Don Dokken on Breaking the Chains, Warren DeMartini, George Lynch, Juan Croucier, Scorpions Blackout

[@masque1313]

One of the most underrated singers and bands. They were a cut above almost all of their competition.

[@delightfulbabecuteness-qt8l2]

I love Don singing voice and when he hits those high notes!

[@TheBrightSounds]

Breaking the Chains and Motley's Too Fast were the GREAT things about going back catalog

[@lazarus3068]

What a trooper of DIY,brilliant singer,musician, songwriter,and presence. One of my favorite voices of all time and a pioneer.

[@justmee6583]

Used to love Dokken! Was a teen in the 80's so this takes me right back! Good times! 😊😉❤🎵 🎵

[@D4Clout]

Saw them in concert lastnight and they sucked. He was off cue, forgot most of words.

[@jayteesgear]

Just saw George the other nite. Best Ive ever seen him play💯

[@bradhardisty1652]

Don was a great dealmaker with that opportunity. He was in a good place, Germany and talking to the right people. it helped that he was a triple threat, guitar, vocals, songwriting. This was still around the time before they were really signing LA strip bands. People don't realize that Van Halen was not an immediate signing frenzy. He got that record out in Europe and it worked like the Ratt and Motley Crue EPs to create label or management interest in the States.

[@bobthebear1246]

Dokken always had the best musicianship of any of the LA-based Hair-Metal bands, and Don always had the best voice. It was that strong European influence that they had started-out with.

[@SahiraSound]

Disagree. The thing that stood out to me about George Lynch's playing what's the effects that he used on his rig, sounded like he was using a power soak and an octave splitter and an Overdrive. That with Warren, I didn't hear the effects so much as I did his sweet melodic sound. Call it a matter of preference but I always preferred warranty Martini Over just about any other guitarist that came out of La during this era with the possible inclusion of Mark Kendall from Great White.

[@daveg4236]

@@SahiraSound Kendall? Really? He's boring AF

[@humanactivated1017]

Sorry bruh but Dokken was not even close to having the best musicianship . Eg Racer X or Ozzy or Van Halen or White Lion .. even Ratt . Lynch had a good tone but really wasn’t any more technical than demartini for example . Actually Quiet Riot with Cavazo had better musicianship all around than Dokken

[@bobthebear1246]

@@humanactivated1017 LOL you have no idea of what you even pretend to talk about. Good day. 😂

[@TheNothing6]

Interesting stuff! George Lynch is amazing! Mr. Scary! 🤘🏼

[@robertmirabilio5356]

CLASSIC Full In Bloom 🤘🤘🏻🤘🏼🤘🏻🤘

[@fullinbloom]

🤘🤘🏻🤘🏼🤘🏻🤘

[@roymartin500]

I became a fan with Tooth And Nail. Jez, I was in 5th grade, had a paper route that paid roughly $100/month + $30 on a good month in tips. Comic books & LPs! I did go back to to by buy Breaking The Chains too. I had no idea about Juan & Warren being in Dokken either. Thanks for another good interview story!

[@bonnerscott5374]

Sprinkle my Ashes on the 80s, tiss all I ask.

[@arturoalmazan5262]

Breaking the chains was a good introduction album of Dokken . I liked Tooth and nail and under lock and key so much better.

[@tamikat4745]

O M F G !!! Blows my mind that my two fave LA scene bands- Ratt...and...Dokken -have a shared early history. Awesome.

[@ThrillingTwo]

The Don Dokken Breaking The Chains is a very interesting listen. It's really cool

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Excellent interview.

[@Stufftowatch21]

I saw Dokken on the Tooth & Nail tour when they opened for Dio .

[@Davo-gj7gl]

I love this stuff 👍🏻

[@badbirdkc]

These stories are always so interesting. I love Dokken, but Breaking the Chains was never a favorite of mine. Something about it sounded like it was still on the cusp of 70s rock with a hint of 80s metal that was to come. Tooth and Nail is a huge upgrade, but still crazy raw when you listen to it now. Under Lock and Key, production wise, might be the best sounding album I've heard. Still to this day, that album is so damn impressive. Just a perfect mix.

[@gameboycat05]

They should make a Dokken biopic

[@sabrinac5447]

Love Dokken! one of my favorite 80’s bands❣️🤘🎸

[@rickdack1197]

He sounds like Jack Webb from Dragnet.

[@lanceraustin]

And a bunch of other chronic, mid-century male smokers in the entertainment industry

[@paulthompson8642]

Thank u

[@kevincrego6933]

Do you remember when Dokken or Y&T opened for all the major acts? Good interview btw.

[@Beckonor]

I watched that Beat Club performance on youtube years ago. They were really good performance and I had no idea that Don played guitar. Their song "Paris (is Burning)" blew me away. I didn't know they played that heavy. Shame it was released as a live song on the major label re-release.

[@tommywallbanger]

It's funny how he was hired by the Scorpions because he has a high pitched singing voice but his talking voice is SO DEEP.

[@scottydog62]

Its deep now because of years of smoking and probably his cancer

[@antioch1975]

I had a friend in high school who had just a goof around band and his drummer was Steve Brown, Mick's little brother.

[@jeromejackson3632]

Rocking with dokken

[@FFLL2112]

Lynch, Wild Mick and Pilson were a hard rock machine. Don liked the ballads and singing about breaking up and girls doing him wrong.. I see why it didn’t work in the long run

[@kathyrichardson8147]

Kathy hi doken fan you are good band love and prayers

[@donniekellerman5833]

I hate the fact that even 30 years later we have to be subjected to, 'I can't get into it' or 'I don't wanna say' , ect. If you're willing to talk about a situation, don't give us half of the story or 75% of it!! We didn't have the internet back then, so hearing news about your favorite bands came in drops or 3 months behind in a magazine! These guys should feel GRATEFUL that their fans still even care at all!! Just give us the story! Or, how you saw it at least. (I don't mean 'full in bloom'. Your interviews are amongst the best! I'm taking about the bands themselves).

[@scamtoons]

Dream warriors

[@newwavepop]

ive seen that video before and was absolutely shocked, ALL these years i never even knew Don played guitar much less that he was legit lead player level.

[@dokkengirljo6993]

My boys ❤️

[@tracymallon8485]

Brilliant and very interesting interview!! Great banter between the two of you! So glad I got to meet Dokken back in the day! 🤗 Too bad I was underage! ☺️😏😘🤘♥️Got a hug and kiss from Don! 💋🎵🎶🎼

[@scottwhite2757]

Interesting as always..

[@heavi-armed-infadel]

Warren and George were my favorites, Glen Tipton gets honorable mention

[@Sysiphusjwk]

Have you ever heard of Eddie Van Halen?

[@HyperInflation2020]

Mine also. They both had their own sound and yet they were similar in many ways. They were my favorites also.

[@takaorobinson8719]

Definition of tasty -DiMartini. Lynch was a big influence on me. Those two had tone and feel.

[@HyperInflation2020]

@@takaorobinson8719 Yeah, they had similarities yet also each their own sound. It's strange because whenever I'd here Lynch I would think of Warren and vise versa.

[@takaorobinson8719]

@@HyperInflation2020 sometimes when jamming I'll play something that sounds a little "lynchish,," and it makes me feel good. When I worked at Guitar Center Santa Ana I would set the gsp21 rack mount processor on the lynch presets and usually have the George Lynch instructional video on the TV. Heck, I even sent away for the esp catalog. I wanted the tan camo kamikaze till I saw the price. Blows my mind that pedals are still around and there's more companies making even smaller sized ones. Back then amps were just that. No built-in tuners, effects etc.

[@TONERAVENTUNES]

Don's an amazing Producer!I remember hanging out during the Sunless Days stuff in the early 2000's.Don would have me run for Benson and Hedges Cigarettes and Woodbridge Red Wine across the street during the sessions with Mike Lesnick ! Tone Raven-We Are The Black Things-Guitar/Vocals

[@phukyergreennewdeal1053]

don Dokken possibly the greatest vocalist of all time

[@darinstgeorge]

He had a difficult time reproducing it live, though; studio AND live, Steve Perry is actually the greatest vocalist of all time!

[@SahiraSound]

Uh... Don was good, you got good tone and good range. But he didn't have the snarl or attitude the great rock singers have. I would argue in fat that Jack Russell was a much better singer than Dokken

[@johnc1666]

Don Dokken, the ultimate King of the sunset strip. Well him and Robin Crosby of course.

[@pantera31169311]

Alone Again 🤘

[@sunjester8254]

So, is Klause going to do vocals for Don now?

[@robertritzenthaler6618]

Love the content, dude. But your theme music is WAY too loud compared to the voice audio. Whenever I turn up my volume to hear the interviews, your theme music blows my speakers out. Maybe try to balance them a bit better?

[@fullinbloom]

Hmmmmmmm. I did lower it once, but maybe I imported an older channel. However, I was listening back to an interview clip the other day to do a final check and forgot about the ending. That chit almost gave me a heart attack. Thanks, I'll turn it down some more.

[@dwade6322]

Don had a unique voice. You know your a special talent if your backing up vocals by Klaus Meine!

[@jscottsmith2303]

Don’t know whose ego caused more friction, Don or George, but I ran across Don about 10 or 11 years ago. I was sitting at the bar in an upscale sushi restaurant with my girlfriend, and one chair over was Don Dokken. He was wearing a sleeveless jean jacket like it was the 80’s. Nobody recognized him and he was just making conversation with a busboy. He must have noticed me looking in his direction, so he leaned back in his chair stretching, and said loudly “well, this old rock star’s gotta get himself home.” Ugh. Only guy in my book that can get away with that level of douchiness is Diamond Dave.

[@AudiophileTubes]

"LIME ALONE AGAIN..."

[@lanceraustin]

Honorable mention: "LO! We ain't gonna take it"

[@THEE_OWN_and_ONELY]

Pretty sure Jeff Pilson was playing with Randy Hansen when he got tapped to join Dokken

[@cheeseguy4998]

Yea he wasn't in the Boyz with George,... Don is incorrect there.

[@lanceraustin]

The trouble with Don and debauchery isn't rum and cokes- it's cigarettes (from the sound of his voice).

[@jamescurl7615]

If you want to know all about the Dokken story, go read the book, Dokken into the fire and other embers of 80s metal history. The book is available on Amazon.

[@fullinbloom]

Shameless plug. Good to you, man.

[@Clarence2Worley]

True. I bought Tooth and Nail and then bought BTC.

[@ziegunerweiser]

I didn't know warren and juan were in dokken didn't know about the scorpions or accept connection either always loved dons voice and george's amazing guitar even if some of the songs were a little cheesy sometimes but the talent always shined through george lynch has always been a massive influence on me as a guitar player ever since I first heard into the fire on the radio, honestly more influenced by george than eddie vanhalen

[@dragonqueen6589]

A great vocalist, an awesome band… Pity he and George have never truly gotten along… few know that the original European release featured Juan’s brother Tom on bass. There are so many talented guitarists within the genre, for me Robbin was always the better Ratt guitarist, but then there’s the bluesy guys like Mark Kendall and Tom Keifer, the list goes in for me.

[@jimjim7008]

The days of Leather jackets and jeans and fuck all 🤘🏿

[@markneeley7191]

Dokkens original band was pretty talented. Alot of great talent in bands in those days. Too bad chemistry isn't all that in many of these groups. Don is supposedly hard to work with.

[@warriorv9359]

Dokken was always baaadass

[@TheLordGoat]

The dynamic Dokken tried to use, well the management really by having Don and George fighting in the press ruined the band ultimately. There was a vibe nothing was ever smooth in their camp, which cost them

[@bags5150]

What would Of Been amazing if he didn’t get greedy and screw George Jeff mick outta the big payday when it was time to re negotiate.

[@HyperInflation2020]

Yeah, Total Douche. Without Lynch, Dokken was NOTHING!

[@gameboycat05]

He didn't screw them, they couldn't get along with each other.

[@barbaradascalos4411]

He says everything was always a 4 way split..so why would they ever renegotiate..?

[@chrishastings6312]

I didn't know about Warren Either. I only heard about John Crocier, having to choose between being in Ratt or Dokken. Both George, warren, and Randy Rhoads were my favorite guitarists. But, even Zakk Wyld, on the Ozzy No More Tears was very good. As soon as I heard, Mamma, I'm coming home on the radio I was looking to buy that album. Sometimes one song is enough to know you want the album just by the quality of one song. A lot of bands now you hear the best song the have in the radio and then the other songs don't come close. Back in the 80's the entire album for metal is good all the way through.

[@gameboycat05]

@@chrishastings6312 I liked him better on No Rest For The Wicked myself