Dokken - Breaking the Chains

Primary Artist
Dokken
Album Title
Breaking the Chains
Release Date
1982 
Time
 
Review by Whitney Z. Gomes
After vocalist Don Dokken supplied backup belting on The Scorpions' scorcher Blackout, producer Dieter Dierks gave him leftover studio time to produce demos. Guitarist George Lynch, drummer Mick Brown, and bassist Juan Croucier (who immediately left to form Ratt) rounded out the rockin' Dokken. Combining Teutonic thunder with Sunset Strip sensibilities, the band began carving out a comfortable niche in the '80s hair market with this Carrere release, soon remixed and remastered for proper distribution by Elektra. Read More