Dokken-Under Look And Key (1985)

Dokken were one of the pioneering glam metal bands, a genre that became one of the most successful and mainstream in the world during the 1980s. Formed in Los Angeles in 1976, the band was founded by vocalist Don Dokken, guitarist George Lynch, bassist Johan Croucier, and drummer Mick Brown. While their first album was a commercial failure, it was with their second release that the band began a meteoric rise, accumulating numerous hits worldwide and selling millions of records. However, while that second album, "Tooth and Nail", had paved the way for their success in Europe, they still had to break through in their own country, at a time when the glam metal movement was all the rage. And it was with "Under Lock and Key" that they finally achieved massive success and worldwide recognition, thanks to a spectacular album packed with pop-metal and hard-rock hooks like "The Hunter" and "In My Dreams", tear-jerking ballads like "Jaded Heart" and "Slippin' Away", and powerful heavy-metal tracks like "Lightnin' Strikes Again", "It's Not Love", and "Till the Livin' End". With this third album, Dokken's well-oiled machine continued to produce a steady stream of gems that would pave the way for their absolute success throughout the rest of the 1980s.