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Dokken/Lynch Mob Guitar Legend GEORGE LYNCH Joins FL Rapper Gunplay for Genre-Smashing ‘Ain’t No Love’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 4, 2025
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When Florida rapper Gunplay released his Almost Free album back in April, the accolades simply rained down.  Fresh off the success of his sophomore set and those shattering collaborations with Pharrell Williams, Kendrick Lamar and Lil Wayne, it felt like Gunplay couldn’t aim any higher.

Then George Lynch arrived.  A staple of the same late 70s Sunset Strip scene that bred Quiet Riot and Van Halen, Lynch was a co-founder of the mighty Dokken; and has been ranked among Gibson’s Top 10 Metal Guitarists of All Time, and Guitar World’s 50 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

And still “Ain’t No Love,” the stunning collaboration that pairs Lynch with Gunplay, can be rated one of his greatest performances ever.

“I cannot tell you how much fun I had with this track,” exclaims Lynch.  “That week we got three different projects to work on and two of them were, you know, straight up rock tracks that I did some solos and maybe a little rhythm on and it was fine. They came out great.

“Then I got to the third track, Gunplay, and I just lit up, smiled ear to ear and I played over everything I could get my hands and guitar on. I probably overdid it, but you know what?  I would’ve kept playing if we hadn’t run out of time in the studio. I’ve been really craving to get on a track like this and see what I can do with it, put my style of riffage on it.”

Dramatically overseen by Derek Hughes (Missing Persons, Dead Groove, Cherie Currie), “Ain’t No Love” manifests today in two startling incarnations, the Mobbed Mix and the Recoil Mix.  Both, needless to say, are very aptly titled.

In addition, the single includes instrumental versions of both, with Lynch’s shredding guitar solidly to the forefront, but without losing an iota of Gunplay’s personal passion and power.

Crank it up!

  1. Ain’t No Love (Mobbed Mix)
  2. Ain’t No Love (Mobbed Mix – Instrumental)
  3. Ain’t No Love (Recoil Mix)
  4. Ain’t No Love (Recoil Mix – Instrumental)

CASSANDRA’S CROSSING Share New Video ‘Wicked Woman’ from Latest Album

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 2, 2025
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Today, the musical alliance of guitar legend George Lynch and powerhouse singer Casandra Carson shares a new digital single, “Wicked Woman.” The track is from their recently released studio album, ‘Garden of Earthly Delights,’ out via Frontiers Music Srl.

Casandra comments on “Wicked Woman”:

“In a nutshell, ‘Wicked Woman’ encapsulates all the names I’ve been called by my exes at one time or another. When I got the track from George, I was getting these tough, bad-bitch vibes, so when I started writing the lyrics, I took all that ammo, ramped it up to 100, and created this ‘wicked woman’ character who embodied all of those names plus a few more.”

About the song’s music video, Casandra adds:

“It was really hard getting a video done for this project at first, just due to our touring schedules this past year, but all the stars finally aligned on the Final Ride Tour. Adrienne Beacco (Exceleration Media) was on the road with Paralandra during the tour, so we were able to put our heads together and create the concept for this video in just a couple of weeks, and then shot it at the Newton Theatre in NJ one day, just a couple of hours before soundcheck. It’s always a pleasure working with Adrienne; she always gets my vision, and I have to give major props to George for showing up and relearning the song at half speed for this shoot. But beyond all the details, I’m just thrilled that Casandra’s Crossing now has a music video to go along with the album.”

The musical chemistry between these two talented artists has created a magnificent modern hard rock album that showcases Lynch’s trademark riffage driven by the outstanding voice of Casandra Carson, who is set to be the next rock singing sensation.

About ‘Garden of Earthly Delights,’ Casandra also adds:

“It’s a major milestone and accomplishment, not only to have collaborated with a legend like George Lynch, but to have created music that I’m so proud of.

“I wrote the lyrics and melodies of each song without any expectations in mind, other than to serve the music George had written. In doing so, the lyrics are eclectic yet relatable. I truly feel like there’s a song in here for everyone, no matter what genre of music you’re into, and I’m extremely proud of that.” 

Order ‘Garden of Earthly Delights’ HERE

‘Garden of Earthly Delights’ Track List:

1. Stranger
2. Impatient
3. Closer to Heaven
4. Ring Me Around
5. Devastating Times
6. Waltzing Nites
7. Just Business
8. Mind Eraser
9. Run for Your Life
10. Wicked Woman
11. Kneel Before You

George Lynch emerged from the ’80s hard rock scene with the L.A.-based group Dokken
and went on to become a world-renowned guitarist. Aside from Dokken, he has also enjoyed great success with LYNCH MOB, the group he founded after leaving DOKKEN.

Lynch has gone on to become a prolific music creator, continuing with Lynch Mob, releasing solo albums, and a wealth of collaborative efforts over the decades. Those include but are not limited to, KXM with Doug Pinnick (King’s X) and Ray Luzier (Korn), The End Machine with Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, ex-Dokken), Mick Brown (ex-Dokken), and Girish Pradhan (Girish & The Chronicles), Sweet & Lynch with Michael Sweet (Stryper), Ultraphonix with Corey Glover (Living Colour), and The Banishment with Joe Haze.

Casandra Carson is best known for her work fronting the Midwestern hard rock band Paralandra. Founded in 2013 with a strong DIY ethic, Paralandra found themselves on radio charts and festival stages in no time and by 2018 had a record deal, national tours supporting the likes of Saliva, Tantric, and Dokken, and even found themselves performing aboard the KISS Kruise! The band remains active and their most recent studio album, produced by the legendary Michael “Elvis” Beskette, came out in April of this year.

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Guitarist George Lynch Says Dokken & Lynch Mob Packaged Tours Have Run Their Course

Posted by tarjavirmakari on November 16, 2023
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Jimmy Kay from Canada’s The Metal Voice recently spoke to Lynch Mob and former Dokken guitarist George Lynch. In the interview Lynch explains Lynch Mob’s farewell retirement plans, Tour setlists and new album Babylon.

When asked about the current version of the Lynch Mob Band
“It’s a killer version of the band, it’s solid so and I am afraid of this falling apart. So what we are doing is, this is going to be it. This is going to be the final version of the band. We will have this record (Babylon), we will go out and tour for a year, it will be our final ride and that will be it. We will go out on our terms rather than somebody steering away our singer or our bass player and having to start over. Ok here is the 27th version of Lynch Mob. So this will be the last version of Lynch Mob. Last tour, last record and that will be the final chapter and the end of the story. We will go out with a bang instead of a whimper. “

When asked if this is going to be a never ending farewell, like the Scorpions
“This will be it, we put a date on it, the last show will be Monsters of Rock cruise 2025.”

When asked if Lynch Mob will tour with Dokken again or has that door been shut
“It’s kind of run it’s course, yeah I think so. That’s fine. It was something I was pushing to do for many years and I have been proposing the idea with different agents I have had with over the decades. And I never found anyone to pick up the ball and run with it until I found my present agency which also represents Dokken. Don and I are on relatively good terms and so it worked. He agreed to it, so we went out. I always thought the competitive kind of thing, the story, back story, if people were aware of it would bring some interest and it worked and I think that is healthy. That is entertainment. “
When asked how truthful or exaggerated was it that he and Don Dokken could not get along over the years.
“Well I’m not pointing any fingers that just generally human beings have a tendency, maybe to mimic the narrative. So you repeat a lie long enough it becomes the truth, not the truth . Listen I don’t have any problems with people, generally I am fine and I am also very forgiving if I do have problems with people, that is water under the bridge. Life is too short and too precious. I like people and I like making things work and fixing things. But not everybody feels the same way I do. “

When asked if Dokken’s guitarist Jon Levin guitar tone and sound is a compliment or insult as he kind of sounds like him
“Somebody’s got to sound like me. I think that is the whole point of him, that is kind of what he is supposed to do. Insulting no. I feel it’s absolutely a compliment. I am not insulted by that.”

Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to announce the upcoming release of the newest studio album from Lynch Mob, “Babylon”. The band is known for their high energy, guitar driven, hard rock vibe, while featuring elements of classic rock, blues, and metal, with a propensity for improvisation. Joining revered guitarist and band founder George Lynch (The End Machine, The Banishment, ex-Dokken) for this newest Lynch Mob album are vocalist Gabriel Colón, bassist Jaron Gulino (Tantric, Heavens Edge), and drummer Jimmy D’anda (ex-Bulletboys).

“There’s been so many iterations of Lynch Mob since the first line-up in 1989 of Oni Logan, Mick Brown, Anthony Esposito, and myself. Putting Lynch Mob together was just an extension of what I’d always strived for in a band: the best possible musicians, chemistry, and brotherhood. My bands have not only been my best friends, but also family. When we come up together and work hard and struggle together, we create a bond that lasts a lifetime. I think that’s the thing I love the most about my musical journey…creating music in the studio, stepping on stage, and sharing that bond with my friends through music. Thank you to everyone who has been in my band. I really feel it’s ours”, says Lynch.
Lynch Mob was formed in 1989 after George Lynch parted ways with his former band Dokken. Their debut release “Wicked Sensation” was met with critical and fan acclaim and went on to be certified gold in sales by the RIAA. The band would continue on through the years with a cast of talented players joining Lynch throughout their musical journey over the course of six more studio albums. “Babylon” is Lynch Mob’s eighth studio album overall and the first since 2017’s “The Brotherhood”.

“Babylon” tracklisting:

  1. Erase
  2. Time After Time
  3. Caught Up
  4. I’m Ready
  5. How You Fall
  6. Million Miles Away
  7. Let It Go
  8. Fire Master
  9. The Synner
  10. Babylon
    Time: 0.49.59

Line-up:
Gabriel Colón: Vocals
George Lynch: Guitars
Jimmy D’anda: Drums
Jaron Gulino: Bass

Heavy Metal Pugilists GEORGE LYNCH & JEFF PILSON Return for Another Round of Musical Uppercuts with “Heavy Hitters II”, Share New ‘Radioactive’ Single

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 30, 2023
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In 2020, Guitar-shredding virtuoso GEORGE LYNCH reteamed with former Dokken bandmate JEFF PILSON for a set of new studio recordings that turned pop music classics into powerful metal anthems. Dubbed Heavy Hitters, the album was well-received by rock and metal devotees across the board. Now, this dynamic duo have once again converged for the highly anticipated follow-up album, Heavy Hitters II, which brings forth a fresh new set of reimagined cover versions representing classics of soul, modern alt-rock, new wave, blues and more!

Ever wondered what Pilson, one of the most widely respected bass players in all of hard rock and metal, could do with Sly & The Family Stone’s ultra funky bass line in “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)”? Or questioned whether Mr. Scary could transform Howlin’ Wolf’s oft-covered “Smokestack Lightning” into a smokin’ hot, floor-stompin’ slab of bluesy rock (with a special guest vocal by the great Corey Glove of Living Colour)? Well, Heavy Hitters II has your answers. Those delights and a whole lot more wait in store – just check out the album’s brand new single, a completely revamped version of Imagine Dragons’ “Radioactive.” In the hands of Lynch and Pilson, this tune gets a thorough re-working with a supercharged galloping rhythmic guitar riff you’ll have to hear to believe.

Stream/download the single: https://orcd.co/lynchpilson_radioactive

Whereas the previous volume of Heavy Hitters featured a mix of various guest vocalists, this time around Lynch and Pilson brought in one of the most diverse and powerful vocalists in the business, longtime Rolling Stones backing vocalist, Bernard Fowler! Fowler, along with acclaimed drummer Brian Tichy, fill out each of the album’s tracks with their masterful performances. 

Reflecting on the project, Lynch declares “Jeff and I have always cherished any opportunities to work together over the 40 something years we’ve been playing together. Writing original records, (in Dokken, LP, T&N, The End Machine, etc.) is wonderful but doing an album of covers is a different and refreshing experience for us. I’d say it’s a little less ‘grindy’ work and a lot more fun because we’re interpreting previously written songs rather than building compositions from the ground up. It’s very liberating and affords more time to experiment and have fun with tracks. Plus getting to do a record with Bernard who is a legend was very motivating! It’s almost like we’re a few degrees removed from being in The Rolling Stones!” 

Pilson likewise enthuses, “George and I have so much fun with these Heavy Hitters records. Reinterpreting classic pop songs as rock anthems is an amazingly fun challenge. And with Bernard and Brian we have a band that I’d put up against anyone out there! Plus as writers George and I love studying what makes these songs such classics and we take that into our own writing to constantly improve. And we’ve always wanted to write and record a Christmas song- which we did with ‘It’s A Wonderful Life.’ So Merry Christmas from Heavy Hitters – and have a great summer!”

Watch for the full release of Heavy Hitters II arriving on CD, vinyl and digital on August 11!

Order the CD/vinyl: https://cleorecs.com/store/?s=heavy+hitters+ii&post_type=product
Pre-order/pre-save the digital: https://orcd.co/lynchpilson_heavyhittersii

TRACK LIST:

  1. Sledgehammer
  2. Carry On
  3. The Stroke
  4. Radioactive
  5. Smokestack Lightning
  6. Hold On (I’m Coming)
  7. Stay With Me
  8. Shout
  9. New Sensation
  10. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
  11. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
  12. It’s A Wonderful Life

DOKKEN’s George Lynch Discusses His Understanding With The Late Guitarist Randy Rhoads

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 10, 2021
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Jimmy Kay and Alan Dixon from The Metal Voice recently interviewed Dokken, Lynch Mob guitarist  George Lynch, who spoke about The End Machine‘s new album Phase 2 which was released April 9 2021 via Frontiers.

Lynch also spoke about Randy Rhoads and his time teaching at Musonia  as well as an understanding  they made.

Was the new The End Machine album supposed to sound similar to the Dokken sound?
“We set out to recreate the chemistry and mentality of the writing process and the compositional chemistry that Jeff (Pilson) and I had. So that is what we tried to recreate, not necessarily tried to plagiarize Dokken’s songs or sound but just being in that frame of mind. I think we did a good job on that. We decided on this record to go back and place more importance on the fundamentals like having the biggest hook as possible and most memorable sing a long hooks, easy to digest, with easy digestible tempos and structures and a tried true western music formula. We kind of went back to that with some other elements in there. Really what it comes down to is giving the majority of the people what they want and in some sense we are selling a product and it becomes more challenging for us in later years to recreate that people know and love about what we do or have done in the past. We are constantly hearing complaints from  people saying, ok you are reinventing yourself you do all these other things what about the core thing that you are known for how come you don’t do that anymore? So we had to address that and it has been challenging, it’s hard to do. The hardest thing for me to do and I can speak for Jeff (Pilson) as well  is to recreate something we were 35 years ago. Very difficult to do that I have tried before and not have succeeded where i have had better success reinventing myself  “

Is the new album Phase 2 infused with different influences?
“Sure, it always has, Dokken wasn’t a pure thing either, Dokken was just a bunch of other influences. There was a whole lot of Judas Priest influence in Dokken and others you name it just about anything. Late 60’s music, 70’s and contemporary bands at the time that were influencing us. So we weren’t immune from the influences, Dokken is an amalgamation of all our influences and everything we create now is a continuation of that and Dokken is one of our influences, we have come full circle.”

Were you a student of Randy Rhoads or did you teach at Musoina (Rhoads music School) what was your connection to Randy Rhoads?
“I taught at Musonia. We (randy Rhoads) played shows together frequently, we rehearsed in the same rehearsal facility and shared the same rooms. We had a lot of opportunities to hang out, share licks, talked occasionally, we weren’t like friends or anything but we were in the same business and ran in the same circles and ran into each other all the time. I know that he appreciated my playing and liked my playing. He would bring people to see me frequently including his mom. We were both up for Ozzy. I was up for Ozzy on three different occasions and one of the times was when Randy got it over me and then the understanding was that between whichever one of us got it the other one would teach at Musoina. Well i got the consolation prize. Randy told his mom if anything ever happened with him that he would want me to fill in if possible (teaching) if i would be willing to, so I did. “

he End Machine is a project created, overseen and directed by Serafino Perugino President and A&R director of Frontiers Records.

THE END MACHINE are back with their sophomore album, “Phase2,” which follows on the heels of their well-received and successful self-titled debut album released in 2018. The End Machine features former classic lineup Dokken members George Lynch and Jeff Pilson with the awesome singer Robert Mason (Warrant, Lynch Mob) on lead vocals. Classic Dokken drummer Mick Brown handled drums on the first album, but is now retired, so in his place behind the drum kit is none other than his brother Steve Brown.

The new record builds on the great bluesy hard rock music of the debut, but sees the band move more towards the classic Dokken sound and the result is a 2.0 reboot of a killer music machine!

Two Giants Of Metal GEORGE LYNCH & JEFF PILSON Reteam For A Killer Covers Album ‘Heavy Hitters’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on December 7, 2020
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Guitar-shredding virtuoso George Lynch has reteamed with former Dokken bandmate Jeff Pilson for a set of new studio recordings that turn pop music classics into powerful metal anthems! The two have previously made metal magic together as a duo on the 2003 album Wicked Underground, which was recently reissued on vinyl, as well as with other projects such as T&N and The End Machine. But this new batch of recordings, entitled appropriately enough Heavy Hitters, stands apart not only for its outstanding roster of players and vocalists including head Bulletboy Marq Torien, Fishbone’s Angelo Moore, New Zealand native Wil Martin and drummer Brian Tichy (Whitesnake/Ozzy) but for the jaw-dropping song selection. If you’ve ever wondered what an amped-up, full-throttle version of Carole King’s “I Feel The Earth Move” or Prince’s “Kiss” or Oasis’ “Champagne Supernova” or Madonna’s “Music,” then this is the album for you!

As a special treat, the band has released the first single from the album – a powerful rendition of Duran Duran’s “Ordinary World” – featuring Martin on vocals, offering just a small taste of what’s in store.

As Lynch himself explains, “I was never a huge Duran Duran fan but I always loved this song. It was just so majestic and emotional. It was an honor and a challenge to cover it in that we had to thread the needle between respecting the original vision of the arrangement but putting our stamp on it as well.”

Pilson, meanwhile, says “The purpose of this whole record, besides having a lot of fun making it, was to take amazing hit songs and interpret them in a way that was true to the greatness of the original but that also brought something new and fresh to the song. ‘Ordinary World’ is such a great melodic and emotional song, a song I think George and I have always loved. We just wanted to add some heaviness, a little George Lynch soulful playing and then let Wil fly with that phenomenal voice.”

Stream the single here: https://orcd.co/george_lynch_jeff_pilson_ordinary_world

Heavy Hitters will be available on both CD in a deluxe digipak and on limited edition colored vinyl starting December 18, courtesy of Deadline Music, a subsidiary of Cleopatra Records, Inc.!

Order the album: https://orcd.co/george_lynch_jeff_pilson_heavy_hitters

Track List:

  1. One Of Us (Originally by Joan Osbourne)
  2. You Got The Love (Originally by Rufus & Chaka Khan)
  3. I Feel The Earth (Originally by Carole King)
  4. Ordinary World (Originally by Duran Duran)
  5. Music (Originally by Madonna)
  6. Apologize (Originally by OneRepublic & Timbaland)
  7. Nowhere To Run (Originally by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas)
  8. Kiss (Originally by Prince)
  9. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (Originally by R.E.M.)
  10. Champagne Supernova (Originally by Oasis)
    BONUS TRACK [CD ONLY]
  11. Lucille (Originally by Little Richard)