Dokken ndi gulu laku America lomwe linapangidwa mu 1978 ndi Don Dokken. M'zaka za m'ma 1980, adadziwika chifukwa cha nyimbo zake zokongola zamtundu wa melodic hard rock. Nthawi zambiri gululo limatchedwanso njira ngati glam metal.
Pakadali pano, makope opitilira 10 miliyoni a Albums a Dokken agulitsidwa padziko lonse lapansi. Kuphatikiza apo, chimbale chamoyo cha Beast from the East (1989) chidasankhidwa kukhala Mphotho ya Grammy ya Best Heavy Metal Performance.
Komanso mu 1989, gululi linatha, koma linayambiranso ntchito zake patapita zaka zingapo. Gulu la Dokken lilipo ndipo likuchita zoimbaimba mpaka lero (makamaka zisudzo zingapo zakonzekera 2021).
Zaka zoyambirira za polojekiti ya nyimbo "Dokken".
Woyambitsa gulu la rock amatchedwa Don Dokken (ndipo zikuwonekeratu kuti dzina lake limachokera kuti). Iye anabadwa mu 1953 ku Los Angeles (California), USA. Iye ndi wochokera ku Norway, abambo ake ndi amayi ake amachokera ku mzinda wa Scandinavia ku Oslo.
Don adayamba kuyimba m'magulu a rock ngati woyimba kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1970. Ndipo mu 1978, anali atayamba kale kugwiritsa ntchito dzina lakuti Dokken.
Mu 1981, Don Dokken anatha kukopa chidwi cha sewerolo wotchuka German Dieter Dirks. Dieter ankafuna kuti alowe m'malo mwa woimba nyimbo za Scorpions Klaus Meine chifukwa anali ndi vuto ndi zingwe zake za mawu ndipo amafunikira opaleshoni yovuta. Pomaliza, Dirks adawona kuti Dokken anali woyenera.
Amayenera kutenga nawo gawo popanga chimbale cha Scorpions Blackout, chomwe pambuyo pake chidadziwika padziko lonse lapansi. Nyimbo zingapo zidajambulidwa ndi mawu a Dokken. Koma Klaus Meine mwamsanga anabwerera ku gululo pambuyo pa opaleshoniyo. Ndipo Dokken ngati woyimba sanafunikenso.
Komabe, adaganizabe kuti asaphonye mwayi wake ndikuwonetsa Dirks nyimbo zake. Wopanga waku Germany nthawi zambiri ankawakonda. Adalolanso Don kugwiritsa ntchito zida za studio kuti apange ma demo ake. Chifukwa cha ma demos awa, Dokken adatha kusaina pangano ndi studio yaku France Carrere Records.
Ndiye gulu Dokken, kuwonjezera pa woyambitsa gulu, kale m'gulu George Lynch (gitala), Mick Brown (drummer) (onse poyamba ankaimba odziwika gulu Xciter) ndi Juan Croissier (bass gitala).
"Golden" nthawi ya gulu
Chimbale choyamba cha gululi, chomwe chidatulutsidwa pa Carrere Records, chidatchedwa Breaking the Chains.
Pamene mamembala a gulu la rock adabwerera kuchokera ku Ulaya kupita ku US mu 1983, adaganiza zotulutsanso chimbalecho kumsika waku US. Izi zidachitika mothandizidwa ndi Elektra Records.
Kupambana kwa chimbale ichi ku States kunali kochepa. Koma chimbale chotsatira cha "Tooth and Nail" (1984) chidakhala champhamvu ndikupanga kuphulika. Makopi opitilira 1 miliyoni agulitsidwa ku US kokha. Ndipo pa tchati cha Billboard 200, chimbalecho chinatha kutenga malo a 49. Zina mwa zoimbaimbazo zinali nyimbo monga Into the Fire ndi Alone Again.
Mu November 1985, gulu la heavy metal Dokken linapereka chimbale china chodabwitsa, Under Lock and Key. Idapitiliranso makope 1 miliyoni omwe adagulitsidwa. Idafikanso pa nambala 200 pa Billboard 32.
Chimbalechi chinali ndi nyimbo 10. Inaphatikizapo nyimbo monga: Si Chikondi ndi The Hunter (zotulutsidwa ngati zosiyana).
Koma LP yopambana kwambiri ya Dokken ndi Back for the Attack (1987). Anakwanitsa kutenga malo a 13 pa chartboard ya Billboard 200. Ndipo kawirikawiri, makope oposa 4 miliyoni a albumyi adagulitsidwa padziko lonse lapansi. Ndipo ndipamene zaluso za rock zolimba monga Kiss of Death, Night by Night ndi Dream Warriors zimabwera. Nyimbo yomalizayi idamvekabe ngati mutu waukulu mufilimu yodula A Nightmare pa Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.
Kutha kwamagulu
Panali kusiyana kwakukulu kwaumwini ndi luso pakati pa woyimba gitala George Lynch ndi Don Dokken. Ndipo inatha ndi chakuti mu March 1989 gulu nyimbo analengeza kugwa kwake. Chomvetsa chisoni n'chakuti kwenikweni zinachitika pachimake cha kutchuka. Zowonadi, m'tsogolomu, ngakhale Dokken kapena Lynch sangabwere pafupi ndi kupambana kwa album ya Back for the Attack yomweyo.
The live LP Beast yochokera Kum'mawa idakhala ngati gulu lotsanzikana ndi "mafani". Idajambulidwa ndikuyenda ku Japan ndipo idatulutsidwa mu Novembala 1988.
Tsogolo lina la gulu la Dokken
Mu 1993, kwa mafani ambiri a gulu la "Dokken" panali uthenga wabwino - Don Dokken, Mick Brown ndi George Lynch adagwirizananso.
Posakhalitsa, gulu lokalamba pang'ono la Dokken lidatulutsa chimbale chimodzi cha One Live Night (chojambulidwa mu konsati ya 1994) ndi ma studio awiri - Dysfunctional (1995) ndi Shadow Life (1997). Zotsatira zawo zogulitsa zinali kale zochepa kwambiri. Mwachitsanzo, Album ya Dysfunctional inatulutsidwa ndi kufalitsidwa kwa makope 250 okha.
Kumapeto kwa 1997, Lynch adasiyanso mzere wa Dokken, ndipo malo ake adatenga woimba Reb Beach.
Pazaka 15 zotsatira, Dokken adatulutsa ma LP ena asanu. Izi ndi Gahena Kulipira, Njira Yaitali Yanyumba, Kufufuta Slate, Kuwombanso Mphezi, Mafupa Osweka.
Chosangalatsa ndichakuti, Mphezi Igundanso (2008) imawonedwa ngati yopambana kwambiri mwa iwo. LP inalandira ndemanga zomveka bwino ndipo inayamba pa nambala 133 pa chartboard ya Billboard 200. Ubwino waukulu wa album iyi ya audio ndi yakuti inatha kukwaniritsa phokoso lomwe limafanana ndi zinthu za rock rock kuchokera ku zolemba zinayi zoyambirira.
Kutulutsidwa kwaposachedwa kwa Dokken
Pa Ogasiti 28, 2020, gulu lolimba la rock la Dokken, litapuma kwa nthawi yayitali, lidatulutsa kutulutsidwa kwatsopano "Nyimbo Zotayika: 1978-1981". Uwu ndi mndandanda wa ntchito zagulu zomwe zidatayika komanso zomwe sizinatulutsidwe.
Pali nyimbo zitatu zokha m'gululi zomwe "mafani" agululi sankawadziwa kale - awa ndi Palibe Yankho, Lowani Kuwala ndi Utawaleza. Nyimbo 3 zotsalazo zitha kumveka mwanjira ina.
Kuchokera pamndandanda wagolide wazaka za m'ma 1980, Don Dokken yekha ndi amene adatsalira mgululi. Amatsagana ndi John Levin (woyimba gitala), Chris McCarville (bassist) ndi B.J. Zampa (woimba ng’oma).
