Jeff Pilson reveals secrets about DOKKEN, FOREIGNER & More 

Pilson/Lynch during the 80s were unstoppable

I loved Dokken. Can't understand why Don basically took these guys for granted. They were magical and talented beyond words. They could have gone so much farther and been 1000 times more sucessful than they were. What was Don thinking?😮 But I'm glad that Jeff and George continue to make great music.❤

When Jeff calls BS, you know it is BS. So thankful that Jeff and George still create music together.

Good for Jeff. This dude is a solid individual. Hes gone through all the changes in the industry and managed to still hold on to his dignity and have a career where so many his age have fallen by the wayside.

George and Jeff are still burning....loved Dokken... Great band great legacy...

Killer musician Jeff, such a talented and genuine guy. Great player, writer, producer and singer. Great interview guys.

Jeff is straight up! No BS

Maybe get Wild Mick on. See how he is doing being retired. and tell us fans Stories about the years of Dokken.

Jeff is a great musician and an even better human. 👌

I’ve been a fan of Jeff’s for a very long time. Great video.

Hey Jeff, Dio's Strange Highways was freaking awesome!!

Still think of Jeff singing Just Got Lucky acoustic live. Wow, so good!!

Jeff is a great guy and a talented musician and I enjoyed meeting and talking with him.

We love jeff great talent and a truly great guy

I was at one of those Foreigner shows and even if it had no original members it was a great show.👍

Lynch-Pilson Albums are really good!! I enjoy everything they’ve released!!! I’ve also been completely aware of his contribution to the music he’s involved with!! That said, the new Don Dokken attitude & narrative is straight up BS-I can’t stand when people decide to stay stuck in the past regardless of their intentions!!! PS: Thanx for the heads up on DIOs 1993 lineup & Vid!!!

Angry Machine is still ahead of it's time. Tracy was and is an original.

Holy shit, Jeff wasn’t kidding on the ‘93 line up with Dio at the Hammersmith.

Still waiting for the Guitar Buddy II. The original has a special place in my heart.

I haven't heard this new guy but I think Jeff could sing the songs he writes with George. I really like Jeff's singing.

Very serious question for you Jeff have you and George ever considered doing some cover tunes of foreigners I think George could rip that stuff out just a thought 😎🤘

Aaaahhh band life, same on every level. If you've been there you know....

Jeff is 100% correct. Nobody is talking about Dokken's new music, including Don. He's a bitter old man, mainly because Jeff & George still have the ability he doesn't, particularly Jeff with his voice. There are countless Dokken demos right here on RU-vid that prove Don is exaggerating & lying.

Yes all Magic.point blank

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I'm sure the pain meds Don is on factors in quite a bit. His surgeries were pretty extreme.

But Don's record is a Good record. And Don has had a lot of health problems to consider. I'm sure you are all good too and wish you well. A lot of people still love Don.

Couldn't agree more, Don's goin out like DLR, bad vocals and a bad attitude. Really is sad. You guys Rock

Interesting. Yeah RJD is something else. My next EP is along that line, Last in line pun intended

Tough to do when the Label suggests you try out the other singer. Politics...

Robert was talking smack about George, Heard it. See Ya! George is one of the Baddest guitar players, Period!!

It would be awkward album without without Don's voice being same 😢

Black Swan questions?????

I honestly thought the first LYNCH MOB album was the best of ALL the stuff any of these cats did….. well UNDER LOCK & KEY was right there but I’ve always heard them dissing the live shows back in the day BUT I SAW THEM OPEN IN THE BIG SHEDS 5-6 times and saw their comeback album at HAMMER JAX AND NEVER saw a bad gig. Thought they were better live than studio.

why do podcasts put so much compression on a mic?

Ill just say that the Foreigner line up without an original an member is doing a great job overall but the last show I saw them, which was just a few months back in 2023, the show was a little cheesy. First they had a keytarist playing the sax parts, which I hated in it of itself, but on top of that he was running around the stage looking like a mad scientist. Then they were pushing Jeff around on the stage in a wheelchair shooting fog out of like a rocket ship…overall I felt like I was at a musical than a rock concert.

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Don's stories have never changed I always believed him those always trying to screw him even called jack Russell while he's staying with Don to replace him like its Don band

Don should have retired after Erase the Slate which was an amazing record and he would have went out on top.

It's no surprise there that Don isn't good with relationships. Just take a look at his song lyrics. How many breakups has he been through? 😆

DI-O,DI-O,DI-O,DI-O,DI-O,DI-O.............

Gotta Say, I saw Foreigner with Whitesnake and Europe and they were musically outstanding. Whitesnake awful (and I usually love em) and Europe ok.

So basically The End Machine is the exact same thing Journey did with Arnel. Foreigner now is a bit pathetic, and Jeff may not see the negative comments, but you can not find a post about Foreigner anymore without a majority of the comments being about them being a tribute band.

NO!! Robert Mason should have been on the album. Loyalty needs to stand for something. Not many are just running to buy this genre.

Girish sounds a lot better with his other band

Robert Mason is a great singer and I loved the first to TEM records.. I will give this a chance, but I feel like Robert is getting shit on in this interview.. now Robert is very busy with Warrant, perhaps the timing didn’t work? Wanted too much money? Who knows.

Pilson looks like he can't keep a straight face the whole time here. Especially when discussing Don's beliefs and things he has said about other band members. It just looks like it's all one big joke to Jeff. I guess that's a decent attitude but I feel he is just internalizing it all. He clearly does NOT approve of or like anything disparaging his past and his amazing band Dokken. He just gives me this feeling that he utterly dislikes don now and so he and georgee are in agreement on many things it would seem. I still don't know how they reconciled their musical direction differences in the 80's with dokken. Because it was always don and jeff who were leaning towards melodic, ballad, mellower type stuff and george always wanting to shred and get heavier. So I don't see how the two guitarists were able to gel so well with that...>

Amazing drummer? Must be missing something. In concert footage doesn’t seem that way

How much money can they make off these constantly rehashed chord changes and melodies for the last forty years 🤦🏻

I think I’ve read and watched every Jeff Pilson interview he’s ever done. I know the recent comments from Don have really gotten under his skin and he’s trying with every fiber in his being to resist losing his temper. Jeff and George were hoping to put together a Dokken album and maybe some shows in the future. That was the real reason George was opening for Dokken the last couple years and coming out for the encores, but Don has lost his voice ,and also his mind. He’s a complete embarrassment and his tribute band is mediocre. At 70 he should show some humility and respect the career he had ,instead of disrespecting the very people that made him look good.