TheRustonRifle#7

They made punk mainstream & incorporated Reggae in their work & still managed to sell out stadiums. Plus, Gwen Steffani is easy on the eyes & like DLR she comes up with unconventional lyrics. 

Gwen is well versed in singing top tier ballads too. 

Hey, since my brotha from another mother RR7 posted classic Ratt & Dokken albums, I figured I'd update this list with new songs from Stephen Pearcy & Don Dokken below: 

I will still be listening to heavy metal even in my 80's & I'm closing in on 50 just around the bend in a few more yrs myself. 

The former Ratt frontman Mr. Pearcy with a live version of a track called "Want Too Much."

Dokken was my very first metal band I listened to as a kid & saw live on stage. I have an affinity for these guys. Love these guys! Their new lineup doesn't include George Lynch unfortunately. However,  Mick Brown is still around a darn good drummer. Don is still killing it on vocals. Chris a quality bassist is doing his thing, & Jon Levin of Europe 'final countdown' fame is adequate. I still miss Lynch though. 

Checkout "It's Another Day" new material from Dokken. Man, I love kick caboose drummers who make the audience feel their thunderous presence. Sweet! 

Good stuff. Takes me back to my youth man when I was thinner, younger, & had more hair than I do now. 

Old is new again or should I say reborn or rebooted for 2018. The rockin' with Dokken boys still got it!

This classic nostalgic stuff makes me feel good man like I'm not all that ancient. LOL! 

I know I probably say this to the level of redundant overkill, but the reason I love Don & the gang so much is because they know how to harmonize & blend their voices together so well. They actually sing, play their instruments with precision, know how to work a crowd; & they don't shout, grunt, & growl like so many bands of the metal genre prefer to do. Dokken isn't just white noise or pollution for your ears; They want to show you what a real artist sounds like & they pull it off with flying colors  from my perspective. 

God, I love Japan. Those audiences always appreciate quality metal & hard rock. They tend to steer clear of hip hop & light pop & go straight for pulse pounding rock n roll baby. I like it!