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Paul Elliott

“He got me in a headlock and started punching me. We just went at it”: the explosive story of Dokken, the hard rock band that tore itself apart

Dokken posing for a photo in the mid-80s.

Dokken crested to success in the mid-80s on the back of classic albums such as Under Lock And Key and Back For The Attack. But true superstardom eluded them thanks in a large part to the tensions between singer Don Dokken and guitarist George Lynch, which eventually tore the band apart. In 2015, Dokken and Lynch looked back on their band’s tumultuous career.


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