As he continues to make press appearances for the reissued Motörhead albums, Mikkey Dee insists on preserving the band’s legacy. In a recent interview with Sonic Perspectives, the musician emphasized their purpose with the new releases and expressed his opinions about the public perceptions of them.
The band’s former drummer previously answered those who indicated they were disrespecting the late vocalist Lemmy Kilmister‘s memory and said they released the reissues to do the opposite. To accentuate his point, he again talked about the criticisms and reactions.
Mikkey Dee explained that hearing people imply they aimed to earn money with the reissues was heartbreaking and that they were not profiting from this project. He stated that their goal was to give something to the fans to sustain Motörhead’s legacy and Kilmister’s dream.
The drummer expressed his point of view as follows:
“It hurts my heart a little bit when I read and see a few of our fans think that we do this for money. There’s no money in this at all. I mean, this is only to prolong Motörhead’s legend and to be able to give our fans another great book set packaging. Some new songs, some new live material, even an interview with Lemmy… It’s just to prolong Lemmy’s dream and the Motörhead dream. So, there’s really no cash in it for us. I wish it was sometimes, but there really isn’t. So, that’s kind of sad to hear some people take it in that direction. ‘Oh, my God! Lemmy’s turning around in his grave!’ ‘You guys are only trying to make money’ ‘You suck up money from fans.’ That’s the last thing we want to do. We want to give our fans something, you know. If they don’t want to buy it, just don’t buy it.”
Dee recounted the band’s old days and mentioned that they did not think much about the audience’s opinions when making songs and albums but were happy if they liked their works. He indicated they had the same attitude with the reissues and informed the fans that he and Phil Campbell followed this route to prolong the band’s legacy as they would no longer give any live performances as Motörhead.
In his explanation, he stated:
“Lemmy’s still not around, and he will never be again, and we will never be modeled as a band again. Me and Phil will never tour ever as Motörhead, but you can do a lot of good stuff to prolong the Motörhead legend.”
Mikkey Dee and Phil Campbell aim to keep Motörhead, their legacy, and Lemmy Kilmister’s dream alive by presenting fans with new materials they can enjoy since they will no longer hold any live performances as a band after the lead vocalist’s death. Despite the criticisms, the band’s former drummer is determined to achieve this goal.
