Up From The Ashes

Up from the Ashes is the first solo studio album by Don Dokken, best known as the lead singer of American glam metal band Dokken. The sound of the album continues the more commercial sound that Dokken began to incorporate into their music with Under Lock and Key. Whilst working on the album, it was originally intended to be a new Dokken album as a band with a new lineup rather than a solo album, but due to the lawsuit between Don Dokken and his former bandmates, it was released under Don Dokken's name. The album did not quite achieve the commercial success achieved by Dokken, but it did reach the Top 50 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the US. The line-up for this album consisted of Don Dokken performing vocals, John Norum on lead guitar, Billy White on lead guitar, Peter Baltes on bass, and Mikkey Dee on drums. The original drummer for the Don Dokken band was Hempo Hildén, formerly in John Norum's band, but he was replaced after a few photo sessions and does not play on the album. The music videos for the songs "Stay" and "Mirror Mirror" received airplay on MTV's Headbangers Ball. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_from...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)