Dokken latest studio album, Heaven Comes Down, was released in October 2023 via Silver Lining Music. In a new interview with Laughingmonkeymusic, Don Dokken was asked if there is the potential for the band to make another record.
Says Don, “We probably won’t make any more records, which is unfortunate, you know, that I can’t make any more records. Heaven Comes Down is probably our last record. I wish I could keep making music, but I can’t because of my right hand being paralyzed. So I can’t play guitar anymore.
Asked if he still has creative force vocally, Dokken responds, “Yeah, vocally it’s fine, and luckily a lot of the tracks we did on this album started two years ago. You know, we just had a lot of time. Sometimes I’d go in the studio to sing or play guitar before my arm got paralyzed and, you know, I had good days and bad days. And my producer would come over and I’d say, ‘I don’t know if I can cut this tonight.’ So we’d give it a shot, I’d warm up and looking out over the mountain range and the city lights below my house and say, ‘Not tonight, man. I’m just not feeling it.’ So we’d go to another track and I’d try to analyze it and say, ‘Can I make this bridge better?’ or ‘is the chorus… do I have something better in me?’ Then I’d go to something else and sometimes I’d get something better. And I think that’s what happened with this album. I just said, ‘Let’s just really push the envelope. We’re not in any hurry.’ You know, I’ve done 13 records and I don’t crank ’em out like cotton candy; I just don’t.”
Check out the interview below:
Heaven Comes Down is available on CD Digipak, 12” Vinyl Album in Black and colour variants, digital formats and special D2C products and bundles. Order and stream now, here.
Tracklisting:
“Fugitive”
“Gypsy”
“Is It Me Or You?”
“Just Like A Rose”
“I’ll Never Give Up”
“Saving Grace”
“Over The Mountain”
“I Remember”
“Lost In You”
“Santa Fe”
“Saving Grace”
“Gypsy” video:
“Fugitive” video:
Lineup:
Don Dokken – vocals
Jon Levin – guitar
Chris Mccarvill – bass
BJ Zampa – drums
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Says Don, “We probably won’t make any more records, which is unfortunate, you know, that I can’t make any more records. Heaven Comes Down is probably our last record. I wish I could keep making music, but I can’t because of my right hand being paralyzed. So I can’t play guitar anymore.
Asked if he still has creative force vocally, Dokken responds, “Yeah, vocally it’s fine, and luckily a lot of the tracks we did on this album started two years ago. You know, we just had a lot of time. Sometimes I’d go in the studio to sing or play guitar before my arm got paralyzed and, you know, I had good days and bad days. And my producer would come over and I’d say, ‘I don’t know if I can cut this tonight.’ So we’d give it a shot, I’d warm up and looking out over the mountain range and the city lights below my house and say, ‘Not tonight, man. I’m just not feeling it.’ So we’d go to another track and I’d try to analyze it and say, ‘Can I make this bridge better?’ or ‘is the chorus… do I have something better in me?’ Then I’d go to something else and sometimes I’d get something better. And I think that’s what happened with this album. I just said, ‘Let’s just really push the envelope. We’re not in any hurry.’ You know, I’ve done 13 records and I don’t crank ’em out like cotton candy; I just don’t.”
Check out the interview below:
Heaven Comes Down is available on CD Digipak, 12” Vinyl Album in Black and colour variants, digital formats and special D2C products and bundles. Order and stream now, here.
Tracklisting:
“Fugitive”
“Gypsy”
“Is It Me Or You?”
“Just Like A Rose”
“I’ll Never Give Up”
“Saving Grace”
“Over The Mountain”
“I Remember”
“Lost In You”
“Santa Fe”
“Saving Grace”
“Gypsy” video:
“Fugitive” video:
Lineup:
Don Dokken – vocals
Jon Levin – guitar
Chris Mccarvill – bass
BJ Zampa – drums
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