In 1999, Reb Beach replaced George Lynch in Dokken. The result was the awesome Erase The Slate. Now, Dokken is back with Live From The Sun, a CD that just plain smokes! From the opening riff of "Erase The Slate" up until the outro of "In My Dreams" Reb Beach is all over this thing shredding away like the coming of the apocalypse. His leads on "Kiss of Death," "Erase The Slate," and "Into The Fire" are nothing short of memorable. But it's his solo during "Too High To Fly" that just plainly takes your head off. Check it out because that's worth the price of the disc alone. Don Dokken sounds great! His vocals are better than they've been in years; it's definitely great to hear the trademark Dokken growl again.

Drummer "Wild" Mick Brown is just monstrous behind the kit, doing some different fills, heavy as hell. And last, but not least, bassist Jeff Pilson provides the colorful bass licks to complement the guitar and steady the drums. One of the most underrated bass players, Pilson demonstrates his sheer ability to play the four string. Just check out "It's Not Love." Pilson also provides most of the awesome vocal harmonies, although all four members can sing and do some cool four-part harmonies on tracks like "In My Dreams" and "Breaking The Chains."

All in all, Live From The Sun is a very cool live collection of Dokken Classics such as "Alone Again," "The Hunter," "Tooth And Nail," and newer tracks like "Maddest Hatter." George Lynch once dared to say "Smoke This" and Reb Beach and Dokken did exactly that! This is definitely a great CD worth picking up, even if it's just to pop it in and rock out!

Shred Pick - "Too High To Fly" (13:50)

Reviewed by Henry Bocanegra

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