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At a time when the charts were ruled by pop-metal acts, Dokken was a major attraction throughout the 1980s. With vocalist Don Dokken's captivating stage presence and guitarist George Lynch's high-energy style, the band combined rockers such as "Kiss of Death" and power ballads such as "Alone Again" in order to create a number of best-selling albums.

Dokken's roots date back to the late '70s, when Lynch, along with drummer Mick Brown, teamed up with Don Dokken to form the Boyz. In 1981, Don moved to Germany and was signed to Carerre Records. The band, now simply known as Dokken, recorded and released Breaking the Chains, their first studio album, in 1983. While the record failed to retain a decent chart position in the United States, the group was immensely popular in Europe.

After a tour in Germany, Dokken was signed to Elektra Records, and Jeff Pilson became their first official bassist. In 1984, the band released Tooth and Nail, which featured the hit songs "Into the Fire," "Just Got Lucky," and "Alone Again." With heavy MTV and radio airplay, Dokken found themselves topping the charts worldwide, and Tooth and Nail eventually sold over one-million copies in the U.S. alone. Following a tour with the Scorpions, the group recorded Under Lock and Key in 1985, which had a similar success due to the hits "In My Dreams" and "It's Not Love." In 1987, the band released Back for the Attack, which featured a track they had written as the subtitle for the third Nightmare on Elm Street film, "Dream Warriors." The coinciding music video, which included scenes of the band interacting with the movie's characters, was their most popular ever, and Back for the Attack became Dokken's third record to reach platinum status. The album's subsequent tour resulted in a live compilation, Beast From the East, which was released shortly before the band broke up in 1988 due to Don Dokken's and Lynch's creative differences.

After the disbanding of Dokken, Don pursued a solo career with Up from the Ashes, and Lynch formed the Lynch Mob, releasing an album in 1990; both releases failed to chart. In 1992, the band reunited, but it wasn't until 1995 when they signed with Columbia Records and released Dysfunctional, which was met with harsh reviews and poor sales. Tensions once again seemed to hover around the group as they recorded the live acoustic release, One Live Night, in 1996 under the CMC label. In 1997, the band released Shadowlife, which was met with a similar response to their past two recordings. In 1998, Lynch left a second time to reunite Lynch Mob, and was replaced with Winger guitarist Reb Beach for 1999's Erase the Slate. This was followed in 2000 by another concert record, Live from the Sun, which captured the Beach lineup at Anaheim's Sun Theater. Beach left the group and was replaced by John Norum, and the group recorded Long Way Home for release in the spring of 2002. In 2003, ex-Warlock guitarist Jonathan Levin and ex-Ted Nugent and Yngwie Malmsteen bassist Barry Sparks joined the group, resulting in the release of Hell to Pay the following year. The band returned to the studio in 2008 for Lightning Strikes Again.

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Favorite Dokken Song? 5 Replies

Started by Glamnation. Last reply by Vicky Rose♫♥ROCKET QUEEN♥♫ Oct 2, 2009.

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Comment by Glamnation on January 27, 2010 at 1:02am: DOKKEN: New Single 'Almost Over' Now Available

"Almost Over", the new brand new single from multi-platinum hard rockers DOKKEN, has been made available for purchase via iTunes and Amazon.com. An audio sample of the track can be streamed at this location.

"Almost Over" will be included on DOKKEN's upcoming greatest-hits package — a collection of all-new versions of tracks such as "Dream Warriors", "Breaking the Chains" and "Just Got Lucky", paired two new songs and two covers (including a version of "Lies", originally recorded by THE KNICKERBOCKERS) — which will be released in the spring worldwide on Cleopatra's Deadline Records imprint.

Comment by Vicky Rose♫♥ROCKET QUEEN♥♫ on October 2, 2009 at 1:15pm: hello .....Here i leave some photos of the concert of Dokke in El Paso Texa oh yeah and hope you weekend rock bye:))

Comment by jason edwin on October 1, 2009 at 2:01pm: Hello everyone, I bought my 1st dokken album earlier this year (the best of) and it rocks, I've had my head burried in the sand for over a decade.

Comment by Vicky Rose♫♥ROCKET QUEEN♥♫ on September 30, 2009 at 1:38pm: yeahh ROCKIN' WITH DOKKEN BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was fortunate to see them last year .... they were here in El Paso Texas and was perhaps a wonderful popular concerts and best of all, I have to remember the nail on the guitar....DON DOKKEN FOR EVER

Comment by Elizabeth Lee James on June 24, 2009 at 11:16am: Hey group friends!!!!!!!!!

Guess what?? I'm a finalist for Miss Rocklahoma!! If I win I get All Access Passes for 4 days, so I need y'all to all go on and vote for me... and ask all your friends to vote for me too. Plllllleeeaaasseeeeee!!

I'm hittin up all my lovely groups to rally the troups... or appropriately stated... to "ROCK the VOTE" for me. LOL!! So help me support the cause.

Go to www.rocklahoma.com to vote. I'M LISTED AS "BETH M." (finalist #7)!!!!!!!!!

Rocklahoma is a craaazzyyyy glam/metal festival in Oklahoma in 2 1/2 weeks... Since the festival is so soon, please help me out soon babys!!

Thanks so much... love you allllllllllll!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Jackie_Kixx on June 18, 2009 at 1:44pm: This band is amazing!! Dokken is one of the best from the 80´s!

Comment by Søppelbøtte elskling on April 20, 2009 at 12:25am: I'm going to see them live the 22. may! :D

Comment by Glamour Sixx on April 17, 2009 at 11:50am: alone again wass a great sonqq ^_^

Comment by KARLAGE KING on April 15, 2009 at 1:59pm: I LIKE ALL THEIR 80'S ALBUMS BUT MY FAVOURITE ONE IS "BACK FOR THE ATTACK"!!!

Comment by King of Sleaze on April 15, 2009 at 9:56am: Rockin' with Doken baby!!!

I hope see them anytime but i don't think they wanna to come chile

byebye