Former Motorhead drummer, Mikkey Dee, spoke in a new episode of Drum for the Song Podcast, hosted by Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell’s son Dane. mentioning the band 1996 album “Overnight Sensation’.
He said:
“‘Overnight Sensation’ is a very good album but at that time – that was the toughest time of the period with me in the band [1992-2015] because Lemmy got fairly soft. [Chuckles]
“Me and Phil [Campbell, guitar], we were looking at each other… He [Lemmy] wanted to have an acoustic guitar, and the melodies were almost f**king pop melodies and we would go, ‘What the hell is this?’, you know?
“And we were arguing a lot at the mix. I believe I left the band two-three times on that period – really. And I think your dad did the same thing.
“We said, ‘F*ck it. Lemmy, you can do this f**king record yourself. We don’t give a s*it anymore.’ It was a tough time.”