I'm not saying it's a bad thing, because we succeeded because of him and that mentality - the way he views the world and the way he operates. Don was kind of out for himself and used people as best he could. And that was really the struggle between Don and I. We built this thing as a family, as friends, as a band of brothers. ![]() "I operate - or at least then operated - out of a sense of commitment and on a mission. before the tour started - literally days before it started. "Or else, if that didn't work, we didn't agree to that, he was just gonna leave, keep the name and kick us out. "The thing I will never understand about the management and that tour and the band was that in their insane thinking, the management called a meeting before the tour started and informed the band that Don was gonna be breaking the band up and trying to just hire us as musicians on the band," he continued. We had the same management company, so we were very fortunate to get that spot. It was kind of good for us, I guess, in a way, but we were billed over METALLICA they hadn't quite gone over the edge yet. "That was the last big tour of that style, I think, in that kind of giant rock arena tour, I think that was the last one. ![]() "That was pretty much the pinnacle of it, wasn't it?" George said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). The trek kicked off in East Troy, Wisconsin on May 27 that year and took in 28 dates over the ensuing weeks before concluding on July 30 in Denver. stadium tour, also featuring VAN HALEN, SCORPIONS, METALLICA and KINGDOM COME. In a new interview with MetalTalk, George Lynch reflected on DOKKEN's participation in the 1988 "Monsters Of Rock" U.S.
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