Don Dokken will soon be featured on That '80s Show with Codi Jeffreys, on radio station Majic 100.3 in Ottawa - airing in September. Majic is broadcast Live over the Internet also, so watch www.majic100.fm for details.

Don Dokken, Codi Jeffreys and Mitch Lafon pre-taped a co-hosting 'segment" for the Majic 100 radio show, a preview of which I am pleased to present now.

Mitch starts off: "Let's talk Internet and George [Lynch] for a sec. Lots of stuff going on about he's begging you to come back and he's saying that you're begging him to come back to the band. It's like a back and forth tennis match – Where's the reality?"
Don Dokken – " There is no reality on that. I don't want him back in the band at all and we will never play together again because the magic is not there. There's too much… it would be like trying to get back with an ex-wife. I mean – our biggest problem I had – unfortunately – we had a spiritual disagreement and the disagreement was that he thought he was GOD and I disagreed. I ran into him a few months ago and I hadn't seen him in years and we talked for a minute and we talked about doing a project down the road and he said maybe we should do something and I was very honest and I said that I was very happy with Jon and I don't think we could. I know the fans might like it, but I don't see that we could ever make a good record again. So, there's no point in it."
Mitch – "When he said a project, did he mean Dokken?"
Don – "No, he meant a side project. He will never play in Dokken again. It would never work. There's too much spiritually, emotionally… our whole views on life are completely different. We're just not compatible."
Mitch – "What about Jeff? Any hope for Jeff?"
Don – "Jeff – nah. From the day he joined the band he's always wanted to be a lead singer and a guitar player – not a bass player. So, he was very frustrated for all those years in Dokken and never enjoyed being the bass player. He wants to be a lead singer and that's what he's doing. If you're not content playing bass in a band then you shouldn't be doing it. This is the most magical line-up [with Jon Levin & Barry Sparks]… I've had a lot of guitar player changes to find the right ingredient. Like anything – try to paint a painting or put a team together – Sometimes, you have to change members of the team to get the right baseball team to win the World Series… and this is finally the one and that's the way it goes."