Dokken ƙungiya ce ta Amurka wacce Don Dokken ta kafa a cikin 1978. A cikin 1980s, ta zama sananne saboda kyawawan abubuwan da ta tsara a cikin salon salon dutse mai wuya. Sau da yawa ana kiran ƙungiyar zuwa irin wannan shugabanci kamar glam karfe.
A halin yanzu, an sayar da fiye da kwafi miliyan 10 na kundin kundin Dokken a duk duniya. Bugu da kari, kundin live Beast daga Gabas (1989) an zabi shi don Kyautar Grammy don Mafi kyawun Ayyukan Karfe.
A cikin shekarar 1989 ne kungiyar ta watse, amma bayan wasu shekaru sai suka koma harkokinsu. Ƙungiyar Dokken ta wanzu kuma tana yin kide-kide har zuwa yau (musamman, ana shirya wasanni da yawa don 2021).
Shekarun farkon aikin kiɗan Dokken
Wanda ya kafa rukunin dutsen ana kiransa Don Dokken (kuma a bayyane yake daga ina sunan sa ya fito). An haife shi a shekara ta 1953 a Los Angeles (California), Amurka. Shi dan kasar Norway ne, mahaifinsa da mahaifiyarsa sun fito daga birnin Oslo na Scandinavia.
Don ya fara yin wasan kwaikwayo a cikin makada na dutse a matsayin mawaƙi a ƙarshen 1970s. Kuma a cikin 1978, ya riga ya fara amfani da sunan Dokken.
A cikin 1981, Don Dokken ya sami damar jawo hankalin shahararren furodusan Jamus Dieter Dirks. Dieter yana neman wanda zai maye gurbin mawaƙin Scorpions Klaus Meine yayin da yake samun matsala da igiyoyin muryarsa kuma yana buƙatar aiki mai rikitarwa. A ƙarshe, Dirks yana jin cewa Dokken ɗan takara ne da ya dace.
Ya kamata ya shiga cikin ƙirƙirar kundi na Scorpions Blackout, wanda daga baya ya zama abin shahara a duniya. An yi rikodin waƙoƙi da yawa tare da muryoyin Dokken. Amma Klaus Meine da sauri ya koma kungiyar bayan aikin. Kuma Dokken a matsayin mawaƙin mawaƙa ba a buƙata.
Duk da haka, har yanzu ya yanke shawarar kada ya rasa damarsa kuma ya nuna wa Dirks wakokinsa. Mawallafin Jamus gabaɗaya yana son su. Har ma ya bar Don ya yi amfani da kayan aikin studio don ƙirƙirar nasa demos. Godiya ga waɗannan demos, Dokken ya sami damar sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da ɗakin studio na Faransa Carrere Records.
Sa'an nan kuma kungiyar Dokken, ban da wanda ya kafa kungiyar, ya riga ya hada da George Lynch (guitarist), Mick Brown (drummer) (dukansu a baya sun buga a cikin ƙananan sanannun band Xciter) da Juan Croissier (bass guitarist).
"Golden" lokaci na kungiyar
Kundin farko na ƙungiyar, wanda aka saki akan Carrere Records, ana kiransa Breaking the Chains.
Lokacin da membobin ƙungiyar rock suka dawo daga Turai zuwa Amurka a cikin 1983, sun yanke shawarar sake fitar da kundin don kasuwar Amurka. An yi haka tare da tallafin Elektra Records.
Nasarar wannan kundin a cikin Jihohi ba shi da mahimmanci. Amma kundin studio na gaba na Tooth and Nail (1984) ya zama mai ƙarfi kuma yayi fantsama. An sayar da fiye da kwafi miliyan 1 a Amurka kaɗai. Kuma a kan ginshiƙi na Billboard 200, kundin ya sami damar ɗaukar matsayi na 49. Daga cikin abubuwan da aka yi rikodin sun haɗa da irin waɗannan abubuwan kamar A cikin Wuta da Shi kaɗai.
A cikin Nuwamba 1985, ƙungiyar ƙarfe mai nauyi Dokken ta gabatar da wani kundi mai ban mamaki, Ƙarƙashin Kulle da Maɓalli. Ya kuma wuce kwafin miliyan 1 da aka sayar. Hakanan ya hau lamba 200 akan Billboard 32.
Wannan kundin ya ƙunshi waƙoƙi 10. Ya haɗa da irin waɗannan waƙoƙi kamar: Ba Ƙauna ba ne da Mafarauci (an sake shi azaman ƙwararrun ƙwararru).
Amma LP mafi nasara na Dokken shine Back for Attack (1987). Ya sami damar ɗaukar matsayi na 13 a kan taswirar Billboard 200. Kuma gabaɗaya, an sayar da fiye da kofe miliyan 4 na wannan kundi a duniya. Kuma a nan ne ƙwararrun ƙwararrun dutse kamar Kiss of Death, Dare da Dare da Warriors Mafarki ke shigowa. Waƙar ta ƙarshe har yanzu tana kama da babban jigo a cikin fim ɗin slasher A Nightmare akan Elm Street 3: Warriors Dream.
Rushewar rukuni
Akwai bambance-bambance masu mahimmanci na sirri da na fasaha tsakanin mawaƙin guitar George Lynch da Don Dokken. Kuma ya ƙare tare da gaskiyar cewa a cikin Maris 1989 ƙungiyar kiɗa ta sanar da rushewa. Abin takaicin shi ne, a gaskiya abin ya faru ne a kololuwar shahara. Tabbas, a nan gaba, Dokken ko Lynch ba za su iya kusantar nasarar wannan Baya ga kundin Attack ba.
Rayuwar ƙungiyar LP Beast daga Gabas ta zama wani nau'in bankwana ga "masoya". An yi rikodin lokacin yawon shakatawa na Japan kuma an sake shi a cikin Nuwamba 1988.
Ci gaba da makomar kungiyar Dokken
A cikin 1993, ga yawancin magoya bayan ƙungiyar Dokken, an sami labari mai daɗi - Don Dokken, Mick Brown da George Lynch sun sake haduwa.
Ba da daɗewa ba, ƙungiyar Dokken ɗan ƙaramin ɗan ƙarami ta fitar da kundin rayuwa guda ɗaya Live Night (an yi rikodin daga wasan kide-kide na 1994) da rikodin studio guda biyu - Dysfunctional (1995) da Shadow Life (1997). Sakamakon tallace-tallacen nasu ya riga ya kasance mafi ƙanƙanta. Alal misali, da Dysfunctional album aka saki tare da rarraba kawai 250 dubu kofe.
A ƙarshen 1997, Lynch ya sake barin layin Dokken, kuma mawaki Reb Beach ya ɗauki matsayinsa.
A cikin shekaru 15 masu zuwa, Dokken ya saki ƙarin LP guda biyar. Waɗannan su ne Jahannama don Biya, Gida mai nisa, Goge Slate, Walƙiya ta Sake Kashe Kashi.
Abin sha'awa, walƙiya ta sake bugewa (2008) ana ɗaukar mafi nasara a cikinsu. LP ta sami adadi mai yawa na sake dubawa mai ban sha'awa kuma ya fara a lamba 133 akan ginshiƙi na Billboard 200. Babban fa'idar wannan kundi mai jiwuwa shine ya sami nasarar cimma sautin da ya yi kama da kayan kiɗan dutsen daga rikodi huɗu na farko.
Sabon saki daga Dokken
A ranar 28 ga Agusta, 2020, ƙungiyar dutsen Dokken, bayan dogon hutu, ta gabatar da sabon sakin "The Lost Songs: 1978-1981". Wannan tarin batattu ne kuma a baya ba a fitar da ayyukan hukuma na ƙungiyar ba.
Akwai waƙoƙi guda 3 a cikin wannan tarin waɗanda "masoya" na ƙungiyar ba su saba da su ba a da - waɗannan ba Amsa ba ne, Mataki Cikin Haske da Rainbows. Sauran waƙoƙi 8 ta hanya ɗaya ko wata ana iya jin su a baya.
Daga layin zinare na shekarun 1980, Don Dokken ne kawai ya rage a cikin rukuni. Yana tare da John Levine (shugaban guitarist), Chris McCarville (bassist) da BJ Zampa (dan ganga).
