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Don Dokken is an American rock vocalist, songwriter, and bandleader best known as the founder and front man of the heavy metal band Dokken. Emerging from the Los Angeles metal scene in the late 1970s, he became known for blending melodic, hook-driven songwriting with the power and edge of classic metal. Influenced by British hard rock and early heavy metal, Dokken helped shape the melodic metal sound that defined much of the 1980s.
This band was such a HUGE part of my teenage years! These songs got me through so much!
When I bought Judas Priest’s Sad Wings of Destiny in 1976 I was hooked.
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