{"id":47880,"date":"2016-09-12T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T00:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=47880"},"modified":"2016-09-17T16:37:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T16:37:08","slug":"news-scorpions-recruit-former-motorhead-drummer-mikkey-dee-as-permanent-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-scorpions-recruit-former-motorhead-drummer-mikkey-dee-as-permanent-member\/","title":{"rendered":"SCORPIONS Recruit Former MOT\u00d6RHEAD Drummer Mikkey Dee As Permament Member (September 12th, 2016) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCORPIONS Recruit Former MOT\u00d6RHEAD Drummer Mikkey Dee As Permament Member<\/strong><\/span>
\nSeptember 12th, 2016<\/strong><\/span>
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German metal group Scorpions have recruited former Mot\u00f6rhead and King Diamond drummer Mikkey Dee, revealing this development on September 12th, 2016.<\/p>\n

Scorpions issued the following statement: \u201cWe would like to thank\u00a0James\u00a0for so many years of lasting participation in the band and personal friendship. We understand and respect his need for time as he makes his way through the final stages of his healing process.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter our incredibly successful shows in the US, Europe and Asia, we are sure to have found a fantastic drummer with Mikkey Dee. He brings a fresh energy to the band and we look forward to the exciting time together that lies ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mikkey Dee shared the following words, meanwhile: \u201cI feel truly honoured and fortunate to be able to carry on playing drums on this level.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up listening to Scorpions and have always loved the band.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been friends for a long time so travelling and performing this year with Klaus, Rudolf, Matthias and Pawel has been loads of fun and the crew is very professional.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Scorpions fans have been most welcoming and it\u2019s been great to meet all the crazy wonderful Mot\u00f6rhead bangers along the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had some close to 25 amazing years with my friends and brothers Lemmy and Phil in Mot\u00f6rhead and that will always be the backbone in my future drumming.<\/p>\n

\u201cLemmy always had great respect for Scorpions for being a real rock band and I am sure he is proud up there that I moved on and for playing with this class act.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere\u2019s to many more years of rock and roll.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scorpions\u2019 line-up is as follows;<\/p>\n

Klaus Meine (vocals)
\nMatthias Jabs (lead guitar)
\nRudolf Schenker (rhythm guitar)
\nPawe\u0142 M\u0105ciwoda (bass)
\nMikkey Dee (drums)<\/p>\n

On April 28th, 2016, it was disclosed that Dee would step behind the drumkit for 12 North American headlining dates during May. Dee was filling for James Kottak, who was reportedly on hiatus while seeking medical attention.<\/p>\n

James Kottak\u2019s 20-year tenure as Scorpions\u2019 drummer began in 1996, concluding in 2016. Kottak lent drum parts to Scorpions albums 14 through to 18, namely; Eye II Eye<\/em> (1999), Unbreakable<\/em> (2004), Humanity \u2013 Hour 1<\/em> (2007), Sting In The Tail<\/em> (2010), and Return To Forever<\/em> (2015).<\/p>\n

Eighteenth studio record Return To Forever<\/em> was released in February 2015 via UME.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCORPIONS Recruit Former MOT\u00d6RHEAD Drummer Mikkey Dee As Permament Member September 12th, 2016 Mikkey Dee German metal group Scorpions have recruited former Mot\u00f6rhead and King Diamond drummer Mikkey Dee, revealing this development on September 12th, 2016. Scorpions issued the following statement: \u201cWe would like to thank\u00a0James\u00a0for so many years of lasting participation in the band […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[982],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scorpions-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47880"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47895,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47880\/revisions\/47895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}