Japan's Young Guitar Magazine recently interviewed Don Dokken and George Lynch; both were asked about the reunion of Dokken's classic lineup, which played its only US show on September 30th in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, after which they embarked upon a six-show Japanese run dubbed Unleashed In The East.

"I never thought I would play with George again — ever," said Don Dokken."They've been asking me for almost six years to do a Dokken reunion, and I said, 'No. The answer is no.' It's not about money. I don't need the money. It's not about money. I have enough money to live me two lives. It's about the fans and the love and to play well."

"It's only six days, but there's not gonna be shows in America or Europe or Sweden or Germany. We have all these offers for a lot of money — they're (offering) us a lot of money — to play Sweden, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the answer is 'no.' Six shows — that's it. And it's never gonna happen again. And that's it. And we're gonna film it in Dakota — one show — film it on DVD, and that's it. George will go back to Lynch Mob, and Jeff (Pilson) will go back to Foreigner, and I will continue on with (the current version of Dokken featuring) Jon Levin and Chris McCarvill and Wild Mick (Brown)."

Lynch added, "There's always some pre-conditions that we were all aware of, but once those were met, we knew that it was basically clear skies and there weren't any obstacles other than just somebody not wanting to do it. There were a lot of reasons to do it and there weren't any reasons not to do it. I mean, it was a really minimal amount of time to invest. It's essentially just Japan, and we have kind of a wonderful and interesting relationship in our history with Japan. We had a lot of success there and had a lot of great memories from going over there."

Remaining tour dates:

October
10 - Hiroshima, Japan - BlueLive Hiroshima
11 - Aichi, Japan - Zepp Nagoya
12 - Tokyo, Japan - Zepp Divercity Tokyo