Dokken Reunion 2006?

[Terry]

Originally posted by bueno bob
I wouldn't sell Jeff too short...Jeff writes pretty good material on his own, really. Dokken survived the loss of Lynch in '98 and did a pretty good comeback album with Pilson writing the bulk of the work in '99, the album was "Erase the Slate" - definately sounded more like traditional Dokken than anything they'd done with Lynch since they reunited in '94, but, of course, Lynch was missing. Once Pilson bolted though, Dokken's been a dead duck that hasn't been worth a fuck, period.

Jeff's a good thumper, a decent one anyway - not the worlds best bassist, but bass isn't his first instrument, either. He's a good writer, though, I'll give him that.

Dokken is kinda along the same lines as Ratt for me: even though I saw both bands in concert in the early to mid 1980s, the singers of both bands are average, as well as the bassists and drummers.....and even the songs themselves, when I get right down to it. In the end, all the tunes were good for were as vehicles for Van-Halenesque guitar solos. George Lynch and Warren DeMartini were first-generation EVH clones that I dug when I was heavy into EVH as the be-all, end-all of rock guitar playing.

Pilson wasn't anything that special to me. Suppose he did his job adequately. In all fairness, I haven't bothered listening to anything Dokken did since the late 1980s.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Originally posted by bueno bob
So you're not counting the current non-DeYoung version of Styx as Styx, I take it?

Uh, no...

I don't count the DeYoung soundalike version, just as I don't coun't the Steve Perry soundalike version in Journey....

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by Terry
In all fairness, I haven't bothered listening to anything Dokken did since the late 1980s.

You haven't missed much. "Dysfunctional" was a, uh...attempt at the same sort of evolutionary vibe that Zeppelin got with "Physical Graffiti" - it doesn't SOUND like that, per se, but the VIBE is there, if you catch what I'm getting at...

"Shadow Life" was a Kelly Gray produced pile of horseshit, but I don't really blame that on Dokken, per se...Kelly Gray just gave them the "Seattle Sound" and the whole albums a mess, although there actually are a few listenable tracks...

"Erase the Slate", with Reb Beach, was the closest sounding TRADITIONAL Dokken album since "Back for the Attack"...

"Long Way Home" and "Hell to Pay" were essentially Don Dokken solo albums...not Dokken sounding at all, Don indulging his soft rock & Beatles fantasies, more or less...both crappy albums.

[Soul Reaper]

Originally posted by Terry
George Lynch was far and away the best thing in Dokken.

absolutely.

Dokken were basically cheese rock, but Lynch is an AWESOME guitarist!!! I love his playing

[Terry]

Originally posted by bueno bob
You haven't missed much. "Dysfunctional" was a, uh...attempt at the same sort of evolutionary vibe that Zeppelin got with "Physical Graffiti" - it doesn't SOUND like that, per se, but the VIBE is there, if you catch what I'm getting at...

"Shadow Life" was a Kelly Gray produced pile of horseshit, but I don't really blame that on Dokken, per se...Kelly Gray just gave them the "Seattle Sound" and the whole albums a mess, although there actually are a few listenable tracks...

"Erase the Slate", with Reb Beach, was the closest sounding TRADITIONAL Dokken album since "Back for the Attack"...

"Long Way Home" and "Hell to Pay" were essentially Don Dokken solo albums...not Dokken sounding at all, Don indulging his soft rock & Beatles fantasies, more or less...both crappy albums.

Yeah, well, wasn't like I was staying up nights, wondering, "Should I have given Dokken a chance after Under Lock and Key was released?" Hahaha. Just fucking with you.

Lots of 80s rock bands just didn't make the transition to the 1990s very well. Lynch just seemed to be surrounded by mediocrity in Dokken, much like DeMartini in Ratt.

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Interesting...


Actually, wasn't Mikkey Dee (now in MOTORHEAD) in Dokken?

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by Shaun Ponsonby
Interesting...


Actually, wasn't Mikkey Dee (now in MOTORHEAD) in Dokken?

You're close...very close.

Don Dokken had a solo album in 1990 called "Up from the Ashes", which was actually pretty good - Mikkie Dee was drummer for that project and then moved on to Motorhead. Dokken's drummer, since jump street, has been Mick Brown.

[Shaun Ponsonby]

I just remember reading out Mikkey and Dokken in Lemmy's book.

[Bill Lumbergh]

Hey Terry, did you say that Stephen Pearcy from Ratt is "average"?! In a generous mood? :D

[Vinnie Velvet]

One of my favorite Dokken songs is "Its Not Love".

[Matt White]

I've always thought that George Lynch was the best of the "hair-metal" guitarist. "In My Dreams" has a killer solo. "Paris is burning" also. Don Dokken sucks