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Donald Maynard Dokken (born June 29, 1953) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and founder of glam metal band Dokken. [1] He is known for his vibrato -laden, melodic vocal style which has made him an influential figure in American glam rock.
Don Dokken's first band formed in 1976, named Airborn. He played shows at clubs in the Los Angeles area, including the Starwood on Sunset Strip. Airborn included Bobby Blotzer on drums and Juan Croucier on bass, but Blotzer and Croucier left the band in 1978 to form FireFoxx. [13]
George Lynch (born September 28, 1954) is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the hard rock band Dokken and his post-Dokken solo band Lynch Mob.He is regarded as one of the most renowned and influential rock guitarists of the 1980s, noted for his distinctive playing style and sound.
Brown is also a member of Tooth and Nail, a band that features classic-era Dokken members George Lynch and Jeff Pilson. [4] Their debut album Slave to the Empire was released in October 2012. The band has also been renamed T&N. Brown also had a solo band called The Bourbon Ballet with lead singer Scott Hammons from the band Tunnel.
On the heels of Underground Moon, Pilson reunited with his ex-Dokken bandmate, guitarist George Lynch, in a project called Lynch/Pilson, releasing the album Wicked Underground in 2003. After a proposed Dokken reunion did not materialize, [10] Pilson re-teamed with Lynch and drummer Mick Brown in Tooth & Nail, later shortened to T & N in 2011. [11]
Don Dokken formed his eponymous band Dokken in October 1978, after two years fronting a group called "Airbourne". [1] The outfit's first recording was the single "Hard Rock Woman", on which Robin Trower band members Rustee Allen (bass guitar) and Bill Lordan (drums) performed, as Dokken was yet to hire an official band. [2]
He played and sang backup on Dokken's 1979 EP Back in the Streets and their 1981 LP, Breaking the Chains, for which he co-wrote two songs. His replacement, Jeff Pilson, appears in the title track video from the album. For approximately 18 months, Croucier was a member of both Ratt and Dokken simultaneously, before leaving Dokken.
Blotzer and Croucier left Dokken in 1978 to form FireFoxx along with Ron Abrams on guitar. [1] He became Ratt's drummer in 1982. Along with bassist Juan Croucier, he had previously played with noted Italian/Swiss guitarist Vic Vergeat, including a tour of the U.S. behind Vergeat's 1981 solo album Down to the Bone .