That must have been fantastic ... When MD left King Diamond after Conspiracy (which I think he recorded but did not tour?) the recipe changed; with no MD and no Tim Hansen the music became flavorless to me and I lost interest. Snowy was and is also a tremendous talent, but I think The Eye was a drum machine.

@@henrychiarkas4415 You are correct I teched snowy on conspiracy. He was a good drummer. He was young and dumb.he couldn't carry mikkeys lunchbox. For me ,Conspiracy tour Started out good but became a dark trek when we went to Europe. Their were several crew members who were hired who were seedy as fuck and no buisness being part of our tight knit kd family. I finally had it out w king about these people who were strung out not doing their jobs.so I quit in Berlin. Called my girl at the time and said I was leaving this this ghost ship.doc from savatage( our European support act) came into the room and fuck these guys you wanna work for us? So I went from snowy to killdrums in 5 min...came back to states w sava and did gutter ballet tour. Great time! Yes the eye was a drum machine . I did the Abigail tour but I worked for trouble who was the support act and would up. Helping mikkey alot that your as his tech whomwas his childhood friend had a bad drug prob. They called me 6 shows into them tour to tech mikkey. I was supposed to do the don dokken thing but his old tech begged for his gig back. Didn't matter I was out w testament for a long while. We are still close and I would visit him when Motorhead was around and hand out alot.

I call bullshit

@@joeylyons8496 Savatage was fantastic as well ... in my humble opinion, a bit weak on bassist and drums but the brothers did not seem to care ... their early music was do damn creepy, riffs so good and Jon Oliva's voice so effective and unique (like the King's) they are in my top 5 metal acts, along with King and Accept/UDO, Opeth and Mastodon.

@@henrychiarkas4415 Give Puppet Master a try if you haven't already. Best one since The Eye in my opinion. I even like it as much as (gasp!) Them!

frank artale, I agree completely. Mikkey Dee IS the best metal drummer ever. When I think of King Diamond, I think of Mikkey Dee.

Totally agree! What is awesome now is to hear drummers of today say he was their inspiration.

@@daisigray5539 It makes me feel less out- considered! Haha. I've told so many other musicians about Mikkey Dee and some of them seem stupid about King Diamond, as if Im stupid. Anyway, Mikkey Dee is a phenomenoa. Great to hear from other folks who know what they're talking about! "THEM" is the best King Diamond album.(IMO).✌🎶🤘🎵☠🦂

We all wonder what Metallica would be like without Lars.......and Hammett!

Yep same here. I heard some dudes blaring the Abigail record while loading my drums in my car and I asked what in the hell is that and went and bought it immediately. I was hooked! I studied that record relentlessly for a month then had it down pat. Craziest metal drumming I had ever heard until I heard THEM which was even mor insane imo and I was again blown away at his creativity and being naturally unique to me, with amazing feel, groove and even swing. His timing, drum tone and rhythm is amazing! I met him and had him sign picture I drew of him and he was shocked at the picture and just super cool!

on "Them " ? Have you payed attention to his drumming in " Conspiracy " ?

@@saraivatoledo1842 So you think his drumming on conspiracy, was cooler than on Them !!!!!! You need a new pair of ears.....Mr Toledo !!!!

@@onkelmarvin8360 Yeah , I probably do ... lately I have been stricken by these BZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, BZZZUUUUUUmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm , RZZZZZZZZAAAAAAaaaaaaaaTF ... I don´t know ( yet ) whether it´s some undiagnosed sh*t or simply using too much tech , headphones and whatnot ... Anyways , sorry for boring you but it ´s not like there´s a huge drop in quality from " Them " to " Conspiracy " drumwise , is there ? I´ll give it to you though , he surely sounds more " in - the - moment " , more lit up by the material he´s responding to with his drumming ( * on the " Them " album , of course ) . Absolutely .

I agree, hope you liked it

I was involved in a few bands in California at that time. XYZ, Don Dokken , High Noon etc and knew Mikkee from my friend Mike Patterson. He was really good and really cool along with John Norum Don, Billy, Ken, and Sam from Redondo Bch. Great times!!!! Red Corvette and hockey, 😆 l

You know, it's not fair to taunt the other youtubers... lol That is very cool.

Do you still have it?

Thanks Tim, I’m glad you liked it and yes he’s great

Seems like a very cool guy!

He was incredible live on that tour. One of the true supergroups.

Thank you and I agree

Hell yaa ‼️

Thank you for watching and I’m glad you liked it? Long live the King!

Thank you for the kind words brother.

Thank you for watching

Thanks, definitely a great guest

Thank you! Hope to make it to Sweden one day, I’ll skip ybr tobacco though

@@WasteSomeTimewithJasonGreen ok no snus, ill buy you a beer tho :P

Hi dearest, I want to Specially appreciate you for being a big fan. Thanks for your nice comment on my post, it means a lot to me. I want you to send me a direct message via hangouts using my personal email. Also endeavor to add your name to the text so I can know you are the one texting because I don't reply unnecessary Hangouts mail: micaelkiriakosdelaoglou.connect@gmail.com Warms Regard, Mikkey Dee

Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it

Thank you!

Thank you

Absolutely. 1000% agree. Such a masterpice! \m/

I had to really think about this one. Yes, you're right.

No, it's not

Thanks Max, I’m glad you enjoyed the interview and appreciate you sharing it

@@WasteSomeTimewithJasonGreen I send you a friend request on Facebook⚡🎸⚡!!!

You lucky person....that's all my favourite bands in one gig....plus living in Ireland I always wanted to see a gig in Long Beach!

Hello how are you doing today It’s nice to meet you on here

Thanks, I’m glad you dug it !

yeah he's very cool and friendly. (I'm on my wife's account cuz I can't get into mine Lol.....) I actually had a pretty brief run in with him while he was playing with Motorhead in Danbury CT. They had just finished opening for wasp and I was trying to make my way to the bar to grab another drink. I was pretty lit up and was kinda spaced out. This was I believe back in 1997. I bumped into someone and when I turned around to apologize it was him!!!!! I most certainly not expecting to see him mixed in with all of us in the crowd! It was like no one else even noticed him! I couldn't believe that! Anyway I didn't want to bother him because I'm sure he wasn't really in the mood for some punk kid sweating him ya know? Lol..... so just said HEY!! and gave him the thumbs up sign he said HEY!! right back but then he extend his hand and gave me a quick hand shake and a quick pat on my back. He asked my name and I told him as loud as I could so he could hear me. He said to me wait here.... so ofcourse I did. About 5 minutes or so later he comes back with an autograph with a picture of him and the rest of Motorhead and it said my name and it said you rock along with my name! Idk why I was so fortunate to have that experience but I can only think it's just because he really is an awesome dude who truly appreciated his fans plus the fact I think he knew that I didn't want to be a pain in his ass. I still have that picture somewhere in my collection of items I've accumulated at shows I've gotten at clubs along with all of my ticket stubs. He went out of his way to make a fan happy and I'll never forget it. I still to this day wish I could thank him for the memory of that night. Definitely an unselfish person!

But somehow the production adds to the ambiance of that album in a positive way. Worked out perfectly.

Dude! What is it you didn't like? It's a great album! It has a stellar band playing on it! Don is actually the weak link in that band! Listen to it again with an open mind...listen to it loud! Cheers.

@@am3986 I was looking for it to be a Dokken album at the time. Like it would be Back For The Attack II or something. Got to give it another spin.

It's a fantastic CD wtf

Agent, these guys were off the rails live. It was incredible. Suggested tracks to check out, The Hunger, Mikkey's intro is one of the best of all time; Forever; 1000 Miles Away; Stay and Mirror Mirror. The videos give a pretty good view of the shows. They were awesome.

@@xjbomb4463 agree, always and still love George Lynch but Billy White and John Norum really did a great guitar works in that Up from the Ashes album, not to mention Mikkey on drums👍

I’ve also see him live with Motörhead a few times

That is very cool. Do you still have it all these years later?

Hello how are you doing today It’s nice to meet with you on here

@@mikkeydee3990 I’m awesome ! Hope you’re well also

Am fine Where are you from

We definitely discuss it a bit

@@WasteSomeTimewithJasonGreen keep doing this, awesome interview man!!!

I’m sure you’re not alone