Editing Dokken (section)

==Guest appearances and cultural references==
Members and former members of the band have appeared on various [[tribute albums]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}
*George Lynch played guitar on the song "Anthem" on a tribute album to [[Rush (band)|Rush]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}
*George Lynch and Jeff Pilson have appeared on tribute albums to [[Iron Maiden]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}
*[[Jeff Pilson]] appeared as the bassist for [[Steel Dragon]] in the film ''[[Rock Star (2001 film)|Rock Star]]'' (starring [[Mark Wahlberg]] and [[Jennifer Aniston]]) which was loosely based on the history of [[Judas Priest]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Rock Star (2001) IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0202470/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 |website=Rock Star 2001 IMDb}}</ref>
*They also appeared in [[Dio (band)|Dio]]'s [[Hear 'n Aid]] in the 1980s, and were featured prominently in the music video.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}
*In the mid-1980s Don Dokken sang lead vocals on the hit single for former [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] drummer [[Herman Rarebell]]'s solo project Herman Ze German and Friends. The song is a [[power ballad]] titled "I'll Say Goodbye". Don also sang lead vocals on the songs "Hard Sensation" and "Destiny".{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}
*In 2009, Dokken appeared in a series of commercials for [[NortonLifeLock|Symantec]]'s [[Norton Internet Security#Version 2010 .2817.x.29|Norton Internet Security 2010]]. The advertisements imagine a computer as a chicken and Dokken as a malicious computer virus. Each ad features a different outcome, based on whether or not the "Dokken Virus" was allowed into the system.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=126626|title=DOKKEN Wants To Blow Up Your Chicken|publisher=BlabberMouth|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912075122/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=126626|archive-date=September 12, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*Dokken's song "[[Dream Warriors (song)|Dream Warriors]]" appeared in the movie ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Soundtrack Credits |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093629/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd |website=A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Soundtrack Credits}}</ref>
*A cover version of "Dream Warriors" is featured in [[Riverdale (2017 TV series)|Riverdale]]'s episode "The Midnight Club".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3532610/video-riverdale-characters-made-dream-warriors-music-video-last-night/|title=[Video] The "Riverdale" Characters Made Their Own 'Dream Warriors' Music Video Last Night!|website=Bloody-disgusting.com|date=November 8, 2018|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-16}}</ref>
*In 2012, [[Aesop Rock]] released an album titled ''Skelethon'', on which he has a song titled "Dokken Rules", only appearing on the Deluxe Edition.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}
*On Munetaka Higuchi's (late drummer from [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]]) 1997 solo album, ''Dream Castle'', Jeff Pilson played bass on the tracks, "What Cost War" (sung by Ronnie James Dio) and "Free World". Don Dokken sang lead vocals on "Tell Me True", a cover of an old [[Talas (band)|Talas]] song. Talas' founding member, Billy Sheehan, played bass on this and several other tracks on the album.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}
*Dokken's "[[Into the Fire (Dokken song)|Into the Fire]]" was used as the theme song for the first 2 seasons of professional wrestling show [[NWA Power]], and was the [[NWA Into the Fire|namesake]] of the [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA's]] first exclusively produced [[pay-per-view]] event since becoming a singular wrestling promotion held on December 14, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Powell |first1=Jason |title=NWA introduces new theme song for the Powerrr series |url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2020/02/04/nwa-introduces-new-theme-song-for-the-powerrr-series/ |website=Prowrestling.net |date=February 4, 2020 |access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref>
* The band is listed as an opening act for Motley Crue during a cutaway scene from the movie "The Dirt" (2019).{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}
* [[Jeff Pilson]] voiced [[Johnny Cage]] in [[Mortal Kombat]] (2011){{citation needed|date=May 2023}}