Cargo Records

Lightning Strikes Again

Dokken are now coming back with their tenth studio album. “Lightning Strikes Again” is, already from its title, which echoes one of the band’s classic songs off “Under Lock & Key”, a true and definite return to the classic sound of the heydays. From the first time since the reunion, Dokken is going back to the roots of its sound and combines the power, the riffs and incredible melodies that built the band’s success. “Lightning Strikes Again” rocks hard and is exactly what the fans have been waiting for.

Dokken exploded out of the hard rock/heavy metal scene in Los Angeles in the early 1980s. 1983's debut album “Breaking the Chains” with its catchy title track, set the stage for Dokken becoming the most dominant creative and commercial force in the world of Melodic Hard Rock for the following years. Such classic albums as “Tooth and Nail”, “Under Lock and Key” and “Back for the Attack” all became Multi-Platinum selling smashes and the live “Beast from the East” went gold in Europe and Japan. Songs like "Alone Again", "Just Got Lucky", "Into the Fire", "In My Dreams", "Unchain the Night", "Dream Warriors", "Burning Like a Flame" and "Heaven Sent" are still nowadays regarded among the genres finest.Dokken shared the stage with AC/DC, Metallica, Aerosmith, Judas Priest, Van Halen, Kiss, Scorpions, as well as Bon Jovi, just to name a few. The band hit stadium status in 1988, playing in front of over a million fans in just five weeks In 1994 the legendary A&R man John Kalodner offered Dokken a recording contract on the condition the group had to be original members. The band released the appropriately titled “Dysfunctional” in 1995, selling 250,000 copies, which by the mid '90s was considered by industry standards very respectable. Soon after guitarist George Lynch again left the group, replaced by Reb Beach (Winger, Whitesnake). They released “Erase the Slate” in 1999 and “Live from the Sun” in 2000. In 2001, Beach was replaced by John Norum (Europe) and Barry Sparks took Jeff Pilson place on bass. 2002 also saw the release of the album “Long Way Home”. In 2004, John Norum left to join a reunited Europe and was replaced by Jon Levin with the subsequent release of the album “Hell to Pay”.

Track Listing

Standing On The Outside;
Give Me A Reason;
Heart To Stone;
Disease;
How I Miss Your Smile;
Oasis;
Point Of No Return;
I Remember;
Judgment Day;
It Means;
Release Me;
This Fire