Music Mondays (Dokken, Dream Warriors):

Oooh Dokken, how you make me feel like I'm living in 1985 even though I wasn't born during that time and part of the 80's that I was alive for I don't remember but still you make me feel that way. With your punk rock leather outfits, with your give em' hell attitudes and your 80's style feathered hair, can't help but make me smile. I swear these guys probably used a lot more hairspray then I do and that's saying something cause I'v been known to use an entire can of hairspray for my hairdo. I'm a bit compulsive, I know. Favorite song by Dokken is of course "Dream Warriors" not because it's the single for the movie Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Warriors, okay it's one of the reasons but I also like it cause it is in fact a really good song. The music video is kinda cheesy but what do you expect it is the 80's after all.

Dokken is an American heavy metal and hard rock band that was formed in 1978. The group accumulated numerous charting singles and has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide. The band was also nominated for a Grammy.
Dokken was composed of founder Don Dokken on vocals, George Lynch on lead guitars, Juan Croucier on bass, and "Wild" Mick Brown on drums. In 1983 Croucier left Dokken in order to join Ratt and was replaced by Jeff Pilson. Currently, Dokken and Brown remain from the original line-up. After several personnel changes on guitar, Dokken's attorney Jon Levin stepped in to fill the role in 2004. In 2001, Barry Sparks replaced Jeff Pilson on the bass guitar. In 2009, Sean McNabb replaced Barry Sparks on bass guitar.

Following a successful tour with Scorpions, Dokken returned to the studio in December 1986 to record "Dream Warriors", a song for the movie A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. The track brought the band to the attention of many UK hard rock fans. The song was released as a single (Dream Warriors / Back for the Attack) on February 10, 1987. After this release, the band took nearly half a year off before returning to the studio to record the album Back for the Attack. The album was released on November 27, 1987. It spawned the singles "Burning Like a Flame" (#20), "Heaven Sent" and "Kiss of Death" to become the band's most successful release, reaching #13 on U.S. charts. It also included a remixed version of the single "Dream Warriors" (#22), and the accompanying music video, which featured band members interacting with the film's characters, became popular on MTV. Back for the Attack became Dokken's third record to reach platinum status. Sculptor Steve Fiorilla's customized writhing skeleton guitar was the highlight of their video for "Burning Like A Flame".

After releasing Back for the Attack, the band toured as part of the Monsters of Rock Tour 1988 festival in the summer of 1988, along with Van Halen, Scorpions, Metallica, and Kingdom Come.[5] Recordings from their April 1988 tour in Japan led to the release of the live album Beast from the East on November 16, 1988, which went Gold in the United States and charted at #33. The album scored one studio single, titled "Walk Away". A music video was also made for it.

*Information from Wikipedia