Dokken 'Tooth and Nail' w/ Don Dokken - Inside the 1984 Album - Lynch, Pilson, Brown, Interview
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2024
- This excerpt was taken from a full in bloom interview with Don Dokken.
Don talks about Dokken's platinum sophomore album, 'Tooth and Nail.'
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When heaven comes down is by far the heaviest song. The tempo it just perfect.
Yeah that was always great live too
Agreed. Best song on the album. George's riff and tone just punches you in the face
My favorite song on the album!!
WHCD was like ‘pre-djent” heavy.. Tooth and Nail was my first cassette ever..wore it out
Hell yeah!
Alone Again could b the best ballad in history of music. God I love that song, can listen to it over and over again - never gets old
Great stuff. Tooth and Nail to this day is one of my favorite from the era. Lynch (as much of a prima donna as he was) had some incredible solos on that record. Don's honesty is refreshing. He was that band and clearly earned his stripes despite the slaggin he gets now for his vocals not being what they were is 84/85.
man this was a great great interview......don is very down to earth and tells it like it is. I sure am thankful for the albums that they gave us working together. still love em to this day.
Don is not down to earth. He gave George so much shit and resentments.
@@jimjim7008 I’m pretty sure the shit giving and resentments went multiple directions between all of them, especially George and Don.
@@masque1313 which sux otherwise we would've seen more music made by the original members of dokken.
@@jimjim7008 agreed.
@@jimjim7008 George was being a childish asshole then. Don was just telling the truth
Love the honesty of these interviews... These guys say all the shit they wouldn’t say back then...
At the time, they were trying to maintain a career, so, they couldn't say anything that would kill it. (You see what happened to Kevin DuBrow after he opened his mouth...he got kicked out of his own band!)
That and there are a million platforms like youtube to air it these days.
@@FreeMTrider exactly...! There are no more secrets anymore
If I remember right there were interviews in magazines like Circus and Hit Parader and the bandmembers would talk about tensions between Lynch and Dokken but they never really went into detail. Too be honest I am surprised the band kept it together long enough to record Under Lock And Key.
Under Lock And Key is a MASTERPIECE.
As wee teen, I could not tell the difference between George Lynch and the lead singer of Kajagoogoo - in this era.
I've actually heard people refer to his hairdo back then as the "Limahl" haircut LOL!!!
Hahaha
Same with the guitar player from the Outfield
@@kairomemphis2582 FUCK OFF WITH YOUR SPAM BULLSHIT
@@goathair33... Also Mr Misters guitarist
Wow! Hit radio gold subscribing to this. Thank you! Btw, I met George at NAMM back in the 90’s. Caught him in the hallway; he was running late for something. And some promotor somebody was rushing him along and I quickly asked for his autograph. This other guy tells them he doesn’t have time but he stops and says something like “I’ll make the time.” I met a lot of famous people around that time and I will never forget how cool that was of George.
Thanks for the share ... i Met him in 2007 ??? in Atlanta at a Guitar seminar .Sam Ash music store ... signed my Peavey Vandenberg Guitar and a "tooth and nail" chord book ...we both got a kick out of the green Army duct tape holding it together he asked how long i had it and i told him since 83 he said 1883??? i told him whenever his old ass wrote it .... Great times !!
He's changed or a bad night. Was out here and played a local club with Lynch mob and was a dick to everyone
@@daveg4236 He's a left wing nut.
I love it when don sums up the quarrels he had with George, "like little children in the sandbox...." I think that Don was definitely more mature than George and being the composer of most songs it was natural form him to be the leader of Dokken.
Every song on tooth & Nail was epic and incredible Amazing
Say whatever you want about Don but he was a class act and a solid dude. I absolutely loved the first 3 records.
Alone Again is my favorite rock ballad of all time.
I saw them on tour with accept in these days, what a fucking awesome couple of bands they were 👌
a "Some kind of Monster" movie with the Dokken guys & a therapist would be fascinating to watch.
I was lucky enough to meet both Don and George at Grandrocktember in Minnesota. Great guys. My idols since 1982
Great interview! Saw them in '88, Tampa Monsters of Rock. Don seems so down to earth. Thanks!
Don is a great storyteller. This was a great interview. I like hearing about all the stuff that takes place behind the scenes. That’s the beauty of full in bloom, it takes you backstage and to the studio to find out the dirt and details.
Thanks for publishing all these interviews. They are really well done and so interesting. Cheers!
excellent well done. one of our favorite Dokken albums. Thanks for the upload.
Damn this is gold thanks for sharing . What an incredible album, in my top 5 or so of all time . Great radio play songs but those sleepers that didn’t get as much radio play When Heaven Comes Down and Turn on the Action damn I love those songs . Been listening to this album since 84’ and I ain’t never gonna stop 😁
Thank you Don for your honesty & sharing w/ us. I appreciate your hard work .
I always get excited when I get a notification that FULL IN BLOOM Uploaded a New Interview 👍🏻🎶
Another great interview. Just excellent
Thanks for these great interviews. Very enlightening. I do want to say though, the original tension between Don and George was that Don wanted to continue to play guitar in the band and even play some lead, but George wanted to be THE guitarist and just have Don focus on the singing. George finally won out but I think Don was jealous and resented it. He also never thought of the "boys" as being a real band. Just the studio guys he got to play "his" songs so he could have an album. You hear him in these interview clips saying they would write their songs and he would write his. I always loved Dokken's albums until they broke apart, but there's always 3 sides to every story; theirs, yours and the truth Lol. I cut my teeth playing Dokken's music when I first really got into playing and enjoyed every song. They were just the kind of heavy rocking groove that did it for me. Good times
One of my all time fav.bands in the 80's. Class of 1984.thanks guys.
My favorite Dokken album! Rockin' with Dokken! 🤘
All these years it was rumored that Don was the problem...at least that's what we were hearing in my circles
Excellent interview as always my man 🤘
Brilliant. One if my favorite albums ever
Great Interview Thx Adam..
WOW. What a First.. NOBODY is doing this Album and Band.. OH What they are Missing.. THANK YOU.. One of my all time FAVORITE and Pivotal Albums..THANK YOU for CLip
Fascinating about that live album. That's such a shredding album too. Amazing. I got that and Back for the Attack for Christmas one year. Both of them haha.
These are fantastic Great content.
Great interview
C'mon man. Put some fire into it,put some LYNCH into it!"
Don voicing his constructive criticism in the form of an incredible compliment and sign of respect for George's playing IMO.
True!
I like Don Dokken, he's a Class act, honest guy.
I met Jeff Pilson when he was auditioning for Flesh & Blood. I was working at West LA Music, got his number back in landline days. I told him about my Guitarist friend, Parrish Hultquist, I got him an audition. Pilson had the TV Batman theme on his voicemail. 89 or 90.
Parish was a monster. He's from my hometown
Who's still rockin' with Dokken in 2021? Best new bands; Temple Balls, Keith Kessinger, Bloody Heels and Dirty Honey.
Just those band names give it away: Derivative, 3rd or 4th generation, etc.
Love Dirty honey
Well stupid me I keep thinking this is called in full bloom. Full in bloom is what it’s called I got it now I got it Killer killer interviewer great questions great interviews fantastic channel.
Cool interview
I saw Don Dokken last year 2020 in Columbus Ohio he had a great band
Don’t close your eyes, GREAT cemetary song, for cruising on my electric scooter in the summer time, PLEASE! Don’t make fun of me.
My first concert was that tour in Anchorage, Alaska
The tooth and nail album is always one hard rock/ metal classic that I just can't get tired of and can always listen to from start to finish. Every song rocks and every lynch solo blazes! It also has a nice raw, live feel that is sort of missing in the more heavily produced albums that follow which are also great records! #rokkenthedokken
And the rhythm guitars are fat too. Much fatter than any other Lynch recording.
@@jfo3000 nah. Back for the attack had some heavier rhythm guitar
It's the best one in my humble opinion.
When it came out....I was impressed. Tough tunes. Intense.
For all the success he has had and the legions of guitar players who have admired George over the last 35-40 years, he's an absolutely miserable human being.
Gerorge did drugs sure, but there was more to it. He's still a bit off in a good way these days.
Dude did drugs, did roids, had a sensitive personality. The slighest thing would upset him. I asked jeff pilson on cameo about working with george and he said He used to throw tantrums in the studio. He was indeed one of the best guitarists of the 80s.but its his misery and attitude that got him bouncing around 500 diffrent short lived projects
I always felt he thought he was special, but never quite got the recognition than Eddie and Randy, where getting.
@@Rockenstein68 Randy and Eddie apart from virtuosity had exceptional compositional skills George cannot match anywhere near.
George, while great in his own way, is/was nowhere near the talent of most of his peers. So the Prima Donna BS....
The first song I ever heard by Dokken was, Turn on the action. It's still my favorite. My favorite Dokken album is TAN. Very heavy.
Saw them on this tour open for Dio in NJ. Liked them as much as Dio.
I saw them on this tour open for Sammy Hagar. Great concert.
But you have to admit George's guitar tone is undeniable
I admit.
At the 13:00 minute mark when Don talks about cocaine, u hear Adam laughing quietly.... I laughed my ass off 😂
Don accidentally named a couple of songs from a different album that he thought were on Tooth and Nail.
Yep I noticed that too
My favorite band 82 to90
TRES Cool!
George tried to sue him to keep the dokken band name iirc
lost the court battle and went with lynch mob
still love that tune... river of love
Dokken was awesome. Saw them a few times. I always thought the problem was Don but, now I'm not so sure.
A familiar story of big 80s Hard Rock bands who disintegrate due to drink ,drugs or ego's !!
Sad to hear Don & George constantly fighting with the direction of the band. Maybe conflicting personalities contributed.
Loved Dokken ! Great band.
Geoff Workman moved to Denver with his wife in the late 80’s/early 90’s where she started a band management company and he produced demos for those local bands. Getting to work with their “Original Projects Unlimited” management group was the pinnacle of local band dreams in 1991. Here’s a song Geoff produced by arguably the biggest band in Denver in 1991, “She Beaten Happy” by the band Dogs of Pleasure: ruclips.net/video/ZDc_pYZKtsI/видео.html
Not gonna answer that!
T&N was a great cassette. George's guitar work was very prominent. Saw Dokken twice in concert. I was high.
Don is way, way cool
Hmm , these two Don and George's verbal / physical jousting in Dokken reminds me of Sting and Stuart Copeland's jousting in the same ways in The Police . Don and Stuart are Cancer Crabs , Sting and George are Libras , maybe that's it 😂 . Basically oil and water personalities clashing . Seems strange / odd how George never wanted to do ballads , but was so good at them riffing and soloing on them in Dokken .
It’s crazy how alike much Don and EVH sound on the phone
Great comment !
Lol wutttt
I never really understood the friction between Don and George. If you meet them, they were the coolest dudes. But when they get together there is also some shit going on.
I’m always down with a little Don Dokken revisionist history
Dokken musically was a great band. Personality wise? It was an utter trainwreck. If youve ever been in a band before youd know one of the most frustrating things about being in a band was knowing you could at times write and create magic with someone you absolutely want to punch in the face. Unfortunately for some bands the music wasnt enough enough to endure it. One band in paticular that didnt get along was the ramones. They hated eachother but kept the band together
George must have been hell to work with. I've seen him made with his guitar tech from ESP in a video and it wasn't pleasant.
Don knows what the fuck he's talking about. I always thought he was a jerk but he sounds very down to earth.
wtf is up with that still pic of Don @ 7:13 on the video....looks like he's on the receiving end of a money shot.
As a kid this was a expensive tape more than what other Cassette tapes cost at the time
It's funny that you talk about that. I remember it was hard to scrape money together for a cassette, so just for fun I went to the inflation calculator to determine how much that $8 cassette would cost in today's dollars and the answer is $23!
There’s GOTTA be a story of dokken JUST like the story of quiet riot in 2014, now Frankie banali is dead, so, speaking of being drunk, where do I find the full story of DOKKEN, BIG FAN, don dokken basically took the words out of my mouth, DUDE, FUCK, come warm weather 2021, I WILL ride my electric scooter/bike JAMMING ON DOKKEN.
The RUclipsr by the name of Razorfist did a documentary/history on Dokken. Look up Metal Mythos Dokken.
@@MrHaarstad69 I did see that, but is there another story of dokken.
RazorFist - Lightening Strikes Again -"Jeezus kitten punching Christ, whata come back album..." 😀🤘🎸
I wore that cassette tape out in my Walkman. One of my all time favorite Metal albums. I was in the Army at the time and used it to get fired up and ready to Kill !
Good God ... Thats just weird ... That kinda infighting seems very odd to me.
I had no idea that George was like that in the studio. If anything its usually the bass players that get burnt in the mixdown
George was great, but If it wasn’t for Don dokken, they wouldn’t be big either!
George Lynch sounds like he was a nightmare back then. Don might be controlling and a bit egotistical (fair enough as he started the band and did it for years before the classic line-up was in place), but it sounds like George Lynch had a full-on personality disorder.
@Steve Damien I know what you mean but the producer backed up Don's version in his interview. Don can seem harsh and blunt with his criticism but I don't think he's a liar, just hard-headed.
@Andrew Salter I heard an interview with him and Michael Sweet by Eddie Trunk a couple of yrs ago and he came off as a total dick. He was actually pretty rude to Michael Sweet so I wouldn't be surprised if they don't work together again. He just seems kind of arrogant, egotistical, and poor people skills. Don is actually really complimentary about him most of the time.
@Andrew Salter lol, agreed. Great guitarist though!
@Andrew Salter At least Warren DeMartini seems like a nice guy
....if you believe everything Don says.
Geoff Workman. What an 80s scenario. Tom Werman. Much cooler.
Don and George never got along, but it tells you something when Mick and Jeff also wouldn't record with Don. Rip on Lynch all you want, but the whole band didn't like you Don
It was said when George, Jeff and Mick would rehearse it would be heavy as hell but when Don would come in it was a totally different band and they hated it.
I heard back in the day that Don insisted that the band wear these glamorous outfits like on the album cover for Under Lock And Key. George hated dressing up like that and i don't blame him cause they weren't glam !
Was that Tom Werman ?
Oh Roy Thomas Baker
I use to have that album.
Saw that tour with Dio, and the following one they opened for Triumph. They were actually really good live, regardless of any friction there may have been. That Dio tour through...terrible Dio mix/sound. Sound engineer put way too much delay in the guitar and Dio's vocals and there was this terrible mush of double hits on everything that made discerning something almost impossible. Luckily the Dokken mix wasn't nearly as bad.
*I always see George hanging out with Jeff or Mick, while Don is always by himself, yet we are supposed to believe George is the problem. Sure, cuz lead singers/frontmen are always so humble and easy to get along with (sarcasm.)*
George. Classic narcissistic personality.
Jeff and Mick....followers.
There has to be someone who makes the hard decisions. The guy who drives the band. At that age, kids don't like to be told what to do. It's all rock n roll and party all night.
Being alone doesnt necessarily make you an asshole.don has always been a private guy. Maybe he was abit of a prick? But i doubt the other 3 were saints. If you had to be around someone you werent fond of all the time you too would need a break. Jon levin has been in dokken almost 20 years and its typically george wanting to do reunion shows. Probably because those 500 short lived projects he keeps starting up dont last.
@@toma.4808 great comment M
I saw Dokken on Van Halen's Monster's of Rock in 88 in Ohio they was in the wrong spot because after Metallica played then Dokken came out and played they couldn't stand up to Metallica
Akron , yeah? Same show. Agree. Plus George had his back to the audience during every solo... disappointing.
I wana hear George's side of the story as well.
I don’t.
I've never heard anything that would indicate George Lynch is anything other than a total jagoff.
George was a bitchin guitarist however his head space ruined him. He came off as an epic asshole. It's sad because I don't think they could have put another guitarist in Dokken and it would have been the same. George let his ego and drugs run him which ruined Dokken's chance to have major success. I wish it had been differently because Dokken was EPIC AS FUCK! I would have liked to have seen them get major success. I had all of their albums but my ex destroyed them because I treasured them....I am replacing them so I will have them all once again. Still love Dokken.
Crazy ex !
@@seagullpoet I know....Oh well his life isnt as "peachy keen" as he would liked.
SO glad Don didnt bring George back and stayed with the GREAT Jon Levin
Is this one of those "said no one ever" jokes?
@@timothybrophy1690 hopefully sarcasm
Don Dokken on cocaine: "I tried it and I just didn't get it. I was like what the hell is this?"
How the hell does anyone not like cocaine? LOL
"This gives me energy, makes me excited, and is totally the best feeling ever....this sh*t sucks"- Don Dokken
Up From The Ashes is way better
George is an amazing guitarist, but a miserable human being.
George sounded like the way Malmsteen was. Difficult.
When you are as good as they are, it's hard not to want to set your own goals, and not compromise. Yngwie didn't (but his music now sucks) and George is still advancing his art.
@@stratrat57 Well that is a matter of opinion now isn't it? Some might favor Yngwie over George or vice versa.... but art is being advanced in both camps now isn't it? Yes. It is. Rhetorical. Look up Rhetorical if need be.
@4:23 George and Jeff should sue this ego maniac. Lies! Lies! This guy has a sick ego. George and Jeff wrote all the music for that album. All the music. This guy profited from George's talent from day 1 and then he pulled the rug below the band's feet after BFTA album. Ripped them off.
Oh! And suddenly, from your lackluster breaking the chains songwriting talent you went to the awesome tooth and nail songwriting uh? Yeah Right! And Paris is burning is not your song Don.! You stole it from The Boyz.
Sorry, Don's broken hearted musical approach didn't deserve Georges' talent IMHO .... we see who is still playing and who's whining... Lynch Mob is still kickin' and Don's doing nothing.in 2020/2021.. Jeff is playing with the remnants of Foreigner. don't know where Mick is ....ummm was playing for the End Machine 2019 ... another Don won't play with ... a leopard can't change it's spots, not a real big fan of Don he did great on the title track and "Heaven comes down" i'm sure the rest was clingingly dedicated for that girl that got away..... seems like the issue was Don and his huge ego got in the way and he once again can't buy a band ...Glen Hughes is still belting it out at 69 years of age in Dead Daisey's Holy Ground with Doug Aldridge and Deen Costonavo my two cents
You do realize that the full Dokken lineup has done several tours, one in Japan, the other in the states over the last couple years,right. Would’ve done more if not for Dons arm/hand being paralyzed after surgery.
I don’t blame George. In my dreams sucks
Dokken sucked
You suck