In a recent interview with “The Hook Rocks” podcast, Jeff Pilson was asked if there is a chance of a reunion of Dokken’s classic line-up, making a new album, or even performing:
“Yeah, I kind of detach from it. I know (singer Don Dokken and guitarist George Lynch) have done shows together, and I don’t think there’s gonna be a whole lot more of those, for some reason.
”But I don’t think it’s animosity, really; it’s not that. It’s just… I mean, Don has his (new Dokken) record (‘Heaven Comes Down’) out and he wants to promote that. And I think Don wants to retire soon; I mean, he’s 70.
“My attitude is I leave the door open only because there is a part of me, I will be honest, that would love to do one last Dokken record and really do it right. But the logistics of that, I recognize, are very difficult. Don lives in New Mexico now. I can’t see either one of us traveling to work together long enough to collaborate.
”And my interest would be in us collaborating to do it. But having said that, who knows? I mean, I know that if George and I got in a room to write a Dokken record musically that we would have no problem with that.
”And I think George kind of feels the same way, if it can happen, great, but it looks logistically difficult. And if it doesn’t happen, I’m not disappointed either. But like I say, I would love to do one last record. If we did shows, that’d be great, but it just doesn’t seem like it’s on the plate. So, my answer is I’m open, but I don’t see it happening. So we’ll see.”