What George started talking about at 6:30 is what sets music and music appreciation apart from the 70s and 80s from today. Back in the 70s and 80s having money to spend on albums was a big deal. There was a record store that specialized in hard rock and heavy metal albums, especially imports and it was more than 1 mile from my house. I would walk there and spend a couple of hours looking through the albums, hoping to make a great choice. What a great feeling, after walking home and hearing the album, if it was really good. And what a sour feeling knowing you just wasted your limited cash reserves on something you didn't like. And you would spend time looking at the album and the inside sleeve, actually reading all of the information. Nowadays, I just go to UA-cam and can hear anything new in seconds. Yes, there is some newer music that I like, but there will never be another time like the late 70s and early 80s when guys like Van Halen, Rhoads, Lynch and Schenker and some others were making a name for themselves. And the experience of discovering it, which included some effort on your part, made it all the more special. There was an appreciation for the music back then that, now that I think about, I don't have today. I'm not saying the old days were better, though I am nostalgic for them sometimes. It was just a different time and to those youngsters growing up today, they'll have their own experiences to look back upon fondly. Well, I hope so.
You make a great point in your comments. Back then you were invested and you approached this stuff with some repetition of play. Now it’s a quick scan and move on. It’s the way of our current society. I think if we can get back to that old way of playing stuff over and over again and living with it, us older cats will really enjoy some of this stuff that’s coming out. I kept spinning this new Lynch Mob and was really digging it after a few listens.
He's blues at heart for sure, But man Back for the Attack and Wicked were masterpieces of Metal. George is without a doubt the hardest working and most original guy to ever come out of the genre/time. I was lucky to grow up trying to play GL solo's on my beat up ESP GL Is A Legend in my eyes
FUnny that Blabbermouth is finally gettng in tune with this. THe issue Don faces is in the Unchain the Night video, George and Jeff clearly working on early version of Prisoner which ended up on Back for the Attack, there are demos with Jeff on vocals on youtube of several songs so clearly he was working on melodies and lyrics. Don has been more dismissive of Mick Brown than anyone else... Listen to the demo of Alone Again a song written by Don and Jeff, but the guitar is very simple until George adds his touch to it..
Must have been a slow news day, so they went slumming😂can say first hand that Don’s memories are pretty sketchy when it comes to who wrote what and what songs are on what albums😂
I think George enjoyed the interview, I’m pretty sure that’s not always the case with him, Well done great questions Looking forward to hearing the new album
Don says he wrote most of the songs and almost everything on Under Lock and Key. George keeps saying that Don wrote the least besides Mick. Don says he was going to split everything equally and George says he was going to keep most of it.
As a fan, a musician & someone who has been trying to copy Lynch’s style my whole life, I believe he is telling the truth. No WAY Don wrote all the music. George’s signature phrasing & style is on so many of the old tracks like When Heaven Comes Down. Phrasing that he has always been known for whether solo records, Lynch Mob, etc. The proof is in the pudding. Don just seems bitter in these recent interviews; very petty & sad. He should enjoy the rest of his life in harmony rather than digging up the past and slinging arrows.
What George started talking about at 6:30 is what sets music and music appreciation apart from the 70s and 80s from today. Back in the 70s and 80s having money to spend on albums was a big deal. There was a record store that specialized in hard rock and heavy metal albums, especially imports and it was more than 1 mile from my house. I would walk there and spend a couple of hours looking through the albums, hoping to make a great choice. What a great feeling, after walking home and hearing the album, if it was really good. And what a sour feeling knowing you just wasted your limited cash reserves on something you didn't like. And you would spend time looking at the album and the inside sleeve, actually reading all of the information. Nowadays, I just go to UA-cam and can hear anything new in seconds. Yes, there is some newer music that I like, but there will never be another time like the late 70s and early 80s when guys like Van Halen, Rhoads, Lynch and Schenker and some others were making a name for themselves. And the experience of discovering it, which included some effort on your part, made it all the more special. There was an appreciation for the music back then that, now that I think about, I don't have today. I'm not saying the old days were better, though I am nostalgic for them sometimes. It was just a different time and to those youngsters growing up today, they'll have their own experiences to look back upon fondly. Well, I hope so.
You make a great point in your comments. Back then you were invested and you approached this stuff with some repetition of play. Now it’s a quick scan and move on. It’s the way of our current society. I think if we can get back to that old way of playing stuff over and over again and living with it, us older cats will really enjoy some of this stuff that’s coming out. I kept spinning this new Lynch Mob and was really digging it after a few listens.
He's blues at heart for sure, But man Back for the Attack and Wicked were masterpieces of Metal. George is without a doubt the hardest working and most original guy to ever come out of the genre/time. I was lucky to grow up trying to play GL solo's on my beat up ESP GL Is A Legend in my eyes
Awesome interview Mike!! Interesting to hear about the Dokken days now the dust has truly settled mate. 👌🤘
Thanks buddy!
Great interview Mike . Hopefully next year we’ll get some new music from The End Machine also
Thanks! That would be cool Rich. Guy still has a lot of gas in the tank
FUnny that Blabbermouth is finally gettng in tune with this.
THe issue Don faces is in the Unchain the Night video, George and Jeff clearly working on early version of Prisoner which ended up on Back for the Attack, there are demos with Jeff on vocals on youtube of several songs so clearly he was working on melodies and lyrics.
Don has been more dismissive of Mick Brown than anyone else...
Listen to the demo of Alone Again a song written by Don and Jeff, but the guitar is very simple until George adds his touch to it..
Must have been a slow news day, so they went slumming😂can say first hand that Don’s memories are pretty sketchy when it comes to who wrote what and what songs are on what albums😂
I think George enjoyed the interview, I’m pretty sure that’s not always the case with him,
Well done great questions
Looking forward to hearing the new album
Thanks so much! I hope I wasn’t too agonizing for him 😂
Great conversation mike
Thanks🤘🤘🤘
Don says he wrote most of the songs and almost everything on Under Lock and Key. George keeps saying that Don wrote the least besides Mick. Don says he was going to split everything equally and George says he was going to keep most of it.
Awesome interview!
Also, what is name of the outro track? Cool riff!
Thanks! Not sure. Just some royalty free George Lynch backing track I found on UA-cam😅
As a fan, a musician & someone who has been trying to copy Lynch’s style my whole life, I believe he is telling the truth. No WAY Don wrote all the music. George’s signature phrasing & style is on so many of the old tracks like When Heaven Comes Down. Phrasing that he has always been known for whether solo records, Lynch Mob, etc. The proof is in the pudding.
Don just seems bitter in these recent interviews; very petty & sad. He should enjoy the rest of his life in harmony rather than digging up the past and slinging arrows.