''Broken Bones'' is the eleventh studio album by the American
heavy metal band
Dokken
Dokken is an American glam metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1978. It split up in 1989 and reformed four years later. The band had several hit singles which charted on the Billboard Hot 100, such as " Alone Again", " In My Dreams", and " Burn ...
. It was released in Europe on 21 September 2012 and in the US on September 25, 2012. It features session drummer
Jimmy DeGrasso
Jimmy DeGrasso (born March 16, 1963) is an American heavy metal drummer.
DeGrasso played with Mama's Boys and Lita Ford before eventually working with Y&T and Megadeth and as a session or touring musician for Ozzy Osbourne (1986), White Li ...
as
Mick Brown couldn't record due to scheduling conflicts, which makes ''Broken Bones'' the first Dokken album without him and also their only album to feature bassist
Sean McNabb
Sean McNabb (born September 24, 1965) is an American actor and bassist. While still on tour with rock bands, he is also acting and writing, composing, and singing music for TV and film. In 2015, he released his first solo music as a lead singer, ...
.
Aside from the standard edition CD, a special edition was released in Europe with a thirty-minute DVD feature of the making of the album.
''Broken Bones'' sold around 2,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release and landed at position No. 173 on the
''Billboard'' 200 chart.
Track listing
Personnel
Dokken
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Don Dokken
Donald Maynard Dokken (born June 29, 1953) is an American singer and musician. He's best known for being the lead singer, occasional guitarist, and founder of the glam metal band Dokken. He is known for his vibrato-laden, melodic vocal style wh ...
- lead vocals, percussion, producer
*
Jon Levin
Jon Levin (born March 18, 1966) is an American musician and the current guitarist for heavy metal band Dokken.
Biography
Early years
Jon Levin was involved with music very early on in life. He began playing piano at age four, trumpet by age ...
- guitars
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Sean McNabb
Sean McNabb (born September 24, 1965) is an American actor and bassist. While still on tour with rock bands, he is also acting and writing, composing, and singing music for TV and film. In 2015, he released his first solo music as a lead singer, ...
- bass
*
Jimmy DeGrasso
Jimmy DeGrasso (born March 16, 1963) is an American heavy metal drummer.
DeGrasso played with Mama's Boys and Lita Ford before eventually working with Y&T and Megadeth and as a session or touring musician for Ozzy Osbourne (1986), White Li ...
- drums
*
Mick Brown - drums (did not play on album, official member)
Additional musicians
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Mark Boals
Mark Robert Boals (born December 5, 1958) is an American heavy metal vocalist and occasional bassist, best known for his vocals with Yngwie Malmsteen. He is currently a member of the band Foundry.
Boals' first album with Malmsteen, 1986's '' ...
- backing vocals
Production
* Darian Rundall - engineer
* Bob St. John - mixing
*
Tim Kelly Tim or Timothy Kelly may refer to:
* Tim Kelly (Alaska politician) (1944–2009), Alaska state legislator
* Tim Kelly (Minnesota politician) (born 1964), Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
* Tim Kelly (Mich ...
, Mike Sutherland - additional engineering
* Wyn Davis - drum engineering, engineer and mixing on "Today"
* Chris Baseford - drum engineering
* Maor Appelbaum - mastering
Charts
External links
Official Website
References
Dokken albums
King Records (Japan) albums
2012 albums
Frontiers Records albums
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