Dee Snider Interviews Don Dokken on MTV Heavy Metal Mania 1985

[@shawnrhem2721]

The 80s were a great time to be alive.

[@Bullet44]

Wish I could've experienced them... I love everything about the 80s. All of my favorite things are from them, though I'm from '94..

[@billystutz55]

Tooth and Nail and Under Lock and Key are two great albums

[@crustypioneer8104]

So is back for the attack

[@dandross]

+billystutz55 Under Lock and Key, Up From The Ashes, Breaking The Chains, Back For The Attack, and last Tooth and Nail. In that order.

[@vh1984ful]

Tooth and Nail

[@Longhornmatthew]

Back for the attack is a banger!!

[@ZeeboLaywicker]

these were the best days

[@joelewishenry7886]

ZeeboLaywicker Best days of my life

[@ElectricEndify]

Little did he know that Under lock and Key would be their best album!

[@dudemister8629]

Back for the attack was waay better!!!

[@fivestring65ify]

Tooth and nail is still my favorite.

[@gamexsimmonds3581]

Those three are all really close and are all great I'm their won way I find there is more filler on Under Lock and Key I think tooth and Nail is my favourite but Back Gor the Attack might be the best tbh

[@nath8282]

Dee is a very humble guy seems to me. I like how he builds up Don's band and music. Pretty cool.

[@daneedwards2644]

I wish I could have seen Dokken live in that era. I was born in 86' so I was too young.

[@MetalMaster101]

Same

[@MoveitorLoseit2]

I was born in 83. Missed out on seeing all the 80s bands because I was a baby/toddler when all the best bands and albums were coming out & I'm from California where most of those bands came from. By the time I started getting into metal, it was the mid-late 90s when I was a teenager. Unfortunately, by that time all the popular "metal" was untalented numetal garbage which I hated, but I was listening to early Metallica, Ozzy, Dio, Megadeth, Slayer, but I loved 80's Dokken too, and RATT. I was an 80s metal fan in the late 90s when real metal was unfortunately dead for the most part.

[@UnchainedEruption]

@@MoveitorLoseit2 I thought 80s metal and hair metal had something of a renaissance in the late 90s. Also, don't complain. There's some good shit in the 90s numetal scene, and you were at least around for that, and for grunge. Metallica and Megadeth were bigger than ever in the 90s and released some of their most original and artistically out there stuff in those periods. Pantera, Alice in Chains (Dimebag and Stalely were still alive). I was born in '99 so by the time I was old enough in 2010s everything on the radio sucked. My entry into rock 'n' roll was Europe (of Final Countdown fame) and Iron Butterfly (of In a Gadda Da Vida fame)

[@MoveitorLoseit2]

@@UnchainedEruption the first concert I was taken to I was still in high school it was Anthrax, Megadeth and Motley Crue in 2000. Then in 2001 I got to see Slayer & Pantera in the extreme steel tour, that turned out to be the last Pantera tour with Vinnie and Dime, so I was lucky there. Over the last decade I have been seeing every band I grew up with as much as I could. Like a bucket list, checking off all the bands I needed to see. They are all old and past their prime though. I have seen so many bands and even met some of them. I still have not seen Dokken just because unfortunately it makes me sad how Don sounds now.

[@Wolfmanluv]

Don was so gorgeous here

[@ForeverMPH]

Absolutely, and especially in person when you're in the seventh row! ;-)

[@Perle3456]

Under Lock and Key great album of Dokken, these guys are so talented, but way too underrated.

[@backtothe80s97]

Don certainly had a charm in him back in the day

[@PastorPeewee20]

Met the whole band Dokken when I was a kid at Texas jam! Great times!

[@danewson]

Way to underrated. Don could actually SING. SING I tell ya.

[@mercedeslobo8205]

They are both adorable and talented love them!

[@heavymetallove7]

I remember this was the 1st Rock/Metal show in the 80 on Mtv. The 1st episode I ever seen was one were Dee was under a muscle car working on it doing intro's for video's, of course he was faking but that was the set up. Great memory thanks!

[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

I remember watching this when it first aired on MTV. My mother hated that I had a poster of Dokken in my bedroom because she said that they " looked like weirdos" however, 1 year after she passed away, I had an encounter with the band members and they were very nice, encouraging and very humble. They loved their fans and weren't arrogant at all. A lot of celebrities could learn lessons from people like this.

[@ForeverMPH]

Luckily, my Mom loved them! :-) She thought Don was very handsome and loved his voice!

[@jennifermaynard1973]

Holy shit!! This is awesome!! Those were the days.

[@starchildEric]

Dokken is the best band in the world !

[@Longhornmatthew]

Fact!

[@melissacoleman760]

Sexy Don Dokken!

[@enormastitz5233]

That was George's playing that caused the volcano to erupt!!!

[@UnchainedEruption]

ERUPTION!!!! It went so far, they say Paris was Burning.

[@lathejordon6892]

Note to Freddy Krueger: If Dokken is a Rockin', . .Don't come a knockin'

[@Raretelevisiondvds]

I have Heavy Metal Mania 15 dvd set 1984-1987 for info,email on how to get this set.

[@MrTokedo]

even back than they had trouble getting along. that's why he said it sarcastically.

[@saxonsteve]

I saw Dokken at the Monstah’s of Rock Arena here in Massachusetts in “89” and his voice was shot! He must have been having a tough go at that particular venue.

[@MetalMaster101]

@gurubhai01 Nothing more heavy metal than playing the guitar solo on a volcano

[@toma.4808]

Dont forget also doing blow Off of freddy krugers glove!

[@stephaniebeeboo2793]

I met Don Dokken in person in 1997 and he was really nice to me, i heard that people have said he is a egomaniac and all but when I met him, he wasn't like that at all, he was pleasant and sweet to me, maybe because I am a cute blonde chick? I don't know ;)

[@UnchainedEruption]

Probably everybody is pleasant and sweet to cute blonde chicks.

[@somejackball]

the radio stations killed Heavy Metal/Hard Rock, most sold out to Alternative and College Rock. although a few stayed true, and still do. i miss the days of Q102 and The Zoo here Dallas, TX.. and of course OKC had THE KATT and East TX had 96X. the ZROCK folks had a good thing going too. i remember while vacationing in Honolulu in 92, they had a ZRock station =)

[@Lordhumongus]

99.1 Zrock. Dude. You brought back some memories. Q102 and Weird ass Wednesdays lol. Those were great stations that played great rock. Used to have cassettes of night rips from those so I could jam at school lol. I grew up in Grapevine

[@Raretelevisiondvds]

I have MTV Heavy Metal Mania Dvd set 22 dvds total,with 80s Twisted Sister Stuff,plus MTV 1985 PMRC Hearing with Dee Snider,&more

[@dudemister8629]

Dude u can see all that shit right here on KZbin.

[@Noodlegoose420]

Dee is just all spazzed. Lol

[@jlopez65]

"It's gonna be heavy." Is that why Don put the song, "Slipping Away," on their next album.

[@MetalMaster101]

Well ya gotta throw in a ballad for the girls.

[@stevenmandl4920]

i agree

[@WarrantDownboys]

Dee Snider is crazy😂

[@ericscottstevens]

This must have been a second take. Don warily looking back did not look to excited to be grabbed (again).

[@karenmonson9893]

When it comes to personal space everyone has their own comfort level. Dee is one of those people who doesn't have an issue with this and very comfortable being in close proximity to people. Don isn't like this you can see it in his body language. He tolerates it and seems to get more comfortable as the interview goes on. Also a good opportunity to promote your album and new music.

[@ForeverMPH]

@@karenmonson9893 Yeah, I noticed that, too. It's kind of funny, actually. You can even see Don still moving his face back a little as he talks. I tend to be the way Don is, and I prefer that my personal space not be invaded. :-)

[@karenmonson9893]

@@ForeverMPH As do I. It's gotten worse with time and covid hasn't helped either.

[@ForeverMPH]

@@karenmonson9893 Yeah, the "social distancing" gave us a good excuse for backing away! Ha, ha! It doesn't bother me; I am who I am, and I let people know. I only hug the few people who mean a lot to me. :-)

[@karenmonson9893]

@@ForeverMPH lol🙂👌

[@gurubhai01]

Man....

[@WarrantDownboys]

Dee is crazy😂

[@dariomanriquez5896]

Amo a Don Dokken..y su banda y no soy homosexual tengo 49 años y vivo en Chile

[@christopherfritz2834]

Poor Don. Nirvana was only a year away from forming and he and Dee's 'nightmare ' was only a couple of years in the future..

[@JackShephard777]

No, this was in '85

[@fivestring65ify]

Nirvana is every musicians nightmare. Horrible band.

[@shamrock32]

Nirvana blows

[@markpalavosvrahotes5575]

No Nirvana was pretty good. Compared to the crap that’s out now they were good. But Alice In Chains was the best of that era and Dirt is in my top 10 albums of all time.

[@ruiplas]

Wait, what? From 1:26, Don said “ ppl say rock is dead, metal is dead” Well, plz somebody tells me, is that real what they said back then? I mean that was 1985, c’mon, those bands could get platinum records back then

[@MetalMaster101]

In the early 80s they said rock was dead. That's when new wave and pop was getting popular. Sure some rock bands were platinum sellers, but in general rock wasn't the mainstream music and wasn't respected.

[@ruiplas]

@@MetalMaster101 thx for replying, I’m not a 80s kid, so sometimes I have no idea what was really happening back then. It just seems to me, after Van Halen’s 1st record, everybody wanted to go to LA, and became a rock star. Then, Quiet Riot, Ratt and Motley Crue hit the Billboard chart, 82 US festival got 400 thousands attendances, it feels like early 80s was not that bad for rock bands.

[@MetalMaster101]

@@ruiplas Yeah, rock and metal was definitely popular at the time. 80's was the peak for rock and metal. But it took bands like the ones you mentioned to kickstart the popularity and gain attention. Still though, as famous as they are, and as big as Rock was in the 80s. All the rock bands had to kick and scrape for everything they got. Some hit it big, but a lot didn't and went unnoticed and unsigned.

[@Rick5150]

Isn't a ballad propelling their album up the charts a sign that metal was indeed dying in retrospect?

[@karenmonson9893]

Don started out "shy" at the beginning but definitely warmed up and nailed this interview as it went on!!! This interview was "melodic" too!!! Still have problems listening to "Alone" without crying through it so only do it on an "upbeat" day!!! Same goes for "Home Sweet Home" by Motley!!! Was driving yesterday and had to shut the radio off so I wouldn't be crying and driving at the same time !!! This is really terrible isn't it???🤔🤫🤨😒🙄😬😌😔😢😭

[@MetalMaster101]

Maybe that's why you like Ratt, they never really did a ballad 🤣

[@karenmonson9893]

@@MetalMaster101 Good point on that!!! If Stephen tried to sing like this it wouldn't be good!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@MetalMaster101]

@@karenmonson9893 Who knows, we could say that about any song. Stephen would give a little Rattitude to a power ballad.

[@karenmonson9893]

@@MetalMaster101 You make a very good point again!!! It would be interesting from an ears standpoint!!!

[@Saber808]

No Dee your wrong. I didn't started with L.Z. It started with Coven

[@JasonAThornberry]

2:44 don may love george but george sure as hell don't like don lol

[@stephaniebeeboo2793]

George is a jerk, i met him in person in 1997 and he wasn't all that friendly, Don was sweet to me though, must be because he likes sexy blondies like me ;D

[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

Don was being sarcastic. Their feud was epic and it devastated me when the band broke up. Jeff Pilson said in an interview, that their egos got in the way and if they had kept them in check, their popularity would have taken them even higher. Big egos will always cause someone to crash and burn. Lesson to be learned, is that you didn't get to the top alone, it was a team effort. Remember the saying; " United we stand, divided we fall".

[@kaylaschulz2277]

I wasn't exactly the greatest girlfriend

[@kimberlyj.sullivan9304]

Hey, Kayla....name the city of where he lives: that's if you're telling the truth. No offense intended but he only prefers blondes.

[@stephaniebeeboo2793]

yeah blondes like us :D

[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

​​​​​​@@stephaniebeeboo2793 Don wasn't just nice to blondes; I had an encounter with the band in the late 80's and they were very encouraging, supportive, extremely pleasant and very down to earth and I'm a black woman !!! Back in the 80's, It was almost blasphemy for a black woman to admit that she didn't find Michael Jackson attractive ! Lol !!! Don was eye and ear candy to the max!!! ❤❤❤!! At the age of 58, I still have to catch my breath when I see pictures of him and hear that smooth, powerhouse voice. 🥰

[@kaylaschulz2277]

He was a good boyfriend

[@saxonsteve]

Kayla Schulz You should have married him!

[@tOxIc_TrEaSuRe]

Too bad George wasn't such a fn diva or Dokken would have hit the big-BIG time.

[@Sunsetsonthehorizon]

nice teeth Don...

[@backtothe80s97]

He did notttt love george lol

[@stevenmandl4920]

slippin away wasnt heavy