Mr. Scary

Album: Back For The Attack (1987)
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Songfacts®:

  • This menacing instrumental was written by Dokken guitarist George Lynch and bass player Jeff Pilson. It was written to be a heavy track on the album, balancing out the faster tunes and the mid-tempo numbers. The plan was to have lead singer Don Dokken add vocals to it, but the song didn't sync with his voice. "He just wasn't feeling it, which I can understand," Lynch said in his Songfacts interview. "You can't really sing over that song in retrospect."
  • After determining that the song was going to be an instrumental, George Lynch stayed up all night tracking it at Total Access Recording in Redondo Beach, California. "It was one of the more memorable tracking sessions ever in my life, because it was so magical - all that stuff just happened," he told us. "It says something about songwriting: when you have a larger inspiration, it really takes it over the edge and pushes it to the next level."
  • Back For The Attack, Dokken's fourth album, ended up being their last before their breakup in 1989. They were at the height of their commercial success when they split over drug-fueled infighting. The band didn't get back together until 1994.

Comments: 2

  • Dukebius from WorldDokken was an average vocalist, that's why he didn't sing over this one. And I'm happy he didn't, would have ruined it
  • Gabriel Sica from Saint Louis, MoSaw George Lynch at The Limelight in NYC in the 90s. I was diagnosed with pneumonia the next day. Lynch was phenomenal.
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