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[shreder75]

so in other words, you started it =)

and YJM in dokken...what a different band THAT woulda been....lol....

jimbax said:

motrock said:

You confronted Don Dokken? You don't mind me asking what happened do you?

Man, long story...we were at a studio in Redondo Beach, All Access or Total Access or something like that...Don was there to mix some tracks down...George had just joined Dokken...I was there to record guitar parts we were doing for album...well, in that studio they like to record the guitar right up next to the manager's office...I had a full Marshall stack up against the wall of the mgrs office about a foot from the door...well, into the office walk Dokken and the studio manager (I forget his name..) my drummer (Michael Constantine and close personal friend to Terry Bozzio, they shared a drum studio together..) said: Jim, that was Don Dokken that just walked in there...(I didn't know the guy other than George told me he just joined up with him for a new band...I didn't know what he looked like) Michael said: hey, jim, crank up your amp so they can't hear what they are saying in there...so, while waiting for the engineer to que me up to record, I cranked up the Marshall to 10 and started WAILING...MAJOR LOUD!!! I went for it! wah, wah, fast runs...the works...my wife had her hands over her ears it was soooLOUD! everyone in the studio came over to see what the??? was going on! about 30 seconds it took for Dokken and the manager guy to come barreling out of the office...I kept WAILING away and acted like I didn't see em' (hehehe) Dokken stood in front of me with his arms folded..after about a minute I stopped and looked to the control room and said: 'OK, I'm READY!" (hehe) Dokken says: hey man, not bad,...but, speed isn't everything man...so, I started to take my guitar off and hand it to him and I said: here, you show me better...he said: no,no,no,...I could if I wanted to....I said: go for it hot shot...He's: no, no, no...I said: who are you? he says: Don Dokken, I said: 'who?'...Don Dokken...I said: oh, you are the guy George joined up with...he said: 'you know George?' yep...He said: man, he's such a p*ss... I have to re-record all his solo parts because he can't handle it...I said 'that's not what I heard'...He said: 'It's true, I had to do the solo for 'Paris is Burning' because George couldn't get it in the studio'...I said: man, he's been playing it for years and now he can't play it?? Don said: 'it doesn't matter anyways because I'm gonna replace him with this new kid that just got into town, Ingwie Malmsteen, have you heard of him?? he's only about 17 but he can blow, you, me and George away on guitar, plays classical licks a real prodigy...I said: I haven't heard of him...(I hadn't at that time...) he said: 'well check him out, when I kick George out on his *ss you guys can start your own band.... can you keep it down?' I said: it's our dime you guys go get some coffee or something... then he walks back into the managers office...my girlfriend (now wife) says: 'what an arrogant jack *ss' i said yep, I feel sorry for George having to work with that guy...

[jimbax]

shreder75 said:

so in other words, you started it =)

and YJM in dokken...what a different band THAT woulda been....lol....

jimbax said:

Man, long story...we were at a studio in Redondo Beach, All Access or Total Access or something like that...Don was there to mix some tracks down...George had just joined Dokken...I was there to record guitar parts we were doing for album...well, in that studio they like to record the guitar right up next to the manager's office...I had a full Marshall stack up against the wall of the mgrs office about a foot from the door...well, into the office walk Dokken and the studio manager (I forget his name..) my drummer (Michael Constantine and close personal friend to Terry Bozzio, they shared a drum studio together..) said: Jim, that was Don Dokken that just walked in there...(I didn't know the guy other than George told me he just joined up with him for a new band...I didn't know what he looked like) Michael said: hey, jim, crank up your amp so they can't hear what they are saying in there...so, while waiting for the engineer to que me up to record, I cranked up the Marshall to 10 and started WAILING...MAJOR LOUD!!! I went for it! wah, wah, fast runs...the works...my wife had her hands over her ears it was soooLOUD! everyone in the studio came over to see what the??? was going on! about 30 seconds it took for Dokken and the manager guy to come barreling out of the office...I kept WAILING away and acted like I didn't see em' (hehehe) Dokken stood in front of me with his arms folded..after about a minute I stopped and looked to the control room and said: 'OK, I'm READY!" (hehe) Dokken says: hey man, not bad,...but, speed isn't everything man...so, I started to take my guitar off and hand it to him and I said: here, you show me better...he said: no,no,no,...I could if I wanted to....I said: go for it hot shot...He's: no, no, no...I said: who are you? he says: Don Dokken, I said: 'who?'...Don Dokken...I said: oh, you are the guy George joined up with...he said: 'you know George?' yep...He said: man, he's such a p*ss... I have to re-record all his solo parts because he can't handle it...I said 'that's not what I heard'...He said: 'It's true, I had to do the solo for 'Paris is Burning' because George couldn't get it in the studio'...I said: man, he's been playing it for years and now he can't play it?? Don said: 'it doesn't matter anyways because I'm gonna replace him with this new kid that just got into town, Ingwie Malmsteen, have you heard of him?? he's only about 17 but he can blow, you, me and George away on guitar, plays classical licks a real prodigy...I said: I haven't heard of him...(I hadn't at that time...) he said: 'well check him out, when I kick George out on his *ss you guys can start your own band.... can you keep it down?' I said: it's our dime you guys go get some coffee or something... then he walks back into the managers office...my girlfriend (now wife) says: 'what an arrogant jack *ss' i said yep, I feel sorry for George having to work with that guy...

yea, I started it!....I brought my wife (girlfriend then...) she's very quiet and keeps to herself. I would tell her some stories about the crud in the industry ....and she would be like "whatever..' so, I wanted her to come with me to gigs and studio etc...so she could see first hand....I'm glad she was there for the last couple years of my band then...it was one of those things, if you weren't there you wouldn't believe it or think I was exagerating etc...

[shreder75]

jimbax said:

shreder75 said:

so in other words, you started it =)

and YJM in dokken...what a different band THAT woulda been....lol....

yea, I started it!....I brought my wife (girlfriend then...) she's very quiet and keeps to herself. I would tell her some stories about the crud in the industry ....and she would be like "whatever..' so, I wanted her to come with me to gigs and studio etc...so she could see first hand....I'm glad she was there for the last couple years of my band then...it was one of those things, if you weren't there you wouldn't believe it or think I was exagerating etc...

and what did she get for her support? you nearly blew her eardrums out...LOL....

[jimbax]

shreder75 said:

jimbax said:

yea, I started it!....I brought my wife (girlfriend then...) she's very quiet and keeps to herself. I would tell her some stories about the crud in the industry ....and she would be like "whatever..' so, I wanted her to come with me to gigs and studio etc...so she could see first hand....I'm glad she was there for the last couple years of my band then...it was one of those things, if you weren't there you wouldn't believe it or think I was exagerating etc...

and what did she get for her support? you nearly blew her eardrums out...LOL....

Oh, she's quite aware of my sorry act! hehehe...she's the first woman that didn't try to compete with my guitar playin' time....so...I MARRIED HER!!! been 20 years this year and I can't be happier ....now, she's probably miserable...(naw, we have a great marriage!)

[shreder75]

jimbax said:

shreder75 said:

and what did she get for her support? you nearly blew her eardrums out...LOL....

Oh, she's quite aware of my sorry act! hehehe...she's the first woman that didn't try to compete with my guitar playin' time....so...I MARRIED HER!!! been 20 years this year and I can't be happier ....now, she's probably miserable...(naw, we have a great marriage!)

good deal =) that's what I told my wife..I told her 'you realize that even if we have a kid, I'm not quitting the band'...and she said 'I wouldn't expect you to'..so she's a keeper..

in FACT, she was the impetus for me gettin' the splawn...at first it was a 'deal' of sorts....'when we get pregnant you can get your splawn'...when can we start? lol...anywho, when it didn't happen as quickly as she wanted it to she said 'go ahead and order it, I know you really want it'...and that in a nutshell is my splawn story =D

[VomHalen]

shreder75 said:

jimbax said:

Oh, she's quite aware of my sorry act! hehehe...she's the first woman that didn't try to compete with my guitar playin' time....so...I MARRIED HER!!! been 20 years this year and I can't be happier ....now, she's probably miserable...(naw, we have a great marriage!)

good deal =) that's what I told my wife..I told her 'you realize that even if we have a kid, I'm not quitting the band'...and she said 'I wouldn't expect you to'..so she's a keeper..

in FACT, she was the impetus for me gettin' the splawn...at first it was a 'deal' of sorts....'when we get pregnant you can get your splawn'...when can we start? lol...anywho, when it didn't happen as quickly as she wanted it to she said 'go ahead and order it, I know you really want it'...and that in a nutshell is my splawn story =D

*cough cough*...uh, that's because she's not running after a kid yet...once baby shred comes along and she's putting in all this time with the kid and you're off having "fun"...things change...

[shreder75]

admin said:

shreder75 said:

good deal =) that's what I told my wife..I told her 'you realize that even if we have a kid, I'm not quitting the band'...and she said 'I wouldn't expect you to'..so she's a keeper..

in FACT, she was the impetus for me gettin' the splawn...at first it was a 'deal' of sorts....'when we get pregnant you can get your splawn'...when can we start? lol...anywho, when it didn't happen as quickly as she wanted it to she said 'go ahead and order it, I know you really want it'...and that in a nutshell is my splawn story =D

*cough cough*...uh, that's because she's not running after a kid yet...once baby shred comes along and she's putting in all this time with the kid and you're off having "fun"...things change...

welp, she's just gonna have to deal once or twice a month, that's all I can say about that =) my guitar player is in that situation and his wife and he handle it amiably...of course I expect to go on hiatus for the first month or so, but that's to be expected =)