Editing Dokken (section)

===Reformation (1993–1997)===
After releasing ''Up from the Ashes'' in 1990 Don Dokken wrote another solo album in 1993. Titled ''[[Dysfunctional (Dokken album)|Dysfunctional]]'', the album was recorded and produced in Don's studio. However, when [[John Kalodner]] wanted to sign him for the album, he suggested that George Lynch be brought back into the band so that the album could be marketed as a Dokken album, and not another Don Dokken solo effort. Despite the fact that the tension between Lynch and Don Dokken was the cause of the band's 1989 split, the two agreed to put their problems behind them for the time being. The band re-united in 1994 along with Mick Brown and Jeff Pilson, with Lynch re-writing and re-recording the guitar solos on the album, which were originally conceived by Don. Dokken was signed with [[Columbia Records]] and the album managed to sell 300,000 copies despite the decline in popularity of similar bands during this time.<ref name="Metal Dreams">{{cite web |url=http://www.metaldreams.net/dokken-interview.htm |title=Metal Dreams Interview with Don Dokken |publisher=Metaldreams.net |access-date=July 20, 2011 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081222092902/http://www.metaldreams.net/dokken-interview.htm |archive-date= December 22, 2008}}</ref>

During the tour supporting ''Dysfunctional'', old tensions between George and Don had resurfaced and the band began to split apart. During a [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] promotion for the new album in which the band was scheduled to play live on 120 radio stations, Lynch unexpectedly left the studio and refused to re-enter. The record company was forced to air the rehearsal tape that had been recorded earlier and four days later the label dropped Dokken, presumably because of this and other similar incidents involving Lynch's behavior. ''[[One Live Night]]'', a live acoustic album, was released in 1996 by a new label, [[CMC International]], and was followed with ''[[Shadowlife]]'' in 1997. Don Dokken was dissatisfied with ''Shadowlife'', an album in which Lynch took total control and even went as far as to replace the original Dokken logo on the album. Don alleges that Lynch intended to destroy the band with this album, reciting the following quote from him in an interview: "This is the perfect record. This is gonna be the end of Dokken, and that is what I wanted to accomplish."<ref name="Metal Dreams"/>