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Yes, but i am jaded. I was super into Under Lock and Key, enough so that i went over to Atlanta and caught them opening for Judas P in 86. I seriously thought they were the shit. By 88 when their 4th record came out, they had pretty much run their course.
If you look at Dokken, Ratt and the Crue, they all came out of greater Los Angeles around the same time. Dokken's release dates on their records coincide with the Crue's. Both were before Ratt. Juan Croucier was the bass player for Dokken on their first record before jumping to Ratt. Because of Under Lock and Key going platinum, Tooth and Nail went platinum and their first record went gold. Back for the Attack in 88 went platinum. Of course, the Crue and Ratt's stuff was all going platinum. Other than VH, which was the pioneer of that scene, they were the "big three" that came out of the area. Then came the big craze for the next band to come out of that area, whether it be GNR, Faster Pussycat, what have you. There were other bands from that scene around that time such as your Y&T's but they never reached the success. I agree Dokken was no Crue or Ratt, but they damn sure weren't chopped liver. They didn't have the success of a Poison but i think the integrity was there that the "hair bands" didn't have. I just have a difficult time thinking of Dokken as a hair band at all. Keep in mind, until the grunge scene came out and your Nirvanas and Pearl Jam's started kicking, there was no such thing as hair metal. At some point they came up with that tag to describe the late 80's bullshit and a lot of bands got thrown in that shouldn't have been included. Ratt is one of those bands. They deserve more respect than to go down in history lumped together with Warrant.
If you look at Dokken, Ratt and the Crue, they all came out of greater Los Angeles around the same time. Dokken's release dates on their records coincide with the Crue's. Both were before Ratt. Juan Croucier was the bass player for Dokken on their first record before jumping to Ratt. Because of Under Lock and Key going platinum, Tooth and Nail went platinum and their first record went gold. Back for the Attack in 88 went platinum. Of course, the Crue and Ratt's stuff was all going platinum. Other than VH, which was the pioneer of that scene, they were the "big three" that came out of the area. Then came the big craze for the next band to come out of that area, whether it be GNR, Faster Pussycat, what have you. There were other bands from that scene around that time such as your Y&T's but they never reached the success. I agree Dokken was no Crue or Ratt, but they damn sure weren't chopped liver. They didn't have the success of a Poison but i think the integrity was there that the "hair bands" didn't have. I just have a difficult time thinking of Dokken as a hair band at all. Keep in mind, until the grunge scene came out and your Nirvanas and Pearl Jam's started kicking, there was no such thing as hair metal. At some point they came up with that tag to describe the late 80's bullshit and a lot of bands got thrown in that shouldn't have been included. Ratt is one of those bands. They deserve more respect than to go down in history lumped together with Warrant.
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