New DOKKEN album on the way....

Lightning Strikes Again is worth hunting down.

007 wrote:

I used to own Dysfunctional but it didn't do much for me. I haven't bought anything new by the band since then.. I'd imagine I'm missing out on some decent stuff but I'm not gonna sweat it right now.

Nothing essential, but as I mentioned before, they really haven't released a bad album. Shadowlife is debatable, but after that everything is solid.

Dysfunctional is a decent record...some of it reminds me of King's X...especially "Hole In My Head"...

Eyesore wrote:

I love Dysfunctional. Different, but it's an excellent album.

I agree with you, lyrically Dokken's best work, I never thought and still don't think of Don Dokken's as a great lyricist but on that album he certainly was.

Plus when I saw them on this tour they would segue way to the Doors 'The End' during the tune 'Too High to Fly' which won me over.

Dysfunctional is boring. It sounds like a band struggling to say relevant in a changed musical landscape and the result was nothing special. Shadowlife is terrible and best forgotten. Erase the Slate was a nice return to form but I found the following two albums to be sub-par and way too mellow. Lightning Strikes Again was good but unfortunately Don's voice is pretty much gone. He was really straining on several of the tracks.

I actually liked the strained vocals on a few of the tracks on Lightning. I think it added some honesty to a very polished sound.

Go here for new Dokken Samples:

http://melodicrock.com/showcase/dokken-brokenbones.html

Apparently Don is already unhappy and is already working on something else saying Broken Bones will be the last Dokken album.

MelodicRock.com:

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BROKEN BONES THE LAST DOKKEN ALBUM?:
Word has it that the new Dokken album Broken Bones will be the last Dokken album. In an interview Don Dokken with Geir Amundsen for Norway Rock Magazine, Don stated that he is fed up, and has already started a new project with Michael Schenker (!). Interesting. The interview will be in the magazine's next issue. Stay tuned...

Don is always unhappy. Stuff with Schenker could be cool but how are those two egos going to exist in the same room?

If memory serves, Don's been saying "this will be the last Dokken album" for at least the last two or three Dokken albums.

Seems like it but people buy on name recognition so I think he's stuck.

Dark Horseman wrote:

I have hopes for this, the last one was really good.

Yes, the last one was great. I hope the dvd got a live concert (even if his voice sucks today) and some video clips and making off. I will of course buy this cd/dvd, if its good of course.

mikeinfla wrote:

Go here for new Dokken Samples:

http://melodicrock.com/showcase/dokken-brokenbones.html

His voice is very different, that's for sure. Sounds "okay" I guess.

Hmmm, title song is a ringer for, How I Miss Your Smile. In fact, a lot of this sounds like it was songs from Lightning Strikes Again.

Seems to be missing the urgency of Lightning. They're good tunes, just seems a bit of a step back to me.

Picked up the new Dokken this afternoon... givin' it a first spin right now, sounds OK to me, I'll know more once the songs have had a chance to "gel" some.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Picked up the new Dokken this afternoon... givin' it a first spin right now, sounds OK to me, I'll know more once the songs have had a chance to "gel" some.

Picked it up too - guitar playing sounds great, but Don's voice sounded weaker than usual to me

Mostly i'm hearing it's ok and from what i've listened to that'sa all it is. Maybe it's a grower.

After giving this record a week's worth of daily spins I think this record sounds fanatstic sonically. The guitars on the songs written by Jon and Don are heavy, riffing monsters for the most part. The tracks written by Don just don't hold up well against the others and I really don't care for the cover song at all. Don's voice has changed but it works well with the sound they are kicking out. All in all I give it a 7 out of 10.

I really enjoy this album. It's not Lightning II, and apparently Don adamantly was against doing that kind of album again. The other guys wanted to, but he wanted to something a bit different. I think he mentioned the 60s and 70s when describing what he was going for, at least in terms of harmonies and such.

Either way, a great album. Not a throwback, not an attempt at a modern sound, just a solid hard rock album. A bit slower than some might want, but still rockin' and somewhat heavy. I dig it.

And Don's voice isn't what it once was, but I like that he admits he'll never sing that way again. It happens, you know, and he does a solid job of it.

Finally gave this album a full listen..must say I find it somewhat disappointing and I just don't care for it. I think Don has lost his voice. I won't be buying this album. Unfortunately alot of old bands just are not putting out anything that great these days.

brokentulsa wrote:

Unfortunately alot of old bands just are not putting out anything that great these days.

Have you tried the new LA Guns yet? It's the bee's knees, baby!!

http://www.heartofmetal.net/t17982-la-guns-phil-lewis-version-hollywood-forever-2012

I've given the album a number of spins and it's... okay. Nothin' really blew my barn doors off but nothin' made me wanna throw the CD out the window either.

"Empire" was the standout track for me, which isn't exactly a good thing cuz it's the leadoff song. The rest kinda went in one ear and out the other.

There's a story on Blabbermouth today that sez Don Dokken is claiming that "Broken Bones" will be the last Dokken album, cuz he wants to get to work on a "real heavy metal" project that he describes as "Slayer meets Tool." Um...okaaaaaay.

Oh, and for those of you who are keeping score, Blab also sez that drummer "Wild" Mick Brown is out and has been replaced by former Megadeth drummer Jimmy DeGrasso....which now makes Don Dokken the only original member of "Dokken" still in the band.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Oh, and for those of you who are keeping score, Blab also sez that drummer "Wild" Mick Brown is out and has been replaced by former Megadeth drummer Jimmy DeGrasso....which now makes Don Dokken the only original member of "Dokken" still in the band.

I was a little surprised Mick was on the album in the first place, since he's part of the Tooth & Nail line-up with George and Jeff.

Slayer meets Tool? lol