They Spent $500,000 on a Music Video... and Were BANNED from MTV

This week, we are diving deep into the absolute catastrophe that was Dokken's first major music video. Before they were arena superstars, they were four guys chained to a Styrofoam wall in a low-budget studio, trying to look tough while wearing enough spandex to clothe a cycling team. We explore the tension between Don Dokken and George Lynch, the hilarious "special effects" that looked like a high school science project, and how a label's literal interpretation of a song title nearly derailed the band before they started. This is the true story of plastic chains, fake rocks, and 80s hair metal excess gone wrong. "Rock's Biggest Mistake" - Billy Squier's MTV Disaster    • "Rock's Biggest Mistake" - Billy Squier's ...   "F*CK This Synth Riff" — Europe’s Guitarist Walkout    • “F*CK This Synth Riff” — Europe’s Guitaris...   "Ratt: Sex, Shred & Court Dates"    • Ratt: Sex, Shred & Court Dates   "Totally F*cked" — Jake E Lee's Side Crisis    • “Totally F*cked” — Jake E Lee's Side Crisis   Most EXPENSIVE Guitar on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/shop/guitarmee... Early Eighties Thrash Metal Guitar Rig: https://www.amazon.com/shop/guitarmee... Most EXPENSIVE Guitar Rig on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/shop/guitarmee... CHEAPEST Guitar rig on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/shop/guitarmee... My Guitar Rig: https://www.amazon.com/shop/guitarmee... My Video making gear: https://www.amazon.com/shop/guitarmee... This VST plugin, The Stereo Sound Extractor, is BADASS -I coded it up from over 10 year's hard research. It won awards. Now you can own it for the paltry sum of $29. Yup, I'm basically giving it away: https://burninguitfiddle.gumroad.com/... #dokken #georgelynch #dondokken #breakingthechains #80smetal #hairmetal #musicvideo #fail #mtv #classicrock #guitarhero #lynchmob #rockhistory #musicfail #badmusicvideo #glammetal #80srock #metal #rockdocumentary #worstvideo

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