On the November 8th edition of The Classic Metal Show, Dokken vocalist Don Dokken announced that vocalist/bassist Mark Boals (Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Ted Nugent) has been named as the new bassist of Dokken. During the conversation, Dokken explained how Boals came into the band, as well as the factors that led to his decision to replace former bassist Sean McNabb (Great White, Quiet Riot, Sons Of Anarchy).

Said Don: "Sean is doing acting and solo projects and other bands. Sean's a very motivated guy and has got a lot of stuff going on, but I need a bass player that wants to be in DOKKEN... not to be in DOKKEN to promote himself, if you understand. There was a time when I asked him to turn down 'cause he was crushing everybody on stage with the bass volume, and I went over and asked him to turn down, and he didn't. So I went over and turned the amp down, and he walked back to the amp and turned it back up. Now, you don't do that in DOKKEN. You don't do that in any band. You don't do that in WHITESNAKE or PRIEST or anybody... If you do that as a hired gun, and you go up and the lead singer tells you to turn it down, and he turns you down and then you turn yourself back up, you'd be on a bus taking a slow Greyhound home. So that was kind of the last straw for that. And I understand."

Joe Schaeffer Photography has uploaded video footage of Don Dokken and Mark Boals (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, DIO DISCIPLES) performing an acoustic version of the DOKKEN classic "In My Dreams" on September 7 during the the Huntington Beach Food, Art & Music Festival in California. Check it out below.

DOKKEN's eleventh studio album, "Broken Bones", sold around 2,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 173 on The Billboard 200 chart. Released in North America on September 25, 2012 via Frontiers Records, the effort was made available in two configurations: standard CD and limited-edition CD in digipak with a bonus DVD, which features a comprehensive "Making Of The Album" documentary.

"Broken Bones" was produced by Don Dokken and was mixed by Bob St. John (EXTREME, DURAN DURAN, COLLECTIVE SOUL) and Wyn Davis (BLACK SABBATH, DIO, WHITESNAKE) and mastered by famed engineer Maor Appelbaum (HALFORD, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, SEPULTURA). The new set features a return to the band's signature sound of catchy melodies, hot riffs and monster production.