Dokken

[Wrathchild]

Yet another band I've got filed in my "heard of but never heard" category. Is there a best of I can pick up on the cheap or a few tracks I can download to get me started?

(This thread is posted in anticipation of a beating from LT and Troops in return for my ignorance.)

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[Lord Tim]

*puts down his whacking stick for a second* HAHAHA!

I believe there's a Best Of Dokken CD out now? I'd grab that first as an introduction...

Their best albums (IMO) would be Back For The Attack and Under Lock And Key but very closely followed by Tooth And Nail and Beast From The East (live in Japan).

Run far and fast away from Shadowlife, though! Any of the "reformed" Dokken is a little dodgy, although Erase The Slate has some fine moments and awesome solos from Reb Beach!

Anything to add there, Trent? HAHA!

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

I think he said it all

There are 2 best ofs out I think, The Best of Dokken and The Very Best of Dokken, but I dunno what's on each one.

Personally I'd just start with Back For The Attack! Once your hooked on its awesomeness and craving more Dokken brilliance, then pick up Under Lock & Key!

Songs to I recommend checking out:

Dream Warriors, So Many Tears, Heaven Sent, Prisoner, Sleepless Nights (off Back For The Attack)
The Hunter, It's Not Love, In My Dreams, Unchain The Night, Will The Sun Rise (off Under Lock & Key)
Turn On The Action, Tooth & Nail (off Tooth & Nail, this stuff is glammier)

And check out Don Dokken's solo album "Up From The Ashes" too, sounds just like Dokken and would be my 3rd fave album after Back For The Attack and Under Lock & Key!

 

[Goreripper]

The new Lynch-Pilson album Wicked Underground is recommended also.

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

And the first Lynch Mob album "Wicked Sensation".

 

[Shannow]

All my Dokken tapes (yes tapes) got flogged from my car.

Haven't yet gotten around to replacing them with CDs as yet.

Get one of the best-ofs, then go for the albums.

 

[KoichCPA]

Hey Shannow, you weren't drinking a case of MB with some youngens in the carpark at MFTB a couple years back were ya?

 

[Shannow]

Hey Shannow, you weren't drinking a case of MB with some youngens in the carpark at MFTB a couple years back were ya?

MFTB ??

What was that ??

 

[KoichCPA]

Metal for the brain, in 2001.

We were just drinking with a dude from Lithgow, who used to live in Canberra.

 

[Shannow]

Nope wasn't at MFTB.

Haven't run into many former Canberrans up here, although I did get a buzz when I walked into a new pharmacy at the shopping centre, and the pharmacist was the guy from straight over the road from Mum and Dad's place.

(I felt like I was being stalked :eyes: )

 

[Sydo]

Any 'Best Of Dokken' album would be great value.

Personally I love Erase The Slate and Dysfunctional. They'd be two of my fav's actually, even if they don't exactly represent the true Dokken vibe.

Stay away from Live At the Sun & Shadowlife. Also avoid Long Way Home unless you really really really really love Erase The Slate.