Don Dokken on Under Lock & Key Album, Michael Wagener, Breaking the Chains, George Lynch, Interview

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  • This is a full in bloom interview with vocalist Don Dokken.
    Don talks about 'Under Lock and Key,' Michael Wagener, Neil Kernon, George Lynch, Jeff Pilson, Mick Brown, Warren DeMartini, Juan Croucier, the upcoming Dokken boxset & album, 'Breaking the Chains,' and more.
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  • @shaverback
    @shaverback 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Don sounds exactly like Sgt Joe Friday from Dragnet

  • @acepaul407
    @acepaul407 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    4 way even split on the money. Damn, my respect for Don just went up a few notches. Bands actually equally sharing is a rare thing, especially young bands.

    • @skooby_doobie_doonkann3334
      @skooby_doobie_doonkann3334 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It was more common at that time. Bands were more apt to believe back then that everyone had an equal role in the making of the albums and playing the live gigs. Over time it seems like bands looked into who the key player was and put more value on individuals net worth

    • @acepaul407
      @acepaul407 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@skooby_doobie_doonkann3334 I don't think so. Nikki took the lion share in Motley, Jani took just about all the credit in Warrant, Stephen and Robbin took most of the credit in Ratt, Jack got more than anyone else in Night Ranger, etc. etc. Fighting for points is what led to many 'creative differences'.

    • @MrOctober44
      @MrOctober44 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@acepaul407 The difference is Nikki wrote the songs as opposed to Dokken where they all contributed. They didn't have a dominant songwriter. Don, George, and Jeff all wrote a lot

    • @daveg4236
      @daveg4236 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@skooby_doobie_doonkann3334 wasn't common at all. Ask Ratt for example

    • @davec3901
      @davec3901 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@MrOctober44Not sure that's entirely true in the case of Dokken. I think Don wrote the most. They just had that equitable split like the Doors. Although in their case sharing the money equally didn't help them get along.

  • @Rudy_Riot
    @Rudy_Riot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Don’s a genius, Dokken has some absolute bangers I’ll jam to forever.

  • @shotgunrebels
    @shotgunrebels 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Love how Don just says what is up...period. Respect.

  • @martinmayfield1932
    @martinmayfield1932 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Up from Ashes was basically a Dokken album. And a good one.

  • @HARDROCKreverie
    @HARDROCKreverie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Dude, these interviews are so great. Thank you. We couldn't even get this kind of look into the bands back in the Circus and Hit Parader days. I love the honesty that comes out years after the fact and doesn't suffer from the need to protect profitability and reputation.

  • @chrispetersen4863
    @chrispetersen4863 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    That Don Dokken "Up from the Ashes" album was absolutely phenomenal. Love it Still!

  • @scottwhite2757
    @scottwhite2757 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Don doesn’t fuck around tells it like it was,, Great interview loved it !! :)

    • @dwightburns6699
      @dwightburns6699 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember talking to Juan Croucier after a R att show: he told me Peter Baltes played bass on that breaking the chains album... it was Bobby blotzer 26th birthday we were born in the same month so we hung out together crazy dude man LOL

  • @douglaslane2570
    @douglaslane2570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Priceless interview. I couldn’t get enough of Under Lock And Key as a teenager....wore that tape out!! About 10 years ago I got to guitar tech for George and I told him, “George, through my high school years I played my Under Lock and Key tape relentlessly” - he’s says, what’d you that for?
    George really is a sweetheart of a guy and I don’t judge him for being aggressive and going for what he wanted in life. It was his attitude and aggressiveness that got him to where he is. His guitar tone is in his soul and through his hands.
    #1 George Lynch
    #2 Steve Vai
    #3 Malmsteen
    #4 Gary Moore
    #5 Eddie Van Halen
    If aliens came to Earth and demanded we send our best guitarist against theirs for a guitar battle in order to save our planet...I would sleep comfortably knowing George would win.

    • @skooby_doobie_doonkann3334
      @skooby_doobie_doonkann3334 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wouldn't put George ahead of malmstein but I would agree that he is much better than EVH

    • @tasosdiaforetico7377
      @tasosdiaforetico7377 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      All great, I do remember a big transformation in Lynchs physic for a little if us partial too booze drugs it's great influence.
      Rock on

    • @gamexsimmonds3581
      @gamexsimmonds3581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I would send 1980s George. The Aliens might kill us if we send George today

    • @happyfeelmore4999
      @happyfeelmore4999 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gamexsimmonds3581 got that right.

    • @scottlosey4978
      @scottlosey4978 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would put John Sykes and Michaell Schenker on that list.......but my favorite is Ace!

  • @johnbonner2656
    @johnbonner2656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    1Mill sold for Under Lock and Key doesn't seem nearly enough for such an excellent album.

    • @Clarence2Worley
      @Clarence2Worley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I did a double take at that. I was thinking 2-3 million.

    • @bobowrathsovine.
      @bobowrathsovine. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jeff Pilson said that record is the weakest link musically. It sounds dated and such. I agree because most the songs are very lush and poppy.

    • @johnbonner2656
      @johnbonner2656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@bobowrathsovine. I feel like Breaking the Chains is the worst mostly due to poor production.

    • @bobowrathsovine.
      @bobowrathsovine. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johnbonner2656 Breaking The Chains has a great drum sound. Instead of just hearing the snare and hi hat like pretty much all 80s rock records. Pilson isn't on it though which is why he didn't comment on it other than he was in the music video.

    • @joebalusikiii5811
      @joebalusikiii5811 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@johnbonner2656 BtC has always sounded muddy & muffled to me.
      I've listened to it since it came out, and I'm now 52.
      Everything after Tooth and Nail sounds crisp and clear.

  • @i_____am_____realitybroski6421
    @i_____am_____realitybroski6421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Whoa can’t believe di martini was as in dokken...mind=blown.

  • @RobJohnsonGuitar
    @RobJohnsonGuitar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Just got my Full In Bloom TH-cam Notification for another great interview ..... listening now 👍🏻🎶💯🍺

    • @Fretboard_Frenzy
      @Fretboard_Frenzy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are a great guitar player, Mr. Johnson. 🎸⚡🔥Guitarchitecture is a kick-ass shred guitar album.

    • @RobJohnsonGuitar
      @RobJohnsonGuitar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Fretboard_Frenzy 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Wow thanks very much for that nice compliment

  • @teecuzbruh4058
    @teecuzbruh4058 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love Don's no nonsense tell it like it is/was demeanor. I also remember reading an old interview with Scott WINO where there were some problems concerning borrowed gear, I can't recall details exactly and the interview is nearly impossible to find now, but Don had borrowed gear from Saint Vitus and it wasn't returned or something. Then Don produces the next Vitus record C.O.D. sans WINO, which gave us the criminally underrated Lunar Womb recording from The Obsessed on Hellhound records

  • @500erider
    @500erider ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That Don Dokken Up From The Ashes record was art. They could have called it 5 idiots from L.A., and I still would have loved it. Just great music, period.

  • @kenairockband
    @kenairockband 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Dio/Dokken was my first real concert. Anchorage, Alaska in 83’ or 84’

    • @TheGto389
      @TheGto389 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Awesome. I saw dio/dokken in toledo sports arena

  • @robintaylor7355
    @robintaylor7355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Rockin Like Dokken !!!! Another Fabulous FULL IN BLOOM youtube Upload. Full In Bloom needs exposure. This channel has nothing other than amazing rock music Interviews.

  • @stevenr6874
    @stevenr6874 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Tooth and nail along with under lock and key still get play by me. Love those records and Dons voice was incredible back then. Rockin with Dokken!

    • @skooby_doobie_doonkann3334
      @skooby_doobie_doonkann3334 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think back for the attack is the album where both George and Don were at their best at their particular role

    • @goodmorningsundaymorning4533
      @goodmorningsundaymorning4533 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Timeless.

    • @sketchyold
      @sketchyold 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don had a good voice, but a little nasally and not too dynamic.

  • @kevinkaatz883
    @kevinkaatz883 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That lineup with Brown, Pilson & Lynch was amazing, one in millenia

  • @bayarea8016
    @bayarea8016 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    DOKKEN the most underrated band of the 80’s without A doubt!!

    • @robintaylor7355
      @robintaylor7355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There are a few more as well

    • @bayarea8016
      @bayarea8016 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robintaylor7355like who ?? That are even better then DOKKEN

    • @DannyGadish
      @DannyGadish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      umm no. They were pretty huge dude. Not exactly "underrated"

    • @bayarea8016
      @bayarea8016 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DannyGadish combated to Ratt,Crue,Def L. Poison etc

    • @robintaylor7355
      @robintaylor7355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DannyGadish exactly they were huge from 84-88

  • @salvaro.2643
    @salvaro.2643 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Always great listening to Don, such a cool talker and awesome stories.
    Btw, I really dig the idea of the different channels for full interviews and clips. I undestand the use of the later for social media and stuff, but I always go for the complete interviews, and now it will be much more easy to find. Killer interviews, man. Best on the web. Keep the good work!

  • @blasphemous4356
    @blasphemous4356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    i absolutely fucking LOVE this channel!!!!

  • @scottmabry6968
    @scottmabry6968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wolfgang was born in 91 after the monsters tour

    • @TANTRUMGASM
      @TANTRUMGASM 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      yea, lol.. exactly.... Another " misconception " from Don is, " He still has the flyer " from Van Halen , Dokken and Quiet Riot playing 2 Starwood shows that were Randys last 2 shows before joining ozzy in th UK.....
      Randys / QR last 2 Starwood shows were in late Oct 1979,
      .....in Oct . 1979 Van Halen was 110 shows deep into Headlining their 2nd world Tour playing stadiums , nowhere near being on a flyer for the Starwood..............And Randy's 2 "farewell shows" with Quiet Riot would certainly not have Van Halen as a Headliner over Quiet Riot ! lol he still has the flyer.

  • @rikd5452
    @rikd5452 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I have a newfound respect for Don Dokken. I had no idea he was a guitar player, or that he wrote the bulk of the music and all of the lyrics to Dokken's songs. Amazing, how much of this was purposefully kept in the dark, from the record buying public, and only decades later, comes to light, due to the information accessibility of the web.

    • @Clarence2Worley
      @Clarence2Worley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There was a show during the Under Lock and Key tour in which George had injured his hand and Don filled in and they played as a 3 piece.

    • @sketchyold
      @sketchyold 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It was a well-publicized topic during the 80s. George wanted no part of Don playing guitar on stage and wanted to be the lone guitarist.

  • @Davo-gj7gl
    @Davo-gj7gl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    These interviews are kickass great history 👍🏻

  • @DjBobbySteels
    @DjBobbySteels 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Don admits he can’t sing that high anymore great interview Mr. Bloom really enjoy your work.

    • @fullinbloom
      @fullinbloom  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HA! Mr. Bloom.....that has a nice ring to it. Thanks for listening, Bobby!

  • @Tom_H327
    @Tom_H327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    God damn that was a awesome interview!! Thanks FIB!!

  • @dvvaughn564
    @dvvaughn564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    hey don three years in a concert, when you heard someone yell "lightening strikes again!" that was me, thanks for the great show cant wait to hear the new music. rock on.

  • @_2LiveQ
    @_2LiveQ 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dokken is the most underrated group of the 80s in my opinion

  • @johnkatsoudas4767
    @johnkatsoudas4767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dokken and Ratt were my two favorite bands from the LA scene in the 80's. Ratt was my favorite out of the two in the 80's and most of the 90's. Sometime in the late 90's Dokken became my favorite out of the two and all theses years later still are. I do also think that Up From The Ashes would have been way bigger if it was a Dokken album instead of a solo album. It is still one of my all time favorite albums. It is a MASTERPIECE in my eyes. Great interview!!

  • @mhitson7483
    @mhitson7483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is how you do an interview Excellent as always

  • @Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle
    @Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dokken was an A league band, shocking when they broke up. i remember being crushed as a kid when I heard that, but wht Don says make sense about why they parted ways, and it is a shame he could not use his name.

  • @liquidvizionsmadferit
    @liquidvizionsmadferit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good move. I love the longer clips/interviews.

  • @suhandani73
    @suhandani73 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You give the best interviews hands down. You know your shit and I appreciate that. Keep doing your thing, love it!!!

  • @SeaToSkyImages
    @SeaToSkyImages 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another killer interview. You have a knack for asking the exact questions I want to hear.

  • @Mainrollman
    @Mainrollman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    $25 for a Monsters of Rock ticket. My how times have changed. $25 is what a beer costs at a concert these days.

    • @dvvaughn564
      @dvvaughn564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i know right, hell it costs over 25.00 now just for the fee for each ticket. after the def and crue concerts got cancelled twice not sure i will even ever go to another concert. effing sucks. might go see dokken one more time,always a huge fan of dokken.

  • @luchagain3424
    @luchagain3424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love any time you see an interview with Don and George and Don says he was the lead guitarist, George always smirks and giggles.

    • @luchagain3424
      @luchagain3424 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @UberCrispy I bet you believe Nikki Sixx not only plays bass but wrote all that music too.

  • @walterpepper9064
    @walterpepper9064 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These interviews are great! Thank you for taking the time to do these and keep ‘em coming!

  • @Clarence2Worley
    @Clarence2Worley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Excellent interview. Always felt they never fully got their due.
    Agree with Don about wanting to sing his own lyrics. I never liked it when the guys in my band would try to do my job for me.

    • @lrn_news9171
      @lrn_news9171 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

    • @lrn_news9171
      @lrn_news9171 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dream Warriors was written by Pilson and Lynch, they're the only ones credited on that song. Don sang lyrics that probably Pilson wrote.

  • @dwightburns6699
    @dwightburns6699 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm a fan of all of them keep them coming

  • @kevinkaatz883
    @kevinkaatz883 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Don is awesome. What a good dude. I can listen to him all day. He needs to do a show

    • @HeathBilbrey
      @HeathBilbrey ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sadly, he just can't do it anymore. He sounds terrible live now.

    • @kevinkaatz883
      @kevinkaatz883 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@HeathBilbrey and what a travesty

  • @ariesram74
    @ariesram74 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's great listening to these old veterans talking shop. It is great having all this.

  • @cheeseguy4998
    @cheeseguy4998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I Subbed to both your channels short or long the interviews you do are awesome keep up the great work!! :D

  • @kotogray8335
    @kotogray8335 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wrote all the songs for my hard rock/metal band in the 80s called Iron Cross up to a certain point where we all were clicking together and had a more prominent "image" of what we wanted to do. The first big change was when my bass player brought in an unfinished lyric and bass line that turned into an amazing song called "Who's the victim?". I wrote the last verse and some guitar riffs for it, my rhythm guitarist wrote some stuff to compliment mine and our drummer fell right in. It was really a different experience for all of us and we enjoyed it tremendously. It started a chain reaction to evolving the sound and feel of our music and we all were on board with it. I don't know why Don had such an ego to not want to sing other people's lyricas if they were good. I was the lead singer and lead guitarist in a 4 piece band and George Lynch was a big inflence as well as RATT. It was the late 80s/early 90s and it was a great time for music

  • @chrltylr40x1
    @chrltylr40x1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saw them twice back in the 80s , both excellent shows.

  • @Purespirit777
    @Purespirit777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Omg! Don is an awesome dude!

  • @DirtyBlues8
    @DirtyBlues8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great interview. I had my morning coffee listing to this.....lol.

  • @GARY84ROCKS
    @GARY84ROCKS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for he channel format reworking... Glad about not having the shorter stuff mixed in...I'm much more interested in the long form interviews.

    • @fullinbloom
      @fullinbloom  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for listening.

    • @GARY84ROCKS
      @GARY84ROCKS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fullinbloom my pleasure as It really is the greatest stuff as far as nostalgia and insight into the business... my preferences are KISS, VH. Ozzy, Def Lep, Twisted Sister, W.A.S.P., Motley Crue, Ratt, Autograph related stuff... but I enjoy all of the material you have --- and it's material culled from a highly incestuous business... as this Don Dokken interview shows brilliantly. One band that particularly sticks out for me is Quiet Riot.... the Kevin DuBrow material is great... I'm pretty sure you haven't put out his full interview yet... but if so, I have to search for it because I really love hearing his POV on the scene. I recommend getting a Ron Sobol interview if it suits you (Sobol was very close friends with Rhoads and DuBrow and toured with QR's crew during their peak). Thanks for all your work!

    • @fullinbloom
      @fullinbloom  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@GARY84ROCKS No, the entire Kevin Dubrow has not been uploaded yet. We talked extensively about the Randy Rhoads days and we also talked more about Condition Critical and III. I'll look into Ron. Thanks for the suggestion....and your kind words.

    • @GARY84ROCKS
      @GARY84ROCKS 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fullinbloom Awesome!

  • @SuperEgo19
    @SuperEgo19 ปีที่แล้ว

    Under Lock and Key and Back for the Attack were masterpieces.

  • @kevinkaatz883
    @kevinkaatz883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Was at the Monsters of Rock show, LA Coliseum, to see Dokken & Scorps - who won the night, with Dokken a close second

    • @josephfierro8246
      @josephfierro8246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was there too and it was hard for any band to perform after the Metallica food fight, rushing the stage and that performance 🤟🏼🤟🏼

    • @rudyrodriguez3125
      @rudyrodriguez3125 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@josephfierro8246 Absolutely ! Metallica just killed and that LA Coliseum was ariot when that fence started coming down. Amazing show-Metallica killed.

    • @dvvaughn564
      @dvvaughn564 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      scorpions is always a good show.... cant wait to hear the new album they are working on.. they promise its more lovedrrive, black out and love at first sting style music. i am so pumped to hear it.

    • @peteyoung7665
      @peteyoung7665 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Won?It’s not a sport.

    • @kevinkaatz883
      @kevinkaatz883 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@peteyoung7665 it’s a figure of speech

  • @Lordhumongus
    @Lordhumongus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Scorpions were impossible to beat live. But I witnessed Tesla do it at the same show in 2004. Never got to see any Dokken line up live unfortunately. WASP was a killer live act even well after the golden years. Dio. Whitesnake. Stryper was excellent live. Seen Priest Anthrax. Didn't see Iron Maiden. Seen quite a few excellent bands after the fact bc I was born in 82. Hell I'm having a hard time remembering who all I have seen. Saw Queensryche. That was cool. I wanna say it was Operation Mindcrime 2 tour. Or some shit like that.

    • @bobowrathsovine.
      @bobowrathsovine. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That Operation Mind Crime tour was actually a tour to support the Empire album. But when the Mindcrime album came out in 1989 the band wasn't big enough to headline and be able to play the whole concept album at every show, they opened for Metallica on the Justice tour and probably had other opening slots. When the Empire record came out they got huge headlining arenas and played the whole Operation Mind Crime album at every show. I saw it in maybe March 1991 and Suicidal Tendancies opened

    • @jayzeagerauctioneer
      @jayzeagerauctioneer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bobowrathsovine. I had front row for that show in Miami in July of '91 and I remember being blown away at how good of a show it was, especially with the whole Mindcrime setlist. (and Geoff Tate running in a video and "crashing" through a screen and ending up on stage). My buddy and I had planned to get onstage and grab guitar picks during the final song. It kind of threw us off because they ended the show with Silent Lucidity which seemed like a strange song to end with. (Also Scott Rockenfield shushing us when we screamed out "throw us a drumstick Scott" during a quiet part of the show...lol)

  • @dannylorenze6188
    @dannylorenze6188 ปีที่แล้ว

    what a great interview.

    • @fullinbloom
      @fullinbloom  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for listening, Danny!

  • @motormanx3062
    @motormanx3062 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great interview questions!!! Loved it...Thanks...😊👍....J

  • @richie4226
    @richie4226 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad you got Don to look back cause he can be ornery .... I like hearing him interviewed unfortunately I don’t think I want to hear him sing anymore. Love lock and key and up from the ashes.

  • @jayzeagerauctioneer
    @jayzeagerauctioneer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've always had the debate with myself of who was more at fault with the ego of the band, Don or George. I saw them at a club gig in Florida in 1995 and from what I remember, during Mr. Scary, Don stood at the side and leaned against the amps with a look of "here we go again". Over time, I've really wondered if it was George who really had the issues with everything. I love how Don seems to be really honest about everything that went on in the band. Bottom line is it doesn't really matter how great of music a band produces, sometimes the players just cannot work together for a long period of time.

    • @MathiasSteenJensen
      @MathiasSteenJensen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      From what I’ve gathered, I’ve come to the conclusion that both of them were at fault. However, Lynch seems like being the main Kobe stirring the pot doing things like refusing to play In My Dreams

  • @cripprocktony
    @cripprocktony ปีที่แล้ว

    Your interviews are always GREAT. thanks ⚡🤘

  • @gregsimmons694
    @gregsimmons694 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Love Dokken! God bless all the rockers on flat earth and savior JESUS keep you safe always!

  • @issuesandtissues9280
    @issuesandtissues9280 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    These interviews are blowing my mind

  • @tenbroeck1958
    @tenbroeck1958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dokken was a notch above many of the bands back then. There was substance to the songs, Don sang open-throated high notes, similar to Brad Delp of Boston, more than Heavy Metal Bands. George Lynch used interesting chord shapes and jazz techniques in his approach to soloing, which gave his solos a sometime exotic sound, but always melodic too. Great backup vocals, like the great 70s bands. Add that melodic approach with the harder sound of the 80s, and it's great. Like if Boston was an 80s band.

    • @marcrestivo7459
      @marcrestivo7459 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Brilliant Ten, I listened to all those 80's Dokken albums a million times and you pointed out things I didn't maybe observe myself...

  • @PatPakken
    @PatPakken ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Probably just an honest mistake by Don but Wolfgang wasn’t born until 1991. Monsters of Rock with Dokken and Van Halen was in 1988

  • @flermmicrowave2625
    @flermmicrowave2625 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yo, Don, your Vox and music was all I listened to every weekend traveling to Bakersfield from Huntington Beach every weekend to ride dirt bikes and get laid. Huge thank you, my brother!!!!

  • @image30p
    @image30p 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I saw them open for a few bands. Priest, Dio. I think maybe there was another one or two. But they always sounded great. Don's voice was completely different then. I don't really ever see a decent quality live video from back then. It was completely different than it is today. It's difficult to accept that things change as people get older. Especially vocalists.
    The other thing is that I think George always wanted more of a distorted vocal sound like Dio or Halford. That was never Don's style. He wasn't a screamer. He was more of a smooth high register singer. Like Meine. That's why it makes sense for him to have done those backing vocals. It's the same style. And Dokken kind of started out in Germany in a way.

  • @wallaceh.9423
    @wallaceh.9423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm gonna enjoy your channel. Outstanding content

    • @fullinbloom
      @fullinbloom  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you, Wallace. Welcome.

  • @errorsofmodernism9715
    @errorsofmodernism9715 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent interview

  • @mariopalos9238
    @mariopalos9238 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like hearing about the incipient stages of the band and also seeing how cheap shows were. 4:13

  • @michaelr.4878
    @michaelr.4878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great interview.. It is great to hear Dokken put a lot of the crap that Lynch has said over the years to rest. For years, people always assumed that it was Dokken that was creating the issues in that band. But nowadays, the more people talk (producers...peers...Don..etc), it is becoming clear that Lynch was the trouble maker in that group.

  • @haganvonburger7444
    @haganvonburger7444 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is that my man warren in the thumbnail?

    • @shamifasahat992
      @shamifasahat992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes he looks like warren demartini exactly ...... may be he's warren demartini indeed

  • @christophercirocco8611
    @christophercirocco8611 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good stuff. Thank you

  • @lazarus3068
    @lazarus3068 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow impressive!!

  • @jessekauffman3336
    @jessekauffman3336 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loved dream warriors

  • @WhyTheHorseface
    @WhyTheHorseface 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    “… didn’t sell that well, only sold 100,000 copies”. Any classic rockers would kill to get those sales numbers today 😂

  • @Treachery93
    @Treachery93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I guess band members constantly fighting does work.. in Dokken's case. Multiple sources are confirming the fights between George on Don was usually because of George. Hard to picture soft-spoken George being a whinny PIA.

  • @TANTRUMGASM
    @TANTRUMGASM 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    9:35 Don Says..... " I have a flyer From a show, it was a 2 night show at the Starwood , Van Halen , Quit Riot And Dokken, ..and those were Randy Rhoads last two shows with Quiet Riot because he just joined The Blizzard Ozz..farewell shows Great parties afterwards..." ...
    Van Halen and Randy Rhoads fans might catch the timeline issue we have here.......
    Randy Rhoads/QR played his last 2 Starwood Shows in Late October 1979 And was in England by November 27 , 1979
    Meanwhile, ..In Late October 1979, Van Halen Just Finished Headlining their 9 month World Tour for Van Halen II over 110 dates
    I HIGHLY DOUBT Van Halen was playing the Starwood, or on a Starwood Flyer , in OCT 1979 with Quiet Riot And Dokken.
    you made that up Don. Still love ya man, blurry times long ago...
    p. s. you think Randy Rhoads /Quiet Riot would have double platinum Van Halen Headline Randy's "farewell shows " at the Starwood?? lol

  • @lukecold8562
    @lukecold8562 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wolfgang wasnt born yet, at that time.

  • @corndog1868
    @corndog1868 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome! Search here for (Rockcandy Live In Toronto 1988). Phil Collen joins the band on stage for one song! Enjoy..

  • @tOxIc_TrEaSuRe
    @tOxIc_TrEaSuRe ปีที่แล้ว

    "George wanted to come bad for a-------- obvious reasons" lol

  • @anti7928
    @anti7928 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dokken cds have been remastered by Rock Candy and they sound awesome...

  • @user-or7tz7du4t
    @user-or7tz7du4t 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    no. sounds like that rock creature on the original star trek. 🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @corissimo
    @corissimo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember in the late 80s in LA seeing a Fiero with 'Dokken' on the plate. I think it was the Don. Also, previously back home in NY, I remember going to the "monsters" tour in Buffalo excited to see Dokken but then felt like their performance was lacking. Now, after hearing these interviews, I realize it was all the friction between George and Don. You have to wonder if it is worth it to try to make such conflicting personalities work?

    • @bobowrathsovine.
      @bobowrathsovine. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well it's my favorite singer and guitarist together so to me it was worth it. Just because you play in a band with someone doesn't mean you have to be good friends. I know other bands worked it out with far greater feuds within.

    • @gene85518
      @gene85518 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was at the buffalo show😊

    • @ronniejdio9411
      @ronniejdio9411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Was it worth jt .?
      Guitar magazine had a picture BEFORE dream warriors and back was released of don at home w a Lamborghini and a Ferrari.
      Theres a million + ppl working with someone as bad as george today earning $12 an hour

    • @bobowrathsovine.
      @bobowrathsovine. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ronniejdio9411 yeah I'd rather even be George's roadie for the $12 an hour with whatever anguish he can cause me. Instead of the shit jobs I've done with the same anguish pertaining to a line of work I find boring and meaningless.

    • @ronniejdio9411
      @ronniejdio9411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bobowrathsovine. I'd rather deal w an asshole like george and make platinum um albums than love my band and play clubs

  • @kevinkaatz883
    @kevinkaatz883 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I dont understand, what did the girls do back at the studio - they play on some tracks or something? Hmmm?

  • @m.j.ludowise6996
    @m.j.ludowise6996 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Killer job

  • @casadefreedom3836
    @casadefreedom3836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy cow, sounds like a few packs a day.

  • @allsystemsgo8678
    @allsystemsgo8678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was a solo record Don, lol. When you're the only one left what else would you call it. "Amazing all star band"is a solo band.

  • @robertshepard2117
    @robertshepard2117 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did he play the drums,bass, produce,engineer,market,promote,drive the bus,cook the food,fly the planes all by himself too?

  • @aaronschmidt701
    @aaronschmidt701 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn,That's crazy,I thought Up from the Ashes was a good album,sad it didn't sale

    • @bags5150
      @bags5150 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Didn’t sell because no George no Jeff no Mick.

  • @brockhowell2296
    @brockhowell2296 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    In the late 2000's (07' or 08') I remember being on way to play a softball game in West L.A. and I went to the grocery store (Von's) to grab some beer and I remember being in line with a dude that looked A LOT like Don Dokken and I was looking at him (thinking to myself is that Don Dokken?) and he looked at me (while I'm looking at him) then kinda smirked and nodded.....and I smiled. I'm still not sure if that was Don Dokken, but I'm almost certain it was.

  • @lrn_news9171
    @lrn_news9171 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I almost always prefer the non-remastered versions from the 80s

  • @loganheroux5733
    @loganheroux5733 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Saw Dokken at their first show since the pandemic last month. Considering Don’s health issues, the dude can still rock at 68. Obviously can’t hit the high notes anymore, but for his age he can still sing.

    • @sniper1444
      @sniper1444 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Uhhhh...nice of you to say but inaccurate. He should be ashamed to accept money for singing...but, the bills keep coming and they need to be paid so...

    • @brendanmckenna8719
      @brendanmckenna8719 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I have to agree. Don was good back in the 80's. Today, he is just deplorable. I can't even listen to him now. Please understand, I'm not coming down on him. People age in different ways. Don needs to hang them up.

  • @joestewart2298
    @joestewart2298 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    On a nice sunny hot day, I’ll charge up my electric scooter and in the evening, listen to under lock and key and go cruising in the cemetary right behind my house, FUN TIMES, oh and also the song walk away the last song dokken before break up in 1988, there’s another version with hot women in it.

  • @Heineken1712
    @Heineken1712 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never heard Don talk mean shit about George but the other way around i heard a lot.

  • @MrOctober44
    @MrOctober44 ปีที่แล้ว

    "people saw it as a solo album and it wasn't". Um Don it absolutely was, lol. You were the only one left

  • @jenniferchandler4197
    @jenniferchandler4197 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    TOUGH TIMES ROCK N ROLL, BUT NO LONGER STARVING MUSCIANS, LOVE FULL MOON JEN

    • @jenniferchandler4197
      @jenniferchandler4197 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I WAS THERE FOR THAT TIRE INCIDENT- AT THE FLEETWOOD IN REDONDO,, LISTENING TO THE HARBOR BELL, THINKING WHY I"M HERE? FULL MOON JEN

  • @danriley5848
    @danriley5848 ปีที่แล้ว

    As a guitarist George Lynch was a huge influence on me but I got to hang with Don and he was a really cool down to earth person.

  • @Malama_Ki
    @Malama_Ki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Damn, still bitterness and tension after all these years... some people can’t smell the roses, they only see the thorns. See how holding a grudge ruins everything: the past, the present, and the future.

    • @caseyjpayne7606
      @caseyjpayne7606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I heard no bitterness in this interview of Don. None at all.

  • @kevinkaatz883
    @kevinkaatz883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Don is great, glad the lunacy has been cleared up - about who caused all the problems. What is wrong with Lynch? Freaking cry baby! Whahhhhhhh! Whahhhhhhhh! Baby!

    • @mmc5040
      @mmc5040 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can replace Don with George after you listen to George’s side. It was both of them.

    • @kevinkaatz883
      @kevinkaatz883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@mmc5040 other people, like Producer Tom Werman, have said Don was great…….George was a jag off. And I’ve heard from others, who’ve worked with both, say the same thing. And I’m in LA, have connects in the biz……….so I’m not some dude living in Chester, WI, talking smack.

    • @ronniejdio9411
      @ronniejdio9411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kevinkaatz883 don has really never said bad personal things about don and always says hey george is a great guitarist.
      For 20 years george couldnt do an interview wo shit talking don

    • @kevinkaatz883
      @kevinkaatz883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ronniejdio9411 yup

  • @kevinkaatz883
    @kevinkaatz883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    $1 mil in 1988 was a ton back then

    • @mrg6822
      @mrg6822 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      yup........$2.3 mil in todays dollars according to the calculator I have.

  • @dvvaughn564
    @dvvaughn564 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    lightening strikes again is there best song imho.

  • @David-ix1uv
    @David-ix1uv 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He sounds like my chain smoking aunt

  • @daveblackburn5857
    @daveblackburn5857 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beast from the East is one of the greatest live albums ever!

    • @saltpeter7429
      @saltpeter7429 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes indeed. Thanks for saying so. It is mind blowing to me, up there with Iron Maiden LIVE AFTER DEATH or Ozzy Rhoads tribute. I had a roommate in the 2000's who had it on cassette, he threw it in being facetious, "remember lame ass Dokken,ha ha ha?". I had liked dream warriors as a little kid, but never paid them any mind. I told my roommate he was a trendy hipster ass munch and snaked that Dokken tape as soon as I could. It holds up over the years, stellar performance.

    • @daveblackburn5857
      @daveblackburn5857 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@saltpeter7429 hell yeah 🤘🏻

  • @andreflorida573
    @andreflorida573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ok, let's get one thing straight. Don Dokken is not a lead guitarist. He's never 'ripped' a solo in his life. He's a nice guy, good song writer, great singer, but not a lead guitarist. Please now.

    • @fullinbloom
      @fullinbloom  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Did you watch the Beat Club video?

    • @bobowrathsovine.
      @bobowrathsovine. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He could play basic style rock leads like Clapton/Page style but definitely nothing hard or unique about his guitar solos. If George was never in the band they may have been lucky to get half the attention they got and still get.

    • @fullinbloom
      @fullinbloom  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@bobowrathsovine. Of course. No one with a brain would debate that. George is what I loved most about Dokken. The shocker to me was, Don ripping a lead to begin with. Until I saw that video, I had no idea he could even do something like that. I just thought it was cool, that's all.

    • @sketchyold
      @sketchyold 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bobowrathsovine. LMAO. I doubt he could play like either Clapton or Page. Maybe along the lines Paul Stanley or lesser Sammy Hagar.

    • @bobowrathsovine.
      @bobowrathsovine. 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sketchyold Hagar is no slouch.

  • @whataboutrob442
    @whataboutrob442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Don seems so likable. Too bad he got a bad rap in the 80s from fans not really knowing the truth.