DOKKEN - No Answer (Official Lyric Video)

'No Answer' is the second single taken from "The Lost Songs: 1978-1981", set for release on 28 August 2020 via Silver Lining Music. Available to pre-order at: smarturl.it/DokkenTheLostSongs
It wasn’t always multi-platinum sales and stadium gigs for Dokken. There was a first-phase and there were early days, and it is those bold first steps to stardom which are celebrated comprehensively on Dokken’s The Lost Songs: 1978-1981 album, out on August 28th 2020 through Silver Lining Music.
Featuring spectacular sleeve art by renowned US artist Tokyo Hiro (Motörhead, Motley Crüe), The Lost Songs: 1978-1981 show the crackle and craft of a hungry young Don Dokken as he embarked upon a journey which started in Southern California and Northern Germany. It is a trek which is testimony to the sheer endeavor and perseverance Don Dokken showed in those few years between 1978 and 1981, starting from when he spent time at a guitar store called Drake’s Music, owned by Drake Levin in Manhattan Beach, California.
A fair selection of the treasure on The Lost Songs: 1978-1981 are from these early European days. “Felony” carries a thuggish fuzz-coated riff think early Van Halen in really greasy embroidered denims while “Day After Day” showed that Don could pen a radio-slaying ballad.
The writing and creation of The Lost Songs: 1978-1981 are further tribute to enduring early days of struggle in both Germany and LA., Don would return to LA for a spell after those brief European gigs, and he worked with Croucier on material, including perhaps the truest view of Dokken’s then-future “Hit and Run”, which incredibly did not end up on the eventual Breaking The Chains release. From the sunbaked SoCal hook of “Step Into The Light” to the furious, fledgling, late-Sunset Strip sound of “Back In The Streets,” The Lost Songs: 1978-1981 shows Don in his unfettered early days of balls-out attitude, qualities doubtless forged in the sheer nature of the adventures undertaken in writing, recording and deciding Europe was the place to keep cutting his teeth.
The Lost Songs: 1979-1981 not only shares that magic with the fans, it gives them the final, vital and undeniably missing (until now) early album in the Dokken collection.
Musicians who appear on The Lost Songs: 1978-1981
Don Dokken - vocals, guitar
Jon Levin - guitar
BJ Zampa - drums
Juan Croucier - bass
Greg Leon - guitar
Gary Holland - drums
Mick Brown - drums
George Lynch -guitar
Rustee Allen - bass
Bill Lordan - drums
Greg Pecka- Drums
The Lost Songs: 1978-1981 track-listing:
1. Step Into the Light
2. We’re Going Wrong
3. Day After Day
4. Rainbows
5. Felony
6. No Answer
7. Back In The Streets
8. Hit And Run
9. Broken Heart
10. Liar
11. Prisoner
The Lost Songs: 1978-1981 is available on CD, Vinyl, digital formats and special D2C bundles
For pre-order visit: smarturl.it/DokkenTheLostSongs
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[@nicolemegyeri5267]

I started listening to Dokken before they went mainstream and have been a fan ever since . I can't believe I'm 50 yrs old because I don't feel/ look like it , I'm still young at heart . I will be jamming to these guys when I'm in my 80's and 90's.

[@godwillguideme.3773]

What did u think of this lost track?

[@D.Z.A.-kp8lf]

When did they go mainstream?

[@naturallawman2965]

@@D.Z.A.-kp8lf lol. Yeah they were on MTV and were on the cusp of being headliners... Then they "Walked Away".

[@nicolemegyeri5267]

@@naturallawman2965 Dream warriors is when I thought they went mainstream .

[@nicolemegyeri5267]

@@godwillguideme.3773 I don't like it

[@ProjectCreativityGuy96]

I may be this millennial type of guy or whatever, but when i was a kid back in 2008, i fell in love with DOKKEN!!!!

[@nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev6251]

2008 😂😂😂😂😂

[@rocknroll4ever05]

I'm 14 now and I fall in love with Dokken and I'm proud of it☺

[@godwillguideme.3773]

Good 4 you! They are GREAT!

[@ghostman5620]

Fuck all of you!!! 1984. Wait.....shit im old. Fuck me!! Hahahahahahaha!!!

[@Broski_Nation]

Bro, same with me!! Into the fire and dream warriors were my first Dokken songs !

[@christinebrunton1489]

Grew up listening to Dokken in the 80's!!! I still love them...

[@daveriggles5005]

Haven’t sent

[@SuperHemiDodge426]

58 and still rockin 2 dokken

[@Samhaim1234]

Thanks Dokken for the new music in hard times

[@barbpence8784]

My favorite rock ever this was my.band growing up

[@DokkenNewsing]

Wow that's is very nice, I hope you're keeping safe

[@WilliamC1966]

Excellent! Best wishes for Don.....I hope you get better Bud! ♥️👍🤘

[@ramonahern9758]

A brilliant song

[@gorans.472]

Mai 2023: Grüsse aus Schwarzwald, Germany. Hier ist ein Mann, bin 54 J. Lieber Don Dokken, falls Du das hier liest, so möchte ich dir ein Danke sagen. Für mich bist du der Beste. Dokken höre ich fast jeden Tag seit 1987. Dokken rules!

[@alexsaucedo8032]

Grew UP with DOKKEN. Love me some old school classic 80s DOKKEN 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@dokkengirljo6993]

Keep in mind when you listen, these songs are from 40 years ago... They are not meant to sound like "Back for the Attack". Some lost things are treasures that are meant to be found, and in this case luckily shared with the world.

[@antimurphy8212]

Yeah but Don re-recorded the vocals. His range would be way higher otherwise. I love the drum sound on it!

[@Samhaim1234]

Great solo

[@leebsanders]

Love this! Stoked for the (re)releases and new album!

[@sassykaren7587]

OMG!!! One of my all time favorite bands from the 80’s and even up to today! I would always have their music blaring in my Camaro when me and my best friend just wanted to get out of the house for the night and go riding around all over! Man do I miss those days!! I didn’t have a care in the world and would have so much fun and happy memories! Getting old SUX!!! 🤘🤘

[@shawnwomack9562]

That's right the same thing.😎🕶✌📿🤘🎸🤘

[@srich8251]

Here too, but I had a Trans am, ;-)

[@sassykaren7587]

S Rich pretty much the same thing back then. I used to have so much fun driving that car around. I have always been a tomboy so I would race my car and do stupid things but I had fun. I sometimes wish I could go back and relive those days all over again. Thank you so much for your reply 👍

[@chrishastings6312]

Yes, Dokken music turned up loud in the car was awesome! They were the main band that got me wanting to pick up the guitar in the first place. Hearing them play live compared to the studio albums is night and day. A band that really knows how to play their instruments! 1995 live was great as well! So many nice live KZbin of them playing. I remember before this the CDs were all we had or VHS or DVD. I was a cd guy. I couldn't downgrade to an mp3. It just doesn't sound the same. I wish they would bring back the cd shops again. Put the entire catalog of all those bands back from the 60s 70s 80s on up like they used to do. Not just what they want you to buy. I could just imagine having an app listen to the music your listening to on the radio and if you like it click on something and it adds to your wish list of bands you want to buy their cd. Then you go and find them on Amazon cart list or go to a CD store and hope that they have it.

[@sassykaren7587]

Haji Kamikazi ESP Guitars I have found a lot of the older CD’s at Walmart in the bargain bin. I’m also very big on having CD’s and have a pretty good sized collection. I have all the Dokken CD’s but the last one I bought (I can’t remember the name of it) was really bad. Don couldn’t even hit a lot of the notes on the songs. I know exactly what you mean about how different they are in concert and on the CD’s. The last time they came to my town, I had tickets to go see them but Don and George Lynch had their falling out right before the concert and it was canceled. I was really upset. I’m glad you were able to get into playing guitar. George Lynch is one of the best! Thank you for your reply and have a great day 🤘

[@kingofdragontown9680]

I can't wait for this album. The two songs so far have been great.

[@ProjectCreativityGuy96]

I love the 1978 DOKKEN!

[@joseywales4874]

Best song from them in years. Always down to go rokken with Dokken!

[@markusluetolf2031]

Magic Dokken great Share Danny I love this Tune thank you for sharing rock on hope you are doing well

[@Terrybryk]

Love u guys ......God bless

[@mariademo2813]

I can't wait I want to buy your new album love it 🔥🔥🔥 rock on ❤️

[@clarissedegry8467]

Thank you ! It's AMAZING

[@coltenwalker09]

This is badass! 🤘🏻☠️🤘🏻

[@christianmendoza7079]

Extraordinary song!

[@mdotter03]

This is pretty good! Long live Dokken!

[@cindystokes3280]

Love Dokken!!!😍😍😘😘😘

[@DokkenNewsing]

Wow that's good.. I hope you are keeping safe? Tell me where are you from?

[@cindystokes3280]

@@DokkenNewsing I'm from North Carolina

[@DokkenNewsing]

@@cindystokes3280I really appreciate the love, I'm sending a big shout out to you, just want to say a big thanks to you guys for the support and love through the years, you inspire me!!!

[@DokkenNewsing]

@@cindystokes3280 What's your favorite song on my list?

[@cindystokes3280]

@@DokkenNewsing Alone Again and Dream Warriors

[@zakkingram2655]

It looks like a Miami Vice sound track promotion video. It's a good song. Don is one of a kind. His voice has changed, but he can still sing unless he tries to sing higher. I'm waiting for a new studio album they are working on.

[@domrokken]

This is actually alot better than I expected

[@thranduilelf9172]

I love this song!

[@rominanunez295]

Don, my impossible love ! 😍Kisses from Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷💋

[@supernatural9r406]

Yesssss.

[@WilliamC1966]

Must've played this fucking song a few hundred times already....takes me back a bit....Idk if Don knows how much some fans appreciate him digging this out of the vault! Thank You Don!!!!♥️🎸👍😁

[@Dokken1975]

I love it!

[@kevincunningham2796]

Still my favorite Rock group since the fall of ‘83 just a few months after graduating HS. George Lynch still my favorite guitarist after all these years!!!! Can’t wait for this album to come out. Have a few of the songs from Napster days. Look forward to the Remastered songs for the ‘oldies’. Also can’t wait for the new stuff that’s long overdue hopefully to be released this year 🤟🤟🎸🎸

[@shawneldridge9312]

no answer and step into the light is my favorites of the cd

[@CRITTERBUSTERS]

Now this is more like it! Step into the Light wasn’t doing it for me but this is solid! Rock on 🤘

[@musicalSFCat]

These vintage demos rock!

[@bigstovepipe]

Rokken with Dokken! Thanks Don!🤘🤘

[@waynegram8907]

I have been waiting for years for these tapes to come out of the vault this is the real dokken

[@lrn_news9171]

This is a new recording of an old song

[@robertagodsil7951]

The message fits the moment. Hang tough! I learned a few things about Dream Warriors recently . George crashing through the wall. That smile from Patricia Arquette and the quick little smile back from Lynch.. I'd suspected something was up at that moment, Could not quite put a pin on it. Then I looked into it about a month ago. That video captured and captivated the mid -late 80's and much the entire X Generation! ; ) One of the top vids ever for me. Fun times : )

[@markelwhitney3802]

There's an interview where George says he was high as shit, an he an the Freddie Krueger actor did coke of the Freddie claws

[@robertagodsil7951]

@@markelwhitney3802 The entire band was, but George was most affected, Kept falling though the wall , many takes. they had a fantastic time Said they had a fantastic time as did Robert Englund. I watched again and Pilson looked quite intense.Ha..

[@spartansquid5931]

Roberta Godsil So basically you watched the Metal Mythos Dokken review

[@robertagodsil7951]

@@spartansquid5931 Probably. Appreciate the fetch, SS. Didn't feel like chasing it down that night.

[@WilliamC1966]

Just fukkin killer!!! Nobody writes songs like Don.....✌

[@richardstiltner1046]

Dokken Rocks😎🤘👍

[@EddieCrocco]

Cool song and video! B-)

[@JasonSaulnierMusic]

awesome

[@ColonelStraker]

Who's in Don's lineup, for the recent work? Long-time fan and, especially, Don's unique voice and trademark style.

[@dwightburns6699]

I have the guy from Ratt on bass...Juan C.

[@mercyfulmike4294]

Well that's definitely a George Lynch solo

[@StevenMr-lb3ld]

These songs were written years ago. Re recorded today. Jon Levin on guitar... not George Lynch.

[@wallyhooker]

Hmm. None of this sounds like it's from the late 70's or early 80's. The guitar tone, Don's singing, the overall production and even the song itself sounds pretty current. This is more like something maybe left over from Lightning Strikes?

[@matthewg666]

Musically, it certainly doesn't sound any earlier than Dysfunctional. Vocally, it sounds more around the time of Hell To Pay.

[@SixxQueen91]

I believe all these songs have been re-record. They are mostly from the Back In The Streets album.

[@matthewg666]

@@SixxQueen91 Hopefully it's only on the newly discovered incomplete tracks. Everything else, I would think should be the originals.

[@spartansquid5931]

I find it weird that no one seems to think “They’re releasing one or two originals to tide us over while we wait for the album”, why is everyone making the assumption that this is a rerecord of an old song? Or that the album will be re-recorded old songs?

[@matthewg666]

@@spartansquid5931 Because the new album is a collection of old demos that Don found while cleaning out his storage unit. In an interview, he said that he wanted to use as much of the original demos possible. Some were incomplete, though. So, some re-recording and vocals would be added. Beyond that, it was vague. Judging by the track list, my guess would be that this will be the first official release of Back In The Streets with 5 additional tracks. Of those, Broken Heart was the b-side of Don's first single. Juan Croucier had a usable recording of Hit And Run. That leaves 3 tracks that should have any re-recording done on them. Should. I just personally question whether this track really dates back to 78-81. Even with re-recording, Step Into The Light at least sounds like what Don was writing back then. No Answer doesn't.

[@scottanddebranelson8419]

cool tune. better late than never. i woulda jammed this one just as much as all the others back in the day. still got the drum stick tossed just before encore.....just got lucky as the tune. that was a cool show.

[@MrDokken666]

I lisne to yuo since i was 15 years old. you do not need to get NEW, or trendy. pls play songs as you were, play in europe they love you, please guys don't get old. you are almost the last guys that i lisen too

[@kirkcostner774]

I wish George Lynch had played guitar on this album. I would love it if Don and George could make at least one last album together. That would be awesome.

[@antimurphy8212]

You're so right...totally agree. I really wish they would just record new music together and not tour. Evidently Don can't sing well anymore. He's had health problems and I'm sure it's even harder physically touring.

[@anthonygodwin4718]

George plays on the song rainbows

[@dondon98]

THIS IS REAL MUTHERF' ROCK N ROLL THAT PAVED THE WAY FOR ALL THE NEW BANDS OF THE LATE 90s & 2000s

[@marcbrunengraber3507]

I like it! This is one of the old “lost” tracks, but this specific track was re-recorded with Don’s current vocals, Jon Levin on guitar, and BJ Zampa on drums. Not sure if the bass track was also re-recorded.

[@WilliamC1966]

Nope...u earned it...Ive been a fan and a musician for decades... fuck em...u are awesome

[@brianward9156]

Like this yes

[@DrDommm]

Classic garage hidden Dokken

[@DokkenNewsing]

Wow that's good, I hope you're keeping safe?

[@thebomb7590]

It is very good! I wish you make a song with the current lineup + George, Jeff and Mick!

[@D.Z.A.-kp8lf]

Jeff is busy with Foreigner and Mick retired last year

[@dwightburns6699]

A lot of that video had Juan Crocier on Bass...

[@michaelwade9455]

Song might be from that era but the recording is much more current and it sure sounds like a drum machine

[@WilliamC1966]

❤

[@Glamosapien]

Really confused for a second thought a synthwave artists had accidentally stolen dokkens name xD

[@naturallawman2965]

Guys in the comments... This is supposed to be like a B-side demo from a box set. This is pre-Breaking The Chains I think.

[@dondon98]

You are correct

[@rhoadnaroahs]

It's an old demo re-recorded with Don's limited vocals of today.

[@dondon98]

@@rhoadnaroahs well whatever it is I LIKE IT & its badass to me...

[@chrisrlillo]

A E S T E T H I C D O K K E N still like it

[@stringslinger83]

How the fuck does this only have 38k views but some no name fuckin rapper gets 30 million?

[@DickTwatkins]

Nothing about this sounds like it’s from the 70’s or early 80’s.Might be an old song but this is definitely a modern recording.Its an okay song I guess.Also sounds like a drum machine

[@jonathangrinfone6514]

besides the drum machine, he production is awful, I totally see this as an old demo they tried to polite a bit

[@fernandes5986]

It sounds like Dokken meets Lynch Mob.

[@kitoyobeni1]

Also sounds like Don's current limited vocal range.

[@spartansquid5931]

Are you kidding me? This riff is practically straight off of breaking the chains.

[@melissacoleman760]

Don Dokken, is the sexy, handsome! No one can beat this talent!💋

[@MegaDaveNichols]

All these songs were before Dokken the band. This is from when Don Dokken was a solo artist under the band name Don Dokken

[@harry2361]

This song should have remained Under Lock and Key.

[@fernandes5986]

I agree and it's curious to hear Don Dokken singing on a slightly lower key.

[@joseywales4874]

It’s a demo for sure. Some like it some don’t.

[@garytom1935]

🤘😆🤘

[@Rock-N-Review]

🤘🤩🤘 Rock-N-Review

[@jlopez65]

These old songs sound like they could be on the Breaking the Chains or the Dysfunctional album. Definitely does not sound like it would be on the Tooth and Nail or Back for the Attack album. These songs were written, I believe, before George joined the band.

[@doesitmatter6462]

Standing on the abyss You know I'm looking down The ones at the top You know they're gonna pave the way Watchin' as my world's burnin' down Should I stand here and watch it all fall away? Is our time almost over? Watchin' the clock runnin' down We gotta take a stand Or the're gonna take us down We gotta take a stand Or they're gonna take us down Take us down All of the questions They need an answer, no reply All of the whispers so we don't hear them But we still hear I'm standing on the abyss Lookin' down I'm watchin' the world Spinnin' round We gotta take a stand Or they're gonna take us down We gotta take a stand Or they're gonna take us down Take us down Take us down

[@JRP3music]

So what is the story behind this track? Is it un-released material re-worked? I definitely hear Jon Levin's playing here. I like the 80's video game look. My band used a computer wire style graphic for the song Monster Truck by Powell Trio. It is the icon used. Cool little song.

[@kandusholschuh9413]

😇💌👿 miss you and love you

[@SixxQueen91]

I’m interested to see how he did Day After Day

[@wasp4eva1]

Is this an outtake from the Dysfunctional era?

[@lrn_news9171]

No

[@georgenoble4509]

I used to say love is the answer no matter the question. I don't feel that saying anylonger

[@spartansquid5931]

There’s about 115 people here who think that if something is different from what their taste wants it to be it’s automatically bad. This is a pretty good song, a lot of really cool moments and some great riffs. Just because you don’t dig the singing or think some lyrics aren’t lined up or delivered well with the song, doesn’t make it bad. Get over yourself, with taste as shit as yours you probably can’t tell the difference between pizza and a comatose child.

[@hannahbanana3511]

I love Dokken but I haven’t been too impressed by the first two tracks off this new album so far. Hopefully the others will be better 😞

[@kitoyobeni1]

They're re-recordings of lost early demos.

[@hannahbanana3511]

@kitoyobeni1 yes, I know

[@kitoyobeni1]

@@hannahbanana3511 I don't expect much from the tracks as a result. 30 or 40 year old abandoned demos without Don's old vocal abilities and two meh lead tracks, which they likely thought the best? I'm still a buyer as a fan and collector of course.

[@juangomez-mo6wl]

Deep cut from the vault???......

[@mikejones-qk2ou]

Kings X, Black Flag sound at times!

[@scary8740]

良作だと思うけど、何でこんなに音質が良いんだ？今のミキシング技術はこんなに進歩してるのか❓️🥺

[@alonsogamex3922]

Record in.437?🤔

[@XcarnationCenkEroglu]

He sang it recently ..thats not his young voice..why ?

[@lrn_news9171]

The project is likely re-recordings of old songs

[@wenxingwang7867]

Sounds like a re-recording. The vocal definitely is not late 70s or early 80s Don.

[@spartansquid5931]

Oh wow, no shit?

[@lrn_news9171]

I'd like to hear some of the old recordings as well

[@xdreampcs8554]

It is. Don said he re-recorded it with Jon Levin on guitar.

[@asafish1650]

@@xdreampcs8554 Apparently more than guitar if BJ Zampa is listed...

[@xdreampcs8554]

@@asafish1650 there are 3 brand new 2020 Dokken tunes on this but you could be right. It could be BJ on all tracks!

[@rhiannonvorstag9403]

Where is DON DOKKEN! ??!!!??

[@D.Z.A.-kp8lf]

Old song New vocals.. not bad

[@panturbofanger8424]

👑👑👑👑 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺 DOKKEN ⛓🔗⛓🔏🔑

[@scottwoodham7842]

Who agrees with me that 106.9 should play this group on this radio station that live in Alabama let me know if you for this also let me know that you live in Alabama that 106.9 the eagle should play this music they have been playing Metallica music

[@acmichaels4983]

Speed 1.25 and you’re back in the 80’s for all you whiners.

[@topjimmy5347]

Hell Yeah.

[@zerdan23]

Sounds like mötley crüe

[@uthinkurgroovy2]

Sounds like he doesn't have much left vocally. I'd be really surprised if he had quality vocals throughout a live performance.

[@MrAllisonguru]

This is painful

[@FreakinSweet86]

Dokken were one of those "Hair" metal bands that actually played metal. Not a fan of the pop-rock MTV mutants that came after (Poison, I'm looking at you!) but each to their own, no hate, all in good humour.

[@johnwalsh2205]

I'm not keen on the vocals. I love band and I'll buy album but I can't get into this track

[@san_ake]

This is a lost track from around 2008, not from the '80s - That's not Lynch on guitar.

[@spartansquid5931]

All these tracks are from the 70’s dibshit, the entirety of Breaking the Chains and all the content found in Back in the Streets were written before George ever joined the band.

[@spartansquid5931]

And 2008 was when Levin joined, if these were from 2008 you wouldn’t even be able to tell it’s not Lynch.

[@lrn_news9171]

spartan squid This recording definitely iS NOT old though, so he's right that it's not old

[@zikkicharade]

Why you never tour europe?neither any of you glam bands

[@MistaSCARY]

Jesus is The Answer... in this fallen world. Turn towards Jesus today. 🙏🏻

[@lauraconway6263]

Doesn’t sound anything like it used to

[@spartansquid5931]

How would you know what it used to sound like? It was never released.

[@lrn_news9171]

spartan squid We know a young Don Dokken wouldn't sound like this that's why

[@spartansquid5931]

LRN_News He obviously could of and did sing over the track, I’m talking about the song, not his singing.

[@peterbenjamin8351]

I love Dokken to death and have seen them live countless times, but sorry Don, this one sucks lol

[@coinslotsandjoysticks2572]

This sucks, glad they learned to rock

[@Polentaccio]

Def. Not Lynch on this one but awesome playing anyway. This sounds like a re record and it is old and stale. His voice is horrible and done and he should be retired. Dokken was awesome for the time but there is a reason it was time for Lynch to go. Lynch Mob holds up way better to the times than this does .

[@spartansquid5931]

You have some really weird standards of horrible. By your standard Lynch’s guitar playing is horrible and stale because he can’t play like how he used to. Don still has a great lower register and I personally think he sounds fine here.

[@jackcouchman3148]

Never will be the same without George! Real average nothing special about this song....

[@spartansquid5931]

Ohhhhh shuuutt upppp, wasn’t Don writing Up From The Ashes, almost the entirety of Dysfunctional, Erase the Slate, Hell to Pay, and Lightning Strikes again more than enough to show he was fine without Lynch? This is a re-recorded B side from the 70’s.

[@jackcouchman3148]

@@spartansquid5931 yeah okay Sparkle Squidletts! Lol

[@spartansquid5931]

jack couchman To think you would add lol to your comment after saying something so dumb... why don’t you go back to George’s Nu Metal albums and various failed side projects, or the Shadowlife album mostly written by George, since he’s apparently the one behind the genius, and not Don, who’s been pumping out consistently amazing non-lynch albums since the late 90’s.

[@jackcouchman3148]

@@spartansquid5931 Okay Sparkles!

[@mikeystarr775]

Nope