Jeff Pilson Angry and Disappointed Over Dokken Box Set

Former Dokken bassist Jeff Pilson has expressed his disappointment within the group’s current field set.

In 2023, Dokken launched The Elektra Albums 1983 – 1987, a set containing the band’s first 4 albums: Breaking the Chains, Tooth and Nail, Underneath Lock and Key and Again for the Assault. Pilson, who performed on all of these releases aside from Breaking the Chains, was lower than impressed with the set.

“I used to be disillusioned within the field set that got here out final 12 months,” the bassist admitted to KNAC (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “I simply thought it was plain. There is no extras in anyway. And, see, that is company folks making selections not primarily based on something inventive or something fan-oriented, and that pisses me off, frankly.”

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Although Pilson stated he’d nonetheless “love folks to purchase it,” he expressed frustration with how the file label dealt with the set.

“It form of pisses me off that they put out a product with so little thought behind it,” the bassist declared. “I’ve obtained shit mendacity round that would have been nice additional stuff. And I provided, by the best way, and no one listened. And that makes me offended.”

Pilson’s Disappointment Stretches Past the Lack of Bonus Materials

“They did not remaster the vinyl accurately,” Pilson famous, additional explaining his points with the set. “I might like to see it achieved accurately, and there are corporations that do it, however now they are not gonna have an interest as a result of it simply got here out.”

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In keeping with Pilson, the field set’s launch additionally blocked a possible fortieth anniversary reissue of Dokken’s sophomore album, Tooth and Nail.

“I do not assume we’re gonna get a great re-release of that, sadly, as a result of I believe it ought to occur too,” the rocker lamented. “However such is life.”