Was Shadowlife something that Dokken did that may have alienated their core fans?
It was quite a departure of what Dokken was all about. Shadowlife was attempting to do something new. It was not that great, we didn’t do that great of a job attempting what was perhaps a noble idea. What caused your split with Dokken to begin with? It was a strange parting; I still haven’t been technically fired. As far as what happened, to make a long and ugly story short, I had done this movie ‘Rockstar’ for Warner Brothers. Warner Brothers was willing to co-op the advertising and marketing of a Dokken record if we could come out with a record close to them movie (release). That was the plan I wanted to see happen. Unfortunately Don just didn’t go for it. What it turned into was a series of miscommunications and hassles of trying to figure out when we were going to record. I had other things I was doing and trying to get it all wedged in was almost impossible, to the point where they basically replaced me. That was not my desire to happen. I had to file a lawsuit on the band in an a
