A new studio album from Dokken titled “Broken Bones”, will be released in North America on September 25, 2012 (Frontiers Records).
 
The first single and video is called “Empire” and features a post-apocalyptic take on the band’s signature sound of catchy melodies, hot riffs and monster production.

George Lynch, former lead guitarist of Dokken, performed a concert Tuesday evening in the front lot of Enterprise Rent-A-Car in Winfield, Kansas.
 
Lynch, who joked about not wanting to visit with newspaper reporters until he knew more about their political views, acknowledged that he had not heard of Winfield or its Walnut Valley Festival prior to his appearance. However, he called the Kansas show “good for the soul” and said this type of show was a nice change of pace for him.
 
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While Jeff Pilson knows that many fans think of him solely as the former bass player in Dokken, he can hardly be pigeonholed as someone whose career peaked during the ’80s. Read More

 
METAL SHOP listener Matt Chase from Vancouver, Washington attended a ‘George Lynch Guitar Clinic’ in Portland, Oregon. Matt says ‘What I probably needed more than guitar tips, was some good tanning tips. George especially dug the old-school Mr. Scary shirt. Said only a real fan would ‘wear that shirt.’