As the electric virtuoso behind each of the most well-known Dokken and Lynch Mob albums the past four decades, George Lynch etched his name in guitar greatness long ago. As he’s grown older, Lynch has also ballooned his contributions to the metal scene in a plethora of side projects, supergroups and solo material.
Lynch’s latest endeavor finds him reuniting with longtime Dokken bassist Jeff Pilson and his former Lynch Mob and current Warrant vocalist Robert Mason on the sophomore effort for The End Machine. And while the group’s self-titled 2019 debut included Lynch’s longtime Dokken, Lynch Mob (and even 1979 outfit Xciter) drummer in “Wild” Mick Brown, the forthcoming record sees the retired Brown give way to his brother Steve Brown on the kit. The 12-song offering Phase2, which features a rockin’ video for “Blood and Money” (watch below), will drop April 9 on Frontier Records.
Lynch, 66, discussed the record along with his Dokken and Lynch Mob past, the future of his undertakings, his passion for crafting Mr. Scary guitars — named after his renowned 1987 instrumental on Dokken’s Back for the Attack album— and reflected on several significant events in his career and within the rock scene today for Alamo True Metal. Click below to watch one of the classic videos in which he participated, the Hear N’ Aid project, referenced during our chat.
Click here to watch our previous interview that also featured then-Lynch Mob vocalist Oni Logan in 2015, and click the sound widget below to hear today’s conversation in its entirety.
