IDokken yiqembu laseMelika elakhiwa ngo-1978 nguDon Dokken. Ngawo-1980, waduma ngezingoma zakhe ezinhle ngesitayela se-melodic hard rock. Ngokuvamile leli qembu libuye libhekiselwe kusiqondiso esinjalo njenge-glam metal.
Njengamanje, sekudayiswe amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi eziyishumi ama-albhamu kaDokken emhlabeni wonke. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-albhamu ebukhoma ethi Beast from the East (10) yaqokelwa Indondo Ye-Grammy Ye-Best Heavy Metal Performance.
Ngawo lowo 1989, leli qembu lahlukana, kodwa ngemva kweminyaka embalwa laphinde laqala umsebenzi walo. Iqembu le-Dokken likhona futhi lidlala namakhonsathi kuze kube namuhla (ikakhulukazi, amakhonsathi amaningana ahlelelwe u-2021).
Iminyaka yokuqala yephrojekthi yomculo ethi Dokken
Umsunguli weqembu lomculo we-rock ubizwa ngokuthi uDon Dokken (futhi kucacile ukuthi igama lakhe livelaphi). Wazalwa ngo-1953 e-Los Angeles (California), e-USA. UngowaseNorway ngemvelaphi, uyise nonina badabuka edolobheni laseScandinavia lase-Oslo.
U-Don waqala ukucula emabhendini e-rock njengomculi emuva ngasekupheleni kwawo-1970. Futhi ngo-1978, wayeseqalile ukusebenzisa igama elithi Dokken.
Ngo-1981, uDon Dokken wakwazi ukuheha ukunaka komkhiqizi odumile waseJalimane uDieter Dirks. U-Dieter ubefuna ozovala isikhala sika-Scorpions u-Klaus Meine njengoba ebenenkinga ngezintambo zakhe zezwi futhi edinga ukuhlinzwa okuyinkimbinkimbi. Ekugcineni, u-Dirks waba nomuzwa wokuthi u-Dokken wayengumuntu ofanelekayo.
Bekufanele abambe iqhaza ekwakhiweni kwe-albhamu ethi Scorpions Blackout, kamuva eyaduma emhlabeni wonke. Izingoma ezimbalwa empeleni zaqoshwa ngamazwi kaDokken. Kodwa uKlaus Meine wabuyela ngokushesha eqenjini ngemva kokuhlinzwa. NoDokken njengomculi wayengasadingeki.
Nokho, usanqume ukungaphuthelwa yithuba lakhe futhi wakhombisa uDirks izingoma zakhe. Umkhiqizi waseJalimane ngokuvamile wayebathanda. Uze wavumela uDon ukuthi asebenzise izinto zestudiyo ukuze akhe amademo akhe. Ngenxa yalawa mademo, u-Dokken wakwazi ukusayina inkontileka nesitudiyo saseFrance iCarrere Records.
Khona-ke iqembu elithi Dokken, ngaphezu komsunguli weqembu, selivele lihlanganisa uGeorge Lynch (isiginci), uMick Brown (isigubhu) (bobabili ngaphambili ababedlala eqenjini elingaziwa elithi Xciter) noJuan Croissier (isigingci sebhesi).
Isikhathi "segolide" seqembu
I-albhamu yokuqala yeqembu, ekhishwe ku-Carrere Records, ibizwe ngokuthi Ukuphula Amaketanga.
Lapho amalungu ebhendi ye-rock ebuya e-Europe eya e-US ngo-1983, anquma ukuyikhipha kabusha i-albhamu emakethe yase-US. Lokhu kwenziwe ngokusekelwa yi-Elektra Records.
Impumelelo yale albhamu e-States yayingelutho. Kepha i-albhamu yesitudiyo elandelayo ka-Tooth and Nail (1984) yaba namandla futhi yenza i-splash. Amakhophi angaphezu kwesigidi esi-1 adayiswe e-US kuphela. Futhi eshadini le-Billboard 200, i-albhamu ikwazile ukuthatha indawo yama-49. Phakathi kwezingoma ezirekhodiwe kukhona izingoma ezifana nethi Into the Fire nethi Alone Again.
NgoNovemba 1985, ibhendi yensimbi enzima iDokken yethula enye i-albhamu emangalisayo, Under Lock and Key. Iphinde yeqa amakhophi ayisigidi esi-1 athengisiwe. Iphinde yafinyelela kunombolo-200 ku-Billboard 32.
Le albhamu ibiqukethe izingoma eziyi-10. Yayihlanganisa amaculo afana nalawa: It's Not Love nethi The Hunter (akhishwe njengamaculo ahlukene).
Kodwa i-LP kaDokken ephumelele kakhulu ithi Back for the Attack (1987). Ukwazile ukuthatha indawo ye-13 eshadini le-Billboard 200. Futhi ngokujwayelekile, amakhophi ale albhamu angaphezu kwezigidi ezi-4 athengiswe emhlabeni jikelele. Futhi yilapho kungena khona izingcweti ze-hard rock ezifana ne-Kiss of Death, Night by Night kanye ne-Dream Warriors. Ingoma yokugcina isazwakala njengendikimba eyinhloko efilimini yokusika i-A Nightmare ku-Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.
Ukuhlukana kweqembu
Kube nomehluko ongathi sína wobuntu nowobuciko phakathi komshayi wesigingci u-George Lynch no-Don Dokken. Futhi kwaphetha ngokuthi ngo-March 1989 iqembu lomculo lamemezela ukuwa kwalo. Okudabukisayo ukuthi empeleni kwenzeka ngesikhathi sokuthandwa kakhulu. Ngempela, esikhathini esizayo, akekho u-Dokken noma uLynch owayengakwazi ngisho nokusondela empumelelweni efanayo ye-Back for the Attack albhamu.
I-LP Beast ebukhoma evela eMpumalanga ibe uhlobo lokuvalelisa kweqembu "kubalandeli". Yaqoshwa ngenkathi ivakashele eJapan futhi yakhululwa ngoNovemba 1988.
Isiphetho esengeziwe seqembu le-Dokken
Ngo-1993, kubalandeli abaningi beqembu le-Dokken, kwakukhona izindaba ezinhle - uDon Dokken, uMick Brown noGeorge Lynch baphinde bahlangana.
Kungekudala, iqembu laseDokken elikhulile kancane likhiphe i-albhamu eyodwa ebukhoma ethi One Live Night (eqoshwe ekhonsathini yango-1994) namarekhodi amabili e-studio - Dysfunctional (1995) kanye neShadow Life (1997). Imiphumela yabo yokuthengisa yayivele inesizotha kakhulu. Ngokwesibonelo, i-albhamu ye-Dysfunctional yakhululwa ngokusakazwa kwamakhophi ayizinkulungwane ezingu-250 kuphela.
Ekupheleni kuka-1997, uLynch uphinde washiya uhlu lwe-Dokken, futhi indawo yakhe yathatha umculi uReb Beach.
Eminyakeni engu-15 eyalandela, u-Dokken ukhiphe amanye ama-LP amahlanu. Lezi Isihogo Sokukhokha, Indlela ende Yasekhaya, Ukusula Isileyithi, Umbani Uphinde Ushaye, Amathambo Aphukile.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi umbani Uphinda Uphinde Ushaye (2008) uthathwa njengophumelele kakhulu kuwo. I-LP ithole inombolo ebalulekile yokubuyekezwa okuthophayo futhi yaqala kunombolo 133 eshadini le-Billboard 200. Inzuzo enkulu yale albhamu yomsindo ukuthi ikwazile ukuzuza umsindo ofana nempahla yebhendi ye-rock kusukela kumarekhodi amane okuqala.
Ukukhishwa kwakamuva okuvela ku-Dokken
Ngo-Agasti 28, 2020, ibhendi ye-hard rock Dokken, ngemuva kwekhefu elide, yethula ukukhishwa okusha "Izingoma Ezilahlekile: 1978-1981". Leli iqoqo lemisebenzi esemthethweni elahlekile nengazange ikhishwe ngaphambilini yebhendi.
Kunamaculo ama-3 kuphela kuleli qoqo "abalandeli" beqembu ababengawazi ngaphambili - lawa athi Akukho Impendulo, Ngena Ekukhanyeni kanye Nothingo. Amathrekhi angu-8 asele ngendlela eyodwa noma enye ayezwakala ngaphambili.
Kusukela kuhlu lwegolide ngeminyaka yawo-1980, ngu-Don Dokken kuphela osasele eqenjini. Uhambisana noJohn Levine (ongumdlali wesigingci ophambili), uChris McCarville (oshaya ibhesi) noB.J. Zampa (oshaya isigubhu).
