Mikkey Dee
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| Birth name | Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou |
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31 October 1963 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Genres | Heavy metal, hard rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Drums, Acoustic Guitar, bass |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Associated acts | King Diamond, Don Dokken, Motörhead, Helloween, Scorpions |
Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou (born 31 October 1963), known better by his stage name Mikkey Dee, is a Swedish rock musician. He is the current drummer for German rock band Scorpions. Dee is best known for his time in British rock band Motörhead, with whom he played for 23 years. The band disbanded following the death of founder and frontman Lemmy on 28 December 2015. He has also drummed for King Diamond, Don Dokken, Helloween.
He was born in Gothenburg, Sweden to a Greek father and a Swedish mother.
Delaoglou began his musical career with local bands Nadir and Geisha. His favourite drummer is Ian Paice. Other influences include Brian Downey, Neil Peart and Steve Smith. Dee also gives credit to Buddy Rich.
Having moved to Copenhagen to play with Geisha, in 1985, Dee joined King Diamond, who were looking for additional members to complete their line-up. Dee played on the King Diamond recordings Fatal Portrait (1986), Abigail (1987), and "Them" which followed in 1988. King Diamond himself was becoming quite popular and the musicians backing him were taking a secondary role in the writing and decision making, often Diamond was the only person answering for the whole group in magazine interviews, etc. After the completion of the supporting tour for "Them", Mikkey Dee decided to leave the band, as he felt he was becoming more of a back-up musician, rather than an equal contributing songwriter. However, he was rehired to play session drums for the recording of the band's follow-up album Conspiracy (1989), after which he was replaced by Snowy Shaw.
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