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George Lynch Interview - Page 2

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There's a story floating around that Don Dokken says you told him you wanted to rejoin Dokken. Could you clear that up for us?

I ran into him at a drugstore. He came over to me and we shot the shit for a while. We then talked a few times over the course of a few weeks. He proposed that I come down and record a song, one of my old songs from Exciter. In the end I declined because it wasn't worth it to me to do that. What I suggested was down the road if there's ever an opportunity and it's all original members and we could do things equitably and fairly, who knows? That's where I left it.

Then he did an interview saying that I was sort of desperately calling him up seeking to rejoin the band. That's so far from the truth, such a complete lie. The guy is an unbelievable spinner.

In addition to performing, you've also been involved in conducting guitar clinics and doing some teaching.

I do. I work with my endorsers. I'm such a techie and a gearhead. Equipment is always something I've been vitally involved in. My sound is a big part of what I do, and equipment is responsible for that. I'm always looking for ways to tweak my gear. That's led to a lot of involvement with ESP, my guitar company. Peavey and I have been in development of an amp for 4 years. It's coming out in January and called the Brahma. I do a lot of work in support of those products and companies.

Any plans for an instructional DVD?

I've got a couple, but they're old. I will do one, but it's at the bottom of my to-do list.

What else do you having going on?

There are a couple other things in the pipeline that I have to finish this year. I'm putting my old band Xciter's music out on CD just for the fans on my website at http://www.georgelynch.com I've been working on that for a couple months. I've also got a double CD coming out called Lost Lynch which is a complete retrospective of the stuff I've done that's been released from the very first record I played on when I was 17 to stuff I did just recently and everything in between. There's some interesting Dokken stuff with Jeff (Pilson) singing.

I have a Lynch Mob DVD that we've been working on for almost a year and a half. It's a live show that comes with a companion audio CD. That will come out by the end of this year.

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