Leslie Michele Derrough of recently conducted an interview with DOKKEN frontman Don Dokken. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. GlideMagazine.com: You have said that people should not listen to [the new DOKKEN album] 'Broken Bones' once, but to listen to it twice. Don: Yeah, if you listen to it once, you won't grasp the gravity of what we were trying to accomplish. The second time you realize that all of the songs are kind of different and they have their own flavor and their own vibe, their own groove. It's not just nine songs the same old thing. I really worked hard.
Jon [ Levin, guitar] and I spent eleven months and wrote over thirty songs. Some of these songs we rewrote three and four and five times. I really pushed myself on this one.
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GlideMagazine.com: Why is this your last DOKKEN CD? Don: I want to do other projects. I want to do other things. I think I've said what I had to say in the DOKKEN style of music and I want to stretch out a little bit and do other things.
GlideMagazine.com: Some musicians don't want to leave their comfort zone. Don: No, I'm the opposite. I always want to try something different. I'm going to start working on an album with Michael Schenker. It's going to be fun. He's a great guy and he put out a few acoustic CDs. I saw him last month in Bulgaria and he says, ' Don, we've always been talking about doing an acoustic record.'