Don Dokken: Biography

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• Dokken
• Def Leppard
• George Lynch
• Alice Cooper
• Winger
• Whitesnake
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• Sebastian Bach

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Born:

Jun 29, 1953

Genres:

Rock Music, Metal Rock Music

Decades Active:

1980's|1990's

The lead singer and namesake of 1980s heavy metal band, Dokken, Don Dokken (born: Donald Maynard Dokken) has fueled Los Angeles' metal scene since the late-1970s. Although Dokken temporarily disbanded, following the Monsters of Rock tour and a multi-platinum album, in 1988, he continued to make his presence felt as a soloist and with the Don Dokken Band, featuring

Guitarist John Norum and Billy White bassist Peter Baltes and drummer Mickey Dee.

Reformed in 1994, Dokken remained as tumultuous as ever. Original guitar player George Lynch, who had led his own band, Lynch's Mob, during Dokken's hiatus, was replaced by Rob Beach, former guitarist for Winger and Alice Cooper in 1998. In a subsequent interview, Dokker explained that Lynch had “threatened to kill me in front of the record company president in Germany and tried to blackmail the president into flying his girlfriend to Germany or he would not do a TV show for three million viewers."

Beach was later replaced by Don Dokken Band guitarist John Norum. In June 2003, the reorganized group toured the United States with Poison.

- Craig Harris, All Music Guide