And I do miss playing Motörhead songs. I like to play my own songs [Laughs]. I wrote 12 albums with Phil [Campbell, Motörhead guitarist] and Lem [Motörhead frontman Ian’ Lemmy’ Kilmister], so it’s great to be able to go out and play some of these songs. And the audience has been hysterical — I mean, they cry, and it’s a lot of feelings.”
Dee’s Frustration Over Reunion Rumors
Dee continued, expressing how he’s tired of people getting it as a Motörhead reunion:
“It’s very important to say we’re not going out as Motörhead. I’ve been misquoted so much; it’s ridiculous. I’m sick of it. What’s so hard to understand that it’s kind of a tribute deal? We break in the middle of the set. I do a little storytelling; I take questions from the audience. I mean, it’s really cool little venues. So, it’s been great to do it, and these guys are total rock and roll that I play with.”
Previous Discussions On Continuing Motörhead’s Music
This is not the first time Mikkey talked about this topic. In a September chat with Finland’s Chaoszine, the musician shared his thoughts on playing Motörhead music with Phil Campbell and someone else taking Lemmy’s place, noting:
“I said, ‘We will never, ever get back together and replace Lemmy. That’s impossible.’ I said, ‘But doing little constellations, doing some tribute stuff, that’s great.’ That’s very, very different. And I think they said something, ‘Mikkey will never play Motörhead again.’ That was the main headline on Blabbermouth. I said that’s not what I said at all.”
In the rest of his conversation, Dee also expressed his intention to continue playing Motörhead songs, but he firmly stated he wouldn’t try to reform Motörhead as a band with someone else replacing Lemmy. He enjoys doing his ‘Mikkey Dee With Friends’ project and hopes to expand on it in the future.
You can watch the drummer’s recent interview below.
