After bursting onto the public conscience in 1983 and ’84, the so-called hair-metal movement based primarily in Southern California arguably achieved its mainstream tipping point in 1985. Countless ...

Back in 1987, both Dokken and the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise were hot properties. The L.A. metal quartet had scored a second Platinum disc in 1985 with Under Lock and Key, and unleashed their ...

Don Dokken can't deny he used hairspray and wore makeup during the 1980s. The evidence is right there on his band's old record jackets. But the 51-year-old vocalist disputes the notion that his ...