I am so glad that I grew up when all of this great music was on the scene.

When your under 18, 17 even 16, my friend bought a real beater rust bucket of a car, we managed to get our hands on a pretty good car stereo cassette, he bought a power booster equalizer 40 watt from radio shack I had a pair of 6 x 9 Jenson speakers, we squared all that away and cruise and play those same albums you mentioned. puff a few, oh yeah!

T&N, all of Maiden, Screaming, Heaven n Hell .. Mob Rules … alllllll of it

Number and rhe beast, Screaming for vengence,Unleashed in the east,Black out,Rain in blood,kill em all,spreading the disease but like you music got me thru it all-

Right on man. Glad u weren't listening to flick of seagulls and culture club...lol..your a Rocker too brother...peace my man. now it's cholesterol meds, kids tuition, and if I'm lucky a little time jamming in the man cave ...rock on man...I was there listening to same ..GREAT TIMES

Can't be as painful as having to listen to Don's vocals, which probably explains the decision....

Or be in a band with him.@@grahamyoung3433

That's outta SITE go BRO you rock

@@stratkiller2531 Aldridge

@@stratkiller2531 Because Don was talking about Tommy Aldridge, a famous drummer who's played for Ozzy with Randy, Whitesnake at their peak, and many others, is one of the few drummers who can play at very high level after many decades of playing in contrast to Mick Brown who had to retire due to injury.

If one was gonna get stuck, that's not a bad one.

Well-said on ALL counts my friend! :)

Damn dude, that's cool shit. I've seen Dokken,, Poison and all those other bands. They were all good. Loved it !

I saw them in Nashville about 1987ish, Loverboy opened up for them as well. Odd lineup, but loved both bands, great show.

Loverboy is an underappreciated band, in my opinion. Just a straight up Canadian rock act who wrote some fantastic hooks.

Monsters of Rock kicked ass.

@@scottburden9798 Dokken opened for Loverboy.

I saw him and Tommy on Nuge tours.

They have some GREAT tunes, although i severely disagree with the statement that "dokken is timeless". Those tunes are as 80's hair spray as you get.

@@hedwithhorns82 To each his own Brutha….

Same for 🌟Karen🌟 Carpenter 💜

@N B Similar situation, thanks for sharing. I miss hitting the skins but the "shockwaves" going through my body were noticeable even after I eased up and tried to play more relaxed. It sucks getting old.

If I hadn’t of discovered Muscle Activation (MAT) my body would of been jacked as well.

Nice positive story about those two, very rare . Thanks for the share.

I actually think Pilson was the secret sauce to the Dokken sound. Sure George was a unique player but Lynch Mob sounded nothing like Dokken but listen to the Lynch/Pilson and End Machine CDs and you can hear it. Don was able to replicate some of the feel when he joined up with Jon Levin, and it was good! But there's just something about Pilson's bass and backing vocals. my 2 cents.

So you were like 8 when Tooth and Nail came out! That's funny. You couldn't have seen them live back then right? Unless your mom took you to the concert?

@@frankferriolo9212 I was born in nov of 1979 so I was younger than 8, like 5, nope I never saw them live, never, I watched them on youtube return to the east 2016, if that counts.

@@joestewart2298 That's great! But I did see them live. More than once. Never as a headliner act. They opened for Judas Priest in 1986. Priest was on that Turbo Lover tour. Which later on became a live album for Priest. It's called Priest "Live". And then I saw Dokken warm up for Twisted Sister in 1985. At Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan. The Priest show was at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island Ny. For both shows.....not many were into Dokken at that time. Especially at the Priest concert. People were there for Priest! Nobody gave a hoot about Dokken. In fact, somebody through a wad of gum into Don's hair. But he didn't notice! Funny shit man. Back then; Dokken was considered "Glam/Poser" rock. Priest was pure Metal. I thought it was a complete mis-match tbh. No disrespect to you my friend. But I just dont think you have a true and real perspective on Dokken. There is a reason they couldn't last and conquer the world like Maiden, Priest, Metallica and even Motley Crue! Because they were not that impressive live. Not to me anyways. Good radio rock though. Peace brother. Rock on Sir. I'm with ya'!

Meaning: “George schooled my sorry ass.”

Not sure.

Flawless from beginning to end.

R.I.P. Hunter S. Thompson

@@nikolas_schreck ❤️✌️

Dammit. I just thought I sounded like the full in bloom guy.

The full in bloom guy more sounds like Neeley from the Classic Metal Show…8)

Palladium was a great venue, saw armored Saint, mettalica and savatage.

Norman - Totally agree. Don is actually a VERY good guitarist in his own right. I was in high school when "Tooth and Nail" came out. Plus, as a musician myself i could tell there was something different about Dokken.

I will next time.

@CanyonSkyStudios Why? Because they're right? Little bitch Don is whining about them partying through the whole interview. He obviously blames the whole thing on them because when asked about them getting along now, he says "Yeah, none of them are drinking or doing drugs anymore" which shows that he thinks them partying was the problem for everything.

@@orvil9223 drugs DO fuck everything up. Even those that were hooked on them admit it.

Yea I hate poison

What year was this?

@@RS-ol8or should have been '90 or '91 ? if Mickey Dee was in...

I seen Ratt open for Poison and I thought it was criminal. I think most of us already know that Poison was hardly a band, but Ratt made them look like a bunch of amateurs in a sloppy garage band. To their credit, Poison never said they wanted to be great musicians instead they were about being rock stars. If it hadn't been for all of the crazed young girls wanting to be Poison groupies, they would have failed miserably.

Ha! So true. Charlie needs to play him 😂

Yeah he had real heart. Played it it like he meant it.

Little guy with a huge kit. Fun to watch. RIP-EC

Oh, I'm not sure ,Roy..You could be right ,but I think they got about what they deserved..They are a 10 million -selling album band..Nothing more ,nothing less..I like a few of their songs ,but let's be honest , they weren't as big or as talented as the other acts on the Monsters of Rock tour of 88..Named Dokken or anything else .

@@markdraine3571 I loved Kingdom Come! Jk Mark, I do get your point though.

I got a hold of them somehow, lol, cant say I "bought" em all, I think I might have lifted a couple of cassettes off of my older brother. I can say I remember buying "back for the attack" myself with allowance money at 7 or 8. DREAM WARRIORS was the begining and the end for me, combining George Lynch with Freddy Kruger, epic!

I thought I heard that too.

Don is a ty fighter.

george was a passive aggressive douche back in the day

@@Mad_Axe_Man125 I had heard from a few they worked and knew them that George was difficult to work with at times.

Mickey Dee is 54, he played for Motorhead, King Diamond and currently The Scorpions. Aquiles Priester who replaced Frankie Banali in WASP also played with Angra and still plays with Hangar, toured with DragonForce and mentored Sepultura's Eloy Casagrande just turned 50 in June.

There are way too many drummers in their 50s to mention… don’t forget about Terry Bozzio (70 yrs) !

@@phnigra111 Yeah that dude was like a Praying Mantis behind the drums in the 80s 😂

Tommy Aldridge Tops them ALL!!!!!

No, Neil Peart didn’t have symptoms of brain cancer or get diagnosed with it until months after he retired

Neil Peart said that he could play like Charlie Watts until he was 80 but he couldn't play like Neil Peart until he was 80.