Great interview, I so rather hear you interview these Rock greats than Trunk. You let them tell their story without interrupting 500 times, Eddie can't do an interview without mentioning himself in everything, I, I, I, all that dude does. Very nice to hear Don give an accurate account of his history.

Whoever puts these "Full in Bloom" interviews together and is the mic guy. Ya, much better than so many Eddie Trunk etc.... Keep up the good work. BTW, you Beau Hill/RATT stuff... Awesome.

Don gives great interviews, and I find him honest. He may have an ego but he doesn't bullshit - his telling of things matches up with what I've heard.

Despite alot of the nay sayers saying Don Dokken should just retire I'm still rooting for him. I know Don hasn't sounded the best live in recent years but I would lying if I said he isn't one of the hardest working musicians ever. Even with his barley functioning right arm he still treads on, gotta respect him for that.

I can tell you while hanging out with friends in XYZ around 1989 Don was very cool and we always had a lot of fun at Total Access, great singer even better human. Hope he makes a full recovery.

Someone wrote suggested, I forget, but I agree that Don needs to do a show. The Don Dokken Pod Cast. I’d tune in! And Don is just a good dude

I always knew Don was SMART as fuck. Good Dude and a great interview!

Saw DOKKEN in nov 1984 open for DIO MEADOWLANDS NJ/ hands down in my opinion/ DON DOKKEN in this interview/ tremendous/ could listen to him for hours / 💯 best rock interview I ever heard!

Thank you Don for all the great rocking tunes I grew up on. You’re 67, I’m 49, very thankful for all the good times.[edit] I keep telling people XYZ Inside Out is one of the best riffs ever written, next to Mr Scary and Lay It Down. This channel rocks, thank you Full In Bloom. Get well soon, Don. -Jim

Another great interview. This is the place to go for updates on our favorite musicians and bands.

Don should have his own talk show... 🤘 I can listen to him all the time about his band back in the day and talk about other bands! 🤘I can't stand listening to Eddy trunk!!! I still have a big Dokken patch on back of my Lee jacket today 2021🤘Get better soon Don! 🙏

Don is 100% right on. Love you Don, you're the best. Hope you're feeling better soon.

“ Up From The Ashes “ is tremendous. Great Cd. Highly recommended!

Hands down this is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels on KZfaq great interview

Fantastic interview. Feel bad for Don. I didn't know he was having so much spinal / back trouble. Scary.

One big thing Don leaves out, is that when he was doing Tooth n' Nail, he was also producing my band Antix...He had also brought Jeff Pilson in to help...Great guy!...Those were some crazy times...working with Don was very interesting at the time...he was pretty easy to work with for the most part...I did not always agree with his vision but oh well...The band Antix did have some local success, but egos and immaturity killed it.. Here's a song from the Antix EP that Don actually wrote a part in kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nNWgY9F7x5nSonk.html

Dokken is one of my all time favorite bands ever!! I was a little kid about 8 years old when Nightmare On Elm St Part 3 Dream Warriors came out and I have been a huge massive fan ever since. I got everything Dokken has ever done, and next week I should be getting the new album The Lost Songs in the mail. I hate that Don Dokken has been suffering alot even after his surgery. He has been handling it like a pro and being as positive as he can be. This was a great interview.

Tooth and Nail is a classic.

Fantastic interview! I love an interview when someone is familiar with Don. I love Dons stories! Classic (new) Dokken saves 2020! Very rare to hear Don actually speak truth on George. Don is a musical genius he hasn't stayed relevant all these years by putting up with BS, check out past Dokken rosters, he knows talent! His voiced finally relaxed on "Up from the Ashes". Shit man, call Mick... Don tells shit straight up! Don Feb.2021 @ the Whisky better happen!

great interview, Tooth & Nail is a terrific album

I had no idea he worked with Great White on the first EP. That's the best one they did, on my opinion.

I like the whole vibe and how these sound. It's like KLOS circa 84 with Artist call in or something. I didn't even know about this Dokken release. I miss the Record Store days of the 80s and I stopped in every other day and I was aware of everything coming out.

I love Don. One of the best of the best!! A straight up honest dude too. So sad to hear of his physical issues

I really love the work you do on these interviews man. Excellent stuff and much appreciated.

I like Don Dokken - he's a common sense, down-to-earth guy and I like his opinion on what's been happening since COVID hit. I wonder what he thinks now, 1 year later and we're experiencing even more craziness?

Please keep these coming, love these interviews

These interviews are the BEST ! I always look forward to listening to them . I love the BEAU HILL / RATT Interviews , and all of the others on this channel . THANK YOU !

My favorite artist. Thanks for the interview buddy!

Great interview, Don is always a great interview !

Great interview! I'm really excited to hear that Don's found lost recordings and is releasing them. For me, that's big news. I really hope that Don heals up and is able to regain the use of his right hand. I can't imagine not being able to play guitar. It can be such a source of peace.

As always, great stuff man! Keep on keepin' on!

Great Upload !! Keep Up The Great Work .. Don Dokken Is Iconic ..

Great interview, thanks for sharing. Dokken was ready to break big,but couldn't stay together.

Don is a down to earth dude!

Man this sucks for Don. If I lived nearby I would take care of the trees. I do that at my dad's. I pray the damage isn't permanent.

Yeah man, that solo was killer! I hit rewind too. Great interview as usual. Keep it coming! I love listening to these when cruising around east Hawaii.🤙🏼🤙🏼🌴🌊🏄🏼🌋

Excellent interview. Thank you and rock on!

The most underrated 80’s band in history

Don I hope your arm and back get better man. I hate to hear this. I got Saturday Night Paulsy. My leg was numb for 6 months. Had to rehab the hell out of it. Best wishes . I saw Dokken open for Twisted Sister in 1984. You guys were first and were the best. 🤞Nashville Tennessee

Always good interviews...and I've never been a Dokken or lynch mob fan, but bummer for Don. Hope he gets better

Great interview!🎶

Great interviews man! I could listen to don talk all day!

The DBT was recording Long Peter Madsen(MCA) at the same time as Dokken recording Under Lock & Key at Amigo Studios in North Hollywood(Formally Warner Bros). In fact on (Struttin') Down Hollywood Blvd the engineer, Chet Himes (Christopher Cross) ran my guitar through George's Marshall stack and back through the board to add natural compression! We mingled with the guys from Dokken a lot and I remember Don playing my Martin acoustic and George walked in and Don said, " Oh I forgot, I'm not a guitar player". George grabbed the guitar played a few notes and said, "I like my Alvarez better".Then he walked out of the studio. Ok, nice talking to you as well, George!!

Thank you for This!! I asked you for a Interview with Don awhile ago.

Not a Dokken fan at all, never was. And admittedly not a even fan of the genre but these interviews are so in depth and well articulated that I listen to all of them with complete attention. I am though a huge fan of early Great White and always fascinated by whatever history I can find on them. So thank you for all the insightful history lessons. Now after 30 years I have to finally give Dokken a second chance, though my expectations are low. Great channel, one of my favorites and the only music related documentary I follow.

GREAT interview with Don.... Also GREAT to hear HIS take on the "current world situation" at the end of the interview too. Hell yeah it's "The Apocalypse" man! And whether a person believes in ANY part of the bible per say, as whether ANY of that stuff actually happened (Jesus ect.)? THAT part in "REVELATIONS" IS in fact, VERY HARD to ignore....

In 2001 I was introduced to Don by a mutual friend at a studio at Desoto/Lassen in Los Angeles!I ended up coming back every night for a whole week.A fly on the wall when he was working on the recording and release with Sunless Days etc!The deal would be, he would send me to that 7 Eleven on that corner to buy Woodbridge red wine and Benson and Hedges cigarettes that week!Also at the time I was in a band by the name of Raven's Cry,and I would drag Don in his car to listen to our demo,and he would give me feedback,etc!Just a really open,thoughtful man!I really appreciated that he allowed me to hang around that week,it really meant the world,and still does! Tone Raven-gtr/voc-We Are The Black Things(Band)Hollywood CA!

Great interview nice job Don's a legend. 🤘😎

That sucks. Sorry to hear about Don's health problems.

Love this channel. Best interviews man.. ♥️🤘

Loved this interview from Don. The best rock band from the 80s

Bless his heart, bless his heart praying for you. P.s a lot of people have what he’s describing. In my prayers mr. Dokken. Keep a chin up. Hang in there and keep up the good work. You got this. ❤️❤️❤️

great interview

Hope you improve ,Don. Best wishes ,bro .I know you'll keep on rocking

Don and George deserve each other.

I live for Full in Bloom Videos. So informative, and you are an excellent Interviewer. Plus you sound like Kenny Powers 😉

Alone Again is the best ballad of the 80s' . HANDS DOWN 🙌 , and the only ballad I listen to in it's entirety - even to this day

He is a much brighter guy than George....

Fucking great interview as always. Thank you. So glad to hear Don is not an sjw.

Don producing and helping develop young bands without any financial motivation speaks volumes...compare that to Gene Simmons

Great interview. I need to check out Don’s older songs. I was also at that Dokken/Dio show at Reunion.

One of my very favorite bands growing up! Bought the US Breaking the Chains lp when it came out. Really enjoyed the interview! Honest & Real imo Wish Don the very Best on recovering from the surgery? My wife's about to have back surgery, no accidents, just getting old is a bitch lol Don, God speed man! Thx for all the memories and songs! Stay safe, keep rockin' 😎🤘

I have herniated disc in my neck and for a year or more my left hand and arm was practically paralyzed. They decided not to do the surgery at the last minute and over time i am close to 90% back to normal. It takes time

I'm going to start a Dokken tribute band and call it Thirteen Acres.

Man, do I love all the Full In Bloom interviews. It was nice to hear Don mention the XYZ album. You did miss an opportunity to ask a few questions on that one. The XYZ album is just SO, SO good. It's one of my favorites from the entire genre. Done did such a good job with those guys...Perfection. You also had Don talking about the recording of the Beast From the East album, and he was about to go into the Dokken break-up, but you then had him backtrack to Tooth and Nail. It would have been nice to hear him continue with that story.

I agree, FIB interviewer is very good. Has a great deal of recording knowledge and asked pointed questions and is a big fan of the music of that time. I would really enjoy longer interviews with a lot of the thrash greats of the era.

Wow, I didn't know he was having these kind of health issue! That really sucks. I pray he gets better

Don makes good points about band members moving on. Fans all want the original lineups, of course. But there just comes a time, where members need to go their separates ways. Not easy to stick together for 40 years. Some bands can do it, some can't. People want George and Don to work together again. But they just have their own lives going right now. I constantly see people complain that Warren DeMartini is not in Ratt anymore. And I'm thinking "yeah it sucks, but oh well" just gotta let it go. A lot of iconic musicians are no longer with the band they are famous for. Skid Row is without Sebastian Bach, for example. Most 80's bands that are still active today, are not the original lineup. But as long as the bands continue, and keep the music alive. That's all that matters.

My favourite '80s Metal Album, hooked from hearing Tooth and Nail one night on the Power Hour on CHEZ 106FM in Ottawa.

This channel is great man! Don should tour Europe with dokken even without lynch...

I love “ full in bloom “ 🎃

I'm a lefty that had severe damage done to my left forearm and hand to switch to right hand. It takes awhile to get used to.

FEELS LIKE THE DRAMA HAPPENING THROUGH ME AGAIN-YIKES, "ALONE AGAIN" VERY REAL. LOVE FULL MOON

These guys are my favorite band

My first concert experience was seeing Dokken open for twisted sister on the under lock and key tour, Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, Maine.

He really laid it all out on the line , did not know that Don and George did not work in the same room

I saw the same tour of Dokken opening for Dio in Ft.Myers Florida in 84 & got there late & totally missed Dokken. Man I was pissed. Don memory must be going when he said he wrote most of Tooth & Nail by himself but looking at the credits Don's on 5, Mick is on 5, George is on 9 & Jeff is on all 10.

Luv the album out of the night by great white, didn't know don dokken produced

Fun information!!!!

What I really want to know is why Broken Bones was taken off of all the streaming services, I bought the album on Applemusic and it just vanished, Don says they're re-releasing it but I just wanna know when.

Some of this sounds so ironic. Ive seen old videos of Dokken over in Germany or wherever and Jeff n George were alone in a hotel room with a bunch of small but nice recording equipment writing songs and Don n Mick were downstairs partying it up.

I can relate to Don Dokkens back problems. Ive got sciatica due to arthritis and problems with other areas of my back. Im always dropping things, wake up in the middle of the night and my hands are numb with sharp pains shooting through my wrists, etc,,,,,. Its a Bitch.

35:05 I think the APIs he bought from EVH were from the console that EVH bought from Sunset Sound.

Hey man you should get with Jay Reynolds from Malice and get a nice interview from him too. I’d love to know more about that band and especially the EP Crazy In The Night.

Never knew Don produces XYZ' record, that's a hell of an album. Don really is a living lege#d!!

Any Luck on actually getting George Lynch on here? Perhaps he could give us his version for the Tooth and Nail Recording of the mishaps that was Caused.

Lol. Way to go with that last question! Lol. Yeah man DOKKEN was one of my bands I was rooting for. Wasp blew it too. Oh well that can be life in that fast lane.

hit and run had great potential

The 3 videos were Just Got Lucky, Into the fire, alone again. Don said In my Dreams and The Hunter...lol wrong album Don lol.

God I am going to through the same thing neck surgery is so dangerous

anyone know what year this is? it says 2 years ago but idk if it was 2021 or before that

Any mention of Great White resurrects the horrible circumstances surrounding the death of the "new guy", the "temp" guitarist, Ty Longley. A grim reminder of the dark side of these "heroes"

Don was the mastermind nehind those great Dokken albums, no question.. He's a damn good artist n musician/ songwriter.. He helped make high school a little bit better

Ok so he says in another interview that George and Jeff wrote into the fire and it was one of there songs. Which is it don??

When was this interview taken place?

Okay, after listening on i now know why

The vibrations from the chainsaw did him in.

Don sounds cool. Love his opinion on the riots! Losers lol

Say what u want about don singing has falling off some etc but man he is a very smart buissness sence

What possessed him to get this surgery?