George Lynch...Please stop! You're killin' me..hahhahhaa!!

[SausageofPower]

You nailed it. He just doesn't seem to care, really. There's no hunger there, not that I can see at least. It's really sad, if you're not gonna have fun with it and push yourself then just hang it up.

[horns666]

He still needs to be George Lynch. He plays guitar,...and...and...ummm.. that's it.

There is moments of greatness in his playing. But, George Lynch developed a stuttering, ADD, tourettes-like style. It's not good.

[fullmetalguitar]

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So I'm listening to this song and Ethan has some pretty killer tone, and of course chops. Then George's parts come in and wow, what crappy tone. I just don't get it. He's had awesome tone in the past. He has his own signature amps (that he doesn't use of course), signature pickups, and still his tone sucks. And on top of that, he gets blown away by a kid half his age. I wonder if he feels any shame at all or just doesn't care anymore.

[horns666]

So he could sing flamenco songs?

What a great song..groove..feel...idea. Man, That really captivated my attention.

[SausageofPower]

If Lynch retired after Sacred Groove, he would've gone down as a great guitar player.

But there has been almost 20 years since Sacred Groove. And LOTS of awful guitar noise coming from George.

Don shoulda kept Billy White...

He tried, I believe. Dysfunctional was originally concieved as a Don Dokken solo effort. John Kalodner stepped in and turned it into a Dokken reunion (and refused to budge without George). That's why it sounds slightly disjointed, George's parts were written mostly after the songs were done. He just reworked them and added solos. Even then, I say it showcased some good playing (he was just more restricted than he was with Sacred Groove).

Then Shadowlife came and he...I dunno. Tried to match whatever was popular (which changes every 5 minutes) instead of staying true to his own shit. That was the end.

[horns666]

Billy White is fuggincredible! Hey Rich...and you dicks! I love you!

[Hellbat]

Don shoulda kept Billy White...

So he could sing flamenco songs?

[Frigo89]

If Lynch retired after Sacred Groove, he would've gone down as a great guitar player.

But there has been almost 20 years since Sacred Groove. And LOTS of awful guitar noise coming from George.

Don shoulda kept Billy White...

[SausageofPower]

Dude, no offense, but why are you so hard up on this? Don was doing a ton of blow himself, he says so. No one in that band was completely in the right, but...seriously. Don had a great, melodic vocal. George was one of the best guitarists to come out of the 80's. Was Don a better businessman? Sure. He got a record contact, admittedly with a song he didn't write, and used it to jump-start a career. Now he's only got Mick to contend with in terms of the split, and everyone else is a hired gun. Without George though, I honestly don't see Dokken having the success they had. That's why Don finally cracked and hired a mimic (who just happened to be his attorney), albeit a damned good one, after years of putting up a "I don't need George or anyone that plays like him" front.

And you're right. Re-recording Dokken songs to get attention is lame.

[lerxstcat]

Eh, one could argue that without George Lynch Don wouldn't have much of a career. Look at how his solo album sold compared to the first Lynch Mob album. ;p

Don was the one with a record contract. Dokken would have been just as good with Warren Demartini or a host of other guitarists who might have joined. People sided with Lynch, Brown and Pilson's side of the story and thought Don was the bad guy. Meanwhile those three were doing tons of coke, and George was spitting on Don during shows. 3 of them were coked out and Don was a drunk, there were NO nice guys in that band, even though Pilson came off as such. And overall, even though he can't sing anymore, Don still has more of a career today than Lynch does. At least he can still make albums of new material instead of re-recording Dokken songs to try and get attention. And Dokken, even with everyone knowing Don can't sing anymore, STILL get better gigs than Lynch can. So whose career went better overall? I'd say Don's.

[SausageofPower]

Eh, one could argue that without George Lynch Don wouldn't have much of a career. Look at how his solo album sold compared to the first Lynch Mob album. ;p

[lerxstcat]

Eh, I don't agree with all of that. Per Don's own word, he didn't want George in the band. He's said that for ages. It's thanks to Mick that George got invited to join.

Besides, the animosity between the two fueled some of the best playing to come out of the 80's IMHO.

It was Don's call and not Mick's since Don called the shots. By the grace of Don Dokken George Lynch has a shell of a career. That must still torque George's jaws, LOL!

[SausageofPower]

Eh, I don't agree with all of that. Per Don's own word, he didn't want George in the band. He's said that for ages. It's thanks to Mick that George got invited to join.

Besides, the animosity between the two fueled some of the best playing to come out of the 80's IMHO.

[lerxstcat]

George's bitterness killed him IMO. He never got over Don Stealing "Paris is Burning" to get the record deal, even though Don then hired him when Xciter was NEVER gonna get signed. George had the chops, but he never had any charisma to get himself anywhere on his own, until he was "George Lynch, ex-Dokken".
If he had just gotten over Don's trick say around Under Lock And Key, and started digging the band and forgiven Don for MAKING HIM A ROCKSTAR, they could have gone somewhere big after Back For The Attack, the Nightmare connection and the Monsters of Rock tour gave them momentum. Maybe if he had not been plotting with Jeff and Mick to somehow try and get rid of Don, who had the deal in his own name, then maybe Don would not have disbanded the group when he did. Even though they always had conflict, Don always showed respect for George, but George always slagged Don. He bit the hand that fed him and made him a known guitar hero. I think his bitterness has just eaten him up from the inside and with the drugs, destroyed his playing.

[Hellbat]

George is the most uncomfortable looking guitar player I've ever seen. He always like someone is trying to ram a fresh off the BBQ baked potato up his ass. He will always be the master of the "jerk-off' vibrato though. I don't know if it was him or Warren that used it first, but to me it's George's thing, like tapping is Ed's thing. I think it's from the hot potato tension though, so thats probably why nobody else does it like that.