Lightning Strikes Again

Performer: Dokken
Engineer: Chris Baseford; Mike Sutherland; Tim David Kelly; Wyn Davis
Producer: Don Dokken; Tim David Kelly
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Dokken: Mick Brown (vocals, drums); Don Dokken (vocals); Jonathan Levin (guitar); Barry Sparks (bass guitar). Personnel: Wyn Davis (keyboards). Audio Mixer: Wyn Davis. Recording information: Chop Shop, Hollywood, CA; Total Access Studios, Redondo Beach, CA. Dokken always stood apart from the typical 1980s pop metal din, combining solid musicianship and well-crafted songwriting. While the current incarnation of the band does not include original members guitarist George Lynch and bassist Jeff Pilson, LIGHTNING STRIKES AGAIN is a long overdue return to form. Current guitarist Jon Levin expertly recreates the nearly inimitable Lynchisms that defined the classic Dokken sound. Fans of 1985's UNDER LOCK AND KEY and 1987's BACK FOR THE ATTACK are sure to appreciate this exciting new era of a great band.

Part of the same Los Angeles pop metal scene that hatched Motley Crue and Ratt, Dokken rocked hard, with a focus on frontman Don Dokken's melodic songwriting and expressive multi-octave vocals and George Lynch's masterful guitar wrangling. Together since the late 1970s, the band made their initial public impact when Elektra Records picked up the band's impressive '83 debut. The label would go on to release three more Dokken Albums--each better than the last--over the course of the next few years. By the dawn of the '90s, the band were bonafide MTV rock stars, and soon imploded (as all great rock bands do) over intraband conflicts. They reunited in '95 and have released several more albums, embracing a darker, more complex, but no less melodic sound befitting an ever-growing creative unit.

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