Don apparently is appropriating the Brett Michaels bandanna look |
Seriously, someone needs to inform Don that the only reason we're even talking about Dokken in 2012 is because of Mr. Lynch's six string prowess, and even that fact is questionable as George recently admitted to getting spray tans on a recent episode of That Metal Show and he still doesn't know how to button a fucking shirt.
Thank goodness Don does!
I've got a few Dokken stories up my sleeve, but I'll be damned if I am going to bore you to tears with them right now.
Instead, I'll let the official press release announcing the band's 11th studio record give you all the details of what the genius behind "Dream Warriors" is up to these days. Apparently, not much since one of the record's selling points was how Don Dokken was once provided the Key to the City in Los Angeles back in 1988. How this promotes excitement for a record nearly a quarter-century later is beyond me, but feel free to read about it and other tidbits of the band, including who mastered the new release.
(New York, NY) -
Frontiers Records is proud to announce the return of melodic hard
rockers, Dokken; the band's 11th studio album (and their first
in North America for the Frontiers Records label), Broken Bones, has been
confirmed for a September 25th North American street date. The album
will be released in two configurations: standard CD and limited edition CD in
digipak with a bonus DVD, which features a comprehensive "Making Of The Album"
documentary. Broken Bones is produced by Dokken frontman and namesake,
Don Dokken, and is mixed Bob St. John (Extreme, Duran Duran, Collective Soul)
and Wyn Davis (Black Sabbath, Dio, Whitesnake) and mastered by famed engineer
Maor Appelbaum (Halford, Yngwie Malmsteen, Sepultura). The new set features a
return to the band's signature sound of catchy melodies, hot riffs and monster
production. Don Dokken commented, "We've never had a #1 hit; we've just kept
touring winning fans over one by one." The first single from the album will be
"Empire"; click here to check
out a sample of the song. Please see below for the track listing for Broken Bones.
Dokken exploded
out of the hotbed that was the hard rock and heavy metal scene in Los Angeles in
the early '80s. Such classic albums as Tooth And Nail, Under Lock And Key and
Back For The Attack were all certified multi-platinum, with songs like "Alone
Again," "Just Got Lucky," "Into the Fire," "It's Not Love" and "Dream Warriors"
still being regarded as amongst the genre's finest. Dokken was one of the
first groups to sell a million copies of their DVD Unchain The Night The
group continues to tour the world extensively and has shared the stage with
AC/DC, Metallica, Aerosmith, Judas Priest, Van Halen, Kiss, Scorpions, Bon Jovi
and many more. To date, the band has sold upwards of 10 million albums
worldwide. The group
has been nominated for a Grammy as well as an American Music Award. In 1988, Don
was awarded the keys to the city of Los Angeles by Mayor Tom Bradley declaring
January 27th as "Dokken Day" for his charity contributions to the Los
Angeles Children's Hospital. Dokken is: Don
Dokken (vocals), Mick Brown (drums), Jon Levin (guitar) and Sean McNabb
(bass).
BROKEN
BONES track listing:
1. Empire
2. Broken
Bones
3. Best Of
Me
4. Blind
5. Waterfall
6. Victim Of
The Crime
7. Burning
Tears
8. Today
9. For The
Last Time
10. Fade
Away
11. Tonight
1 comment:
Says a lot about his personality that the whole ex-original band plays together without him. Not that we ever questioned it. Rhymes with a-hole. Haven't been remotely relevant for 25 years!
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