Dokken - Kiss Of Death - Philadelphia 1987

[@RobberStormfire]

I don't know why Back for the Attack isn't heralded more. It was the best Dokken record and one of the best of any band at that time. I agree, 1987-1989 was the absolute pinnacle of the era.

[@kingofdragontown9680]

Because Under Lock And Key is Dokken's best album.

[@RobberStormfire]

@@kingofdragontown9680 Only to the casual fan - if you are a fan of George Back for the Attack is the best.

[@kingofdragontown9680]

@@RobberStormfire BFTA is my very, very close second but ULAK just does it better for me. Personally though, Lynch's best work is Sacred Groove.

[@YoDudeRock]

Agree, Lynch really "Unchained The Night" and tapped into the muse on Back For The Attack. :)

[@gamexsimmonds3581]

For me its between BFTA and Tooth and Nail. I like underlock and key but I like he lyrics on Toith and Nial better and the Guitar on Back for the attack better. And out of all 3 Under alock had more filler

[@MusaFinderi]

Lynch was a monster guitarist. He adds some nice fills, which I always liked about his playing.

[@michaelyolch79]

IS a monster guitarist!

[@judithgrabencamp4246]

What can you say , George Lynch is a monster guitar player, Don Dokken is fantastic, the songs are captivating .

[@oregonxyz]

George Lynch: my favorite guitarist

[@thomasaghotmail]

George Lynch is in my top 5. Dude rocked. Hard.

[@ColonelStraker]

This song was written about AIDS and Groupies, according to Don Dokken on a recent Shute interview.

[@nitolopez6783]

El solo es brutal,,,,,,

[@clmco36]

so

[@max051472]

Can't believe that I didn't appreciate these guys more back in the day. They clearly blew the competition away.

[@herbcanter2114]

Oh pleaseeeeeeeeeeee LOL.

[@BeamRider100]

I love them now. At the time I remember seeing Breaking The Chains and It's Not Love on the TV a lot, as huge hits. Also I remember seeing Dream Warriors, Into the Fire, Just Got Lucky and Heaven Sent.

[@dianebroude8321]

FRICKIN AWESOME ROCK AND ROLL!! This is what REAL MUSIC sounds like. DON DOKKEN AND GEORGE LYNCH are two of the most TALENTED MUSICIANS of the 80s! LEGENDARY!!!

[@markwoehler6694]

Lynch was so good live..80s metal ruled

[@edinaldolimafrazao950]

THIS IS HARD ROCK 80 ' S

[@jacksonmarshallkramer5087]

It's like a competition between George and Don. Who can be a bigger individual instead of a band member. As a new guitar player, I'd go to a show to hear my guitar God play the solos I've been slaving over in front of my face, and it's something else. It's like, wtf was that? That's not on the record. That's not in the lick ive I've been learning.

[@larryhead2713]

Dokken was a great great band. I wonder if this is the only live vid out there George Lynch was fucking amazing this one video might might be collectable Don was at his best too

[@bblade77]

This is when music actually had a heart beat!!! Nothing like today’s garbage.. Amazing song!!

[@jeremycubs8331]

Benjamin Lemons Exactly, like fucking Bruno Mars harvesting the Grammy's!

[@tigerbalm666]

Agreed! Next to EVH, Lynch had that angry tone and poetic solos that just made a song that much better! His solos seemed to be a verse in the song and not just filler like most bands.

[@ColonelStraker]

Fact!! 80s rock - like no other. Raw, hard-core, unfiltered, unlike the computerized BS today. I listened to the amazing 1.5 hour interview with Don Dokken (Chuck Shute channel) where Don said this song was written about the real danger of AIDS and women groupies!!! 😮

[@richross9224]

One of the best intros ever period!!!!. Lynch is the fucking king!!!!!!!

[@robinbolton6064]

Van Halen…. Randy Rhodes…. George lynch top 3 of the era !

[@CalumonRocks]

George really was on another plane of guitar playing on Back for the Attack.

[@imabigfanshow783]

Saw them on the Monsters of Rock tour in ‘88. They were great!

[@Fearzero]

Metallica destroyed them.

[@amirrizvi1333]

Dokken what a great band. Killer guitar by Lynch👍

[@Cayres9]

Amazing to hear Don Dokken actually in his prime before his voice went

[@JR-to8sn]

His voice was already on the downward slide at this point. Too much alcohol and cigarettes

[@nonameman7114]

@@JR-to8sn which is a shame because IMO he was one of the best rock singers from that era

[@coolbreeze1627]

Long time ago.... but this was the shit. Never be another time like it.

[@Cayres9]

@@coolbreeze1627 💯 % ☺️👍🥂

[@Cayres9]

@@coolbreeze1627 Yeah shame we cant pass a law forcing everyone to live like it’s 1987 again lol 😂

[@mastermoney9110]

I was there June 27th 1987 Phoenix, Arizona -Dokken and Aerosmith, it changed my life forever!

[@horseshoecrabs2000]

I saw that same pairing in San Francisco and thought Dokken was the superior act that night

[@robertsuttner8999]

The solo George decided to play SHOULD'VE been the one on the studio recording. This is why LIVE music is (or at least used to be) the BEST. The real human comes out of each member here. Real, live, and RAW!!!! I wish I could've found this live rendition in the record stores back when I was younger!

[@ericscottstevens]

Mick machine gunning it in the intro. He gave it his all, apparently now retired from drumming as he can no longer take the injuries of past endeavors. He was one of the greats in the 1980s.

[@TheBassManimal]

Pilson absolutely killin it with the moves 😄

[@MrClassicmetal]

Hell yeah! Great bassist! And he's had one hell of a career too!

[@HyperInflation2020]

Yeah, he was always Constantly Posing. Douche

[@Scorchedbrain]

Pilson (much like Michael anthony) was dokkens secret weapon.

[@vaekkriinhart4347]

but those stupid boots need to go

[@ForeverMPH]

And his hair still never goes flat! :-))

[@richardremick1639]

I love his voice sounds just like the record dokken rocks man Whoo! ❤

[@troybeck8565]

look up beast from the east dokken it's killer ass hell

[@richardremick1639]

@@troybeck8565 I saw dokken back in the 80’s open for Aerosmith killer band and and killer show I’ll look that up for sure!! Thanks 🙏

[@tyson0074]

I was lucky to go and see dokken it was one of the greatest shows I seen that year

[@frizzyfloyd1153]

The unforgettable absolute level of quality in Heavy Metal👑🎸

[@Bill-n1e]

Lynch has some of the craziest licks if you ever break them down. Almost like he's playing 3d chess on a guitar, while most others are only playing checkers. I'm also noticing Don used to have a little Klaus Meine, and a little Rob Halford, maybe even a little Helloween in his voice... seems to come out more live.

[@IheartKISS]

don did some demo work for the scorpions during the writing and recording of blackout because klaus meine was having problems with his voice due to polyps on his vocal cords which he eventually needed to have surgery to remove and needed to rest his voice as much as possible.

[@peepongdingdong9208]

​@@IheartKISS If I am not mistaken, Don also helped produce blackout.

[@Tim_G_T6]

George is the man!

[@treeduck3705]

The cameraman loves Pilson!

[@clapstix3495]

George setting fire to his fretboard with his fingers during the solo… and we keep seeing shots of Pilsons hair instead for some reason ha ha!

[@ArekSuroboyo1]

One of the best concert I've been to, Dokken with L.A Guns, Warrant, Ratt (Dokken headliners) Washington DC at The Nation in 2003

[@robertsothmann8110]

Imagine that you and your band are on deck after this song... how you gonna follow that?

[@JACKSHMACK101]

this song is so badass

[@scajmz]

Philly radio would never play anything like this at the time. 93.3 (WMMR) and 94.5. There was nothing playing metal in the Tri State Area. It's a shame.

[@axljapan369]

今聴いてもカッコいい👍

[@user-tv1le7sw2l]

How could they break up after this masterpiece of an album 😪 and how did that work out for them.

[@arayapriest1]

they didn’t like each other. especially George Lynch and Don Dokken. a lot of marriages are like that, and other bands too.

[@crinklecut3790]

This was the soundtrack to my high-school experience. It was a very special time all across the world. The Soviet Union was falling, Rumania had a bloody revolution, the Wall in Berlin was torn down, and within a few short years, my mother would have two children sent off to war. It feels like we’re in another time of great change now.

[@pel666]

Man, gotta love Drop D(okken). Mr Lynch is on fire!

[@allpdmusic]

Saw this tour in San Fran. They opened for Aerosmith. I never saw Aerosmith. After hearing George I just wanted to go home and practice.

[@weimarcarvalho6266]

I was lucky to have lived that era. The world of entertainment, as a whole, is dead today.

[@davedropd1]

COULD NOT have SAID IT BETTER!!! 10,000% AGREE!!!!!!!

[@romanp.4319]

honestly, compared to 2020, it was fuckin alive in 2018 :D

[@mello2029]

One thing that hasn’t changed: men still dress like women

[@The-Punnkk]

OK Grampy

[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

Is George in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ? Anyone know?🤔

[@ふなっこさん-g4p]

I want to see Lynch more.🙇🏻

[@paulleger6566]

Greasy luck New Bedford Ma. November 4th 2020

[@kin-g1019]

懐かしいなぁ…このアルバムは良く聴いたわ。 どの曲も最高やった。 まぁ最初はドッケンが好きってよりもエルム街の悪夢3の主題歌に惹かれて買ったんだけど、このアルバムはマジ当たりやったよ。

[@buntline1873]

I liked them too. But judging from the comments people just don't dig very deep at all to see what's out there. I understand that people are spoon fed whatever flavor of the day but Dokken was only the tip of the iceberg. If you didn't grow up in the 80s or even if you did, research a little bit more and you'll really be blown away by what else was lurking just beneath the surface.

[@sonnycrockett0229]

中学生の頃のアイドルでした。中学校の文化祭でジョージリンチの油絵を出品しました。

[@altag1]

nice video, audio sounds kindof 'mono' ???

[@1000poundsguitar]

firing on all cylinders! Shredfest

[@山田正幸-e2u]

いわゆる、Ｌ・Ａメタル花盛りの辺りで当時のギタリスト達が皆、一目置いていたと言っても良いくらい凄いっす💯💯

[@johnnymoraes23]

Lynch = The best rock guitar player of the 80's alongside with Eddie Van Halen, Warren de Martini, Jake E. Lee and Yngwie Malmsteen.... however to me George is still #1. Mr. Scary rules!!

[@MidnightLawyer.]

Add Randy Rhoads, Jason Becker, Uli Jon Roth and Michael Schenker to that list and it's complete (:

[@mariek6993]

George always had the coolest guitars, warren's were cool too.

[@EmanoelQueiroz03]

Add Vito Bratta

[@jeffreycalabrese8850]

Gotta add Marty Friedman guys. And Reb Beach.

[@xeonace]

YNGWIE was god in the 80's

[@eugeneredsteer919]

Lynch was Dokken !!🤘

[@Joeshmowfromkokomo]

So many guitar Gods in the 80s it was amazing.

[@PantherScott]

Awesome song my friends

[@ssdtrain1]

Besides George the real FN talent in Dokken was Jeff Pilson. He could play everything and sing his a** off !!

[@ColonelStraker]

Don said on a recent Chuck Shute interview that this song about GroupieAIDS dangers.

[@Grneyedldy24]

These guys put on one hell of a live show!

[@菅原正雄-t4z]

ドツケン再結成❤

[@vaekkriinhart4347]

riff of death.. too bad Lynch n Don couldn't get along. They were great together with Mick n Jeff..

[@RichardSleyster]

George bleeping Lynch!!!!!

[@Myke-ju5lg]

They were brilliant

[@julioocasioalbino551]

What a guitar sound lynch#1

[@bonichols8511]

What AWESOME vocals by Don#1

[@bradkauser17]

Lynch is a badass!!

[@god6384]

that drum set is bad ass its like a cage

[@jasonsmith6408]

Saw this show at the Capital Centre them opening for Aerosmith. George Lynch passed out third song from the flu. I was in nosebleed seats and wanted to leave. I was there to see them! 12 years later I was fortunate to open for Dokken and hung out with Mick Brown for an hour after show. He remembered that night. Said George was dehydrated terribly and said no drugs involved because she was into health and fitness.

[@patrickshannon1547]

Jason Smith i bet they blew arosmith off the stage their guitar player don't hold a candle to Lynch.

[@michaelpalm2210]

saw them open for aerosmith 12/31/87 new years eve show MA ...great band!

[@jasonsmith6408]

Patrick Shannon oh yea

[@jasonsmith6408]

Joesph Nickell ?

[@ForeverMPH]

I saw them in November 1987 (black Friday) on this tour. They blew the roof off the place! Then Aerosmith came out, screaming and screeching, so I left halfway through their show. Dokken should have been the headliners! They always sounded as good in concert as they did on their albums. It's amazing that you got to open for them years later and got to talk to Mick!

[@Stew7740]

Love Dokken! Big part of my early life

[@MichaelDouglasSkewes]

i wasn't paying attention to what was playing,I thought it was a different version of Bark at the Moon! The Don starts in with his howling!

[@Kevin-dx6co]

This is when bands really kicked ass. No auto tune or pro tools type bullshit...you had to bust ass & learn your shit !

[@Menyhard]

Underrated band

[@justiceforall3973]

That F’in SOLO tho!!! 🤯

[@SamprazDoodles]

It's really one hell of a ride

[@herbcanter2114]

Not very good at all especially for lynch .

[@freaky_j2207]

Yep saw this tour too. I was thinking it was the priest tour ,but I was wrong it was the Aerosmith tour.

[@karenmonson9893]

Didn't know women had that kind of power over men. Wow!!! I'd really have to be really "pissed off" to hurt someone like this!!! The song rocks!!! Really impressed with Jeff Pilson here, he's really into the song with his guitar playing and body movement. Don and George are also at peak performance!!!😍🤩😘

[@ppuntrotzooizooi7692]

Jeff Pilson is the bass player 😂 George plays the guitar. 👍

[@area51audio]

The song is about a woman spreading HIV according to Mr Dokken. Pretty damn dark stuff...but I'm with you - great song.

[@R.Lennartz]

Jeff's excitement might have been induced by some heavy snowfall before the show if you know what I'm saying, part of why the band broke up, too much drugs.

[@justinmcneal3095]

This rocks!!

[@smnvfdr]

3 cool riffs in 1 intro!

[@D1m3b4gD4rr3ll]

I was at this show...just cant remember who Dokken opened for...lol Mebbe Judas Priest? Kinda fuzzy on the details of all those mid & late 80's metal shows I saw at the Spectrum. But this one I definitely went to see Dokken for the second time. Saw them in '86 opening for Maiden(?) and that definitely made me a bigger fan after seeing George live. Also Don's voice was pretty damn good live back in those days too. Thanks for posting this gem!!! \m/

[@PKC-r7w]

They opened for Aerosmith at the Philly Spectrum.

[@jvidalw]

back from when Don could sing...

[@kylekenan2321]

He's still pretty good for his age and better than an impersonator or replacement.

[@jvidalw]

@@kylekenan2321 , unfortunately, no. he can't sing anymore

[@euphah8721]

@@jvidalw no shit he’s older he’s actually not bad 😐

[@Cayres9]

Him and Asshole Rose 🌹 too lol 😂

[@greggiskhan3816]

@@euphah8721 He's terrible. Clean your ears out.

[@freaky_j2207]

I remember this tour it was opening from Aerosmith. Great show.

[@BigtimeJuicer]

FKING George Lynch!!! Is there anything he doesn't absolutely CRUSH?!?!?

[@discussdebate]

I never knew why Don didn't have his guitar in hand! FYI: Don is an awesome guitarist. I saw Don Dokken when he had 2 guitarist (Norum and White?) and that was the first time it sounded remotely like the studio cuts!! ~George was my main guitar man back in those days but Don should have filled it in behind his solo's!! ~just my opinion!!

[@kingofdragontown9680]

Don claims Geoge hated him playing guitar and singing so he stopped to make Lynch happy.

[@jakedibiase7404]

Agree. It would’ve filled out the sound more. A lot of the rhythm guitar on the Breaking the Chains album was actually Don.

[@georgie4728]

George ( GUITAR GOD ) Lynch

[@javierhernandezvelazquez2320]

Excelente guitarrero

[@xxnycstruballaxx]

Lynch is amazing so is Pilson....don was amazing hes done now

[@perrymc2243]

Oh yeah he is. Have you seen the video from the other day of this song?

[@johnnyapp7885]

Don and Lee Aaron both did that Klaus Meine raunchy-nasal-sound-thing.

[@MetalBere]

A brief encounter Like wind through the trees It came so suddenly But then it was gone Like it had never been How could I have ever seen A lost heart Will take your soul How could I have known How could I have known As she took me in her arms And brought me to an end With the kiss of death The kiss of death She promised paradise As she lied upon her bed Like a fallen angel With the devil's charm She promised paradise With the kiss of death I tried to stop As she held out her hand But the fire was burning inside She knew what i wanted She gave it and more But now I must pay the price We were strangers Passing in the night How could I have known How could I have known As she took me in her arms And brought me to an end With the kiss of death The kiss of death She promised paradise As she lied upon her bed Like a fallen angel With the devil's charm She promised paradise With the kiss of death As she took me in her arms I felt the devil's charm Suddenly I see The final destiny With the kiss of death The kiss of death She promised paradise As she lied upon her bed Like a fallen angel With the devil's charm She promised paradise With the kiss of death With the kiss of death

[@arayapriest1]

you know all the words.

[@MetalBere]

@@arayapriest1 Google knows 😄

[@arayapriest1]

@@MetalBere I was just kidding w/ you bud. I didn’t mean any disrespect. I know the words too. such a great song. I wrote a letter to this white black girl one time, and used that opening line cause I knew she never heard it before.

[@MetalBere]

@@arayapriest1 no worries

[@dethangel9082]

Isn't this song about contracting H.I.V

[@65coupestang]

THE CRAZY THING IS THIS WAS PERFORMED THE YEAR I WAS BORN WHICH WAS AWHILE AGO SEEING AS HOW I'M 34 YEARS OLD WHICH ISN'T ALL THAT LONG AGO BUT STILL SURPRISING SOMEWHAT THAT IS 🤔🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤨..!!??

[@stevengoodman3498]

Badass hard rock at their peak! 😂🎉😊

[@Kevin-dx6co]

Love it, loud ass board mix..ha ha !!!

[@atteljas]

I think this was their best song and then I loved the galloping riff. But in 2024 I could have lived with out seeing this. I think instead of having stage charisma Don has sort of like black hole instead

[@jacksonmarshallkramer5087]

They were horrific live. Sounded nothing like the record. Ever hear Scorpions live? I started playing hair guitar in 1985. George is my favorite player, by far, but he changes schitt up live, and it drives me f ing insane. It's like he's got hyperactivity disorder.

[@bevolkisch4628]

yeah I had the tape back then when I was a kid, and it sounds good, but this video performance is really bad tbh

[@jakedibiase7404]

Lynch is actually not using that much gain here. Sounds like a stock unmodded cranked Plexi.

[@bonichols8511]

Man the audio in this video SUUUUUUUX !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Really doing Dokken an injustice !!!!!!!

[@nicholastotoro7721]

Bo Nichols In all fairness, it’s provably direct from the board, from whatever the CCTV broadcast was they had there.

[@bonichols8511]

Well Nicholas i gotta tell ya if that's what it is i sure wouldn't want the cctv broadcasting anything for me !

[@SonicVR12]

I kinda like the audio. I know the sound quality isn't great, but you can hear every detail in Lynch's playing.

[@65coupestang]

DAMN THIS GUY'S (GITUARUST) (SP?) GOING CRAZY RIPPING THOSE GITUAR STRINGS APART 😲😒👍👍..!!

[@wesleyfelipe7290]

🤘🤘

[@oregonxyz]

his voice is waning - don't smoke kids

[@patrickshannon1547]

Reminds me of something Randy Rhodes would have played.

[@rhizomorph-music]

Except much, much better.

[@warmoth68]

Don was losing his voice by Back for The Attack. Arrogant prick!!! He saved his steams and talked through most songs.. Lynch is on the money on this tour. Don't know why he changed his tone later on? Progressively got bad. Added phaser to all his solos trying to be a VH clone. Back for the Attack is the sickest guitar tone IMO. Rhythm and lead tone delay is monsterous!!!!

[@Yonlawlawlaw]

brutal

[@WestShoreMan]

Just Killer!

[@mattfitzpatrick83]

Tooth and Nail was recorded on 4 track. The best modern rock album ever recorded on 4 track. The band and producer got creative and cranked out a great album in a high pressure environment. Amazing band. Great opening act that never got any meaningful headliner traction.

[@machupikachu1085]

I'm sure the demos for the album were recorded on a 4 track, but the actual recording sessions for that release were recorded at Cherokee in Los Angeles with Roy Thomas Baker and the guy who produced Shout at the Devil. Cherokee had a 24 channel reel to reel at the time. I agree though, it is a fantastic album. Cheers!

[@robinbolton6064]

Damn that Dokken could belt it out like Klaus Meine from The Scorpions same high end and as I say this I think Don even sang on Blackout too ?

[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

I could be mistaken but I believe that Don sang back up for Klaus Meine at one point and that is why they had similar vocal ranges.

[@robinbolton6064]

@@jocelynharris-fx8ho I looked it up Jocelyn and we are correct 👍

[@myruke]

彼って結構るけぶしなんだよ、全く！

[@kenflint6127]

Lynch is a good guitarist

[@gabrielmoralesgodoy1904]

muestren a George lynch cuando hace el solo por la chucha 😂

[@autk]

Camera man queer for Jeff Pilson all the way thru, Fail.

[@山田正幸-e2u]

８０年代では～ランディとかエディ••イングヴェイ～数多いるけど•♪•彼は凄い🙋🙋