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George Lynch, the lead guitarist for Dokken, has announced a summer US tour with his re-formed Lynch Mob. Lynch is also premiering a brand new song, 'Son of Scary,' exclusively on Noisecreep. Lynch Mob's tour begins on July 29th in Houston, TX, and wraps up on the West Coast, with more dates to be announced shortly...

The George Lynch vs. Don Dokken feud climbed up a few notches this week when the no-nonsense guitar god took some time to speak to Noisecreep about his upcoming new album, 'Kill All Control.' The album, a blistering 13-song collection that combines many of Lynch's various styles, comes out in July...

VH1 has announced the premiere of the fifth season of the distinguished 'That Metal Show,' the one destination where fans can enjoy informed (and humorous) discussions about the genre we all love and live for. The show's hosts – New York City radio personality Eddie Trunk and comedians/consummate metal fans Don Jamieson, and Jim Florentine-will kick off the fifth season May 8 at 11 PM ET on VH1 Cl

There's a new festival this summer for fans of '80s metal. Rock n' America seemingly came out of nowhere and pulled together some of the biggest acts of the Sunset Strip heyday. The festival is set for July 23-25 at the Zoo Amphitheatre in Oklahoma City...

A legendary lo-fi artifact of metal fandom, 'Heavy Metal Parking Lot' was filmed outside of Maryland's now-demolished Capital Centre before a Judas Priest/Dokken concert. In the parking lot, a drunken tailgate party ensues -- complete with shirtless mulletheads, dusty teenagers and devoted Priest fans singing anthems and spewing epic nonsense...

Since 1997, guitarist George Lynch has been keeping busy with several projects that aren't Dokken. He's released music with Souls of We and Lynch Mob, and for years now, he's sort of rejected the idea of reuniting with Dokken classic 1980s lineup for either a record or a tour...

We all know the metal community is filled with record-collecting fiends, but there are some people take their obsession to the next level. Matthew Rudzinski definitely falls into the latter category. He's the kind of metalhead who gets off on finding some forgotten Swedish Dokken sound-alike band that released an obscure album in 1987...

Day two of a new Shadows Fall tour is known by the band as "sore neck day." "You feel great on stage, all the adrenaline kicks in, you try to remember to pace yourself," vocalist Brian Fair tells Noisecreep. "But you never do. So, the next day, it's like 'Owww...

"Hello there, I liked your article on Ratt. I am or was a big fan back in the day when they first started out in California at the Roxy and such, when they were with Joe Cristofanilli on bass. I wondered why he ever left the band and what happened to him...

"At this point in our careers and at our age, it's all about satisfying ourselves in the long run and getting ourselves off ... and hopefully that will translate and get people off in the audience," states Oni Logan, frontman for Lynch Mob, to Noisecreep...