On the the December 25th episode of The SDR Show, Don Dokken discussed the band’s “disaster” 2016 reunion tour.
Dokken, 72, stated, “We did an experiment, and we said, ‘We’ll write one song together.’ And that was It’s Another Day (listen here) We recorded it [and] made a cool video.”
When they discussed the possibility of playing it live, he explained, “I said, ‘I’m not doing America.’ We’ll go to Japan, and we’ll see if we don’t kill each other.”
The band’s Unleashed in the East tour included six shows in October of 2016, plus one American stop in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
“We did the Japanese tour. It was a disaster, mostly because of me. I just wasn’t on my game,” he said. “We just came back, and I said, ‘I don’t think this is gonna work. So that was the end of that.”
Known for songs like Into the Fire, Alone Again, and Dream Warriors, the band formed in Los Angeles in 1978, before splitting in 1989 and getting back together in ‘93.
When discussing his often tumultuous relationship with iconic guitarist, George Lynch, Dokken said, “We’re old. We’re too old to bicker and fight.”
He said he’s not ruling out a future reunion.
“I said, ‘I might be up for an EP only.’ But I said flat out, ‘It has to sound like Dokken. I’m not trying to insult you, George, but I’ve listened to all your records. It has to be Dokken. That’s what the fans want.’”
additional source: NY Post
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I think Don Dokken is a huge douche……