Guest Appearances and Pop Culture
Members and ex-members of the band have appeared on various tribute albums.
- George Lynch played guitar on the song "Anthem" on a tribute album to Rush.
- George Lynch and Jeff Pilson have appeared on tribute albums to Iron Maiden.
- Jeff Pilson appeared as the bassist for Steel Dragon in the movie Rock Star (starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston) which was loosely based on the history of Judas Priest.
- They also appeared in Dio's Hear 'n Aid in the 1980s, and were featured prominently in the music video.
- In the mid-80s Don Dokken sang lead vocals on the hit single for ex-Scorpions drummer Herman Rarebell's solo project "Herman Ze German and Friends". The song is a power ballad titled "I'll Say Goodbye". Don also sang lead vocals on the song "Hard Sensation".
- In 2009 Dokken appeared in a series of commercials for Symantec's Norton Internet Security 2010. The advertisements imagine a computer as a chicken and Dokken as a malicious computer virus. Each ad features a different outcome, based on whether or not the "Dokken Virus" was allowed into the system.
- In the episode of the sketch comedy series, Wonder Showzen titled "Space" a baby is seen with acne in the shape of the Dokken band logo. In an episode the animated MTV show Celebrity Deathmatch, the band was mentioned by James Hetfield of Metallica when he fought against Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit, saying that he would prefer fighting one of Slayer's or Dokken's members instead of Durst. Dokken's song "Dream Warriors" appeared in the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.
- On the Web-Series Classic Game Room in 2000 on the review of Ferrari F355 Challenge for the Sega Dreamcast Mark Bussler criticized the Soundtrack saying "I bet that it was the ex-members of Dokken."
In June 2010, both Don Dokken and George Lynch appeared together in an episode of That Metal Show. In the episode they claimed that the main cause of their rift was a publicity stunt that they both eventually started to believe. George also stated that Don also wanted to "take all the money and all the credit" did not help, with Don nodding during the statement. They both also mentioned that they would love to have a reunion with Don, George, Jeff, and Mick, but that they are all too busy with other projects in 2010 (between Dokken's current lineup, Lynch Mob, Jeff's involvement with Foreigner, etc.). They did not rule out a 2011 reunion - but it did not come to pass.
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