Mikkey Dee, the former MOTÖRHEAD and current SCORPIONS drummer, has publicly discussed his struggle with sepsis, a life-threatening condition triggered by the immune system’s overreaction to an infection.
Earlier today, Mikkey took to his social media to write: “Just a quick statement about what has been happening to me these past three weeks:
“First I like to thank everyone for these heartwarming Christmas and New Years greetings, that I have not been able to respond to. I always try to do that every year.
“This holiday season, I have been hospitalized with a very serious blood infection (Sepsis). I was admitted for three weeks but now I am home fighting this bastard bacteria. Thankfully, I have received fantastic care at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, my hometown. So thanks a million to all the Doctors and Nurses that have been giving me the most excellent care.
“After several operations, I am now back home and the numbers are all going in the right direction. Still lots of recovery and rehab in front of me. Now I’m working a 100% to be back on the drum stool for the Residency that starts off in Las Vegas on February 27.
“We have a tremendous 2025 to look forward to, celebrating 60 years of SCORPIONS and many exciting gigs around the world.
“So, the Stinger is out and I can’t wait to see you all out there on the road and rock the hell out of you! I wish everybody a fantastic 2025 with good health and lots of Rock n’ Roll!”
In an interview with the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Dee briefly shared his experience, revealing that he initially developed sepsis after spraining his foot in December.
“The ankle swelled up like hell, then it took on a weird shape and appearance and looked like an overcooked ham. I became very ill so I had to go by ambulance to Sahlgrenska and there they found that I had sky-high values, so I became priority one there,” Mikkey said (as translated from Swedish). “It was surgery right away, the first of three. They cut away what was dead and infected and badly infested. It was not a good journey I was on… Another day and I’d be playing drums with [late MOTÖRHEAD leader] Lemmy in heaven. I can say that.”
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