48-479: Pilson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jeff Pilson (born 1959), American musician Neal Pilson (born 1940), American television executive See also [ edit ] Hilson [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Pilson . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
96-568: A benefit show for muscular dystrophy on July 25, 2004, in Santa Barbara, CA at Fess Parker 's Doubletree Resort. West would be replaced by Kelly Hansen , formerly with Hurricane , who made his debut with the group on March 11, 2005, at Boulder Station in Las Vegas. Pilson has been part of every Foreigner recording and tour since, including the 2009 studio album, Can't Slow Down . Pilson would play bass on Lynch Mob 's 2015 album, Rebel . In
144-584: A brief period, Varney called Pilson to get involved in the recording of Rock Justice , a rock opera co-written by Varney and produced by Marty Balin . Still based in San Francisco, Pilson next teamed up with guitarist Randy Hansen , best known as a Jimi Hendrix impersonator, and Pilson recorded the Astral Projection – Live album with Hansen for Shrapnel Records . When the band with Hansen dissolved, Pilson moved to Los Angeles and only weeks later, on
192-498: A few dates with Loudness and concluded the tour on April 10, 1985 in Syracuse, New York, opening for Sammy Hagar . In the following months they ceased live activities to compose and record their third album Under Lock and Key , which was released on November 22, 1985. Third and last single to the album " Alone Again " was released in March 1985, after the tour had concluded and became
240-496: A heavy progressive rock project named 13th Floor although no album was ever released. After exiting both Dio and Dokken, he and former War & Peace mate, Tommy Henriksen , began working on a modern rock project called Underground Moon, for which Pilson decided to assume the pseudonym Dominic Moon. The album, which included a cover of Midnight Oil 's " Beds Are Burning ", was released in Europe and Japan in 2001 and Pilson put together
288-449: A minor revamp in 1987, when it was featured in the soundtrack of the horror movie A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors along with Dokken's newly written " Dream Warriors ". The song can be heard in the VHS and DVD versions of the film in the opening sequence when the character Kristen Parker , played by Patricia Arquette , is listening to the radio in her bedroom. " Just Got Lucky "
336-550: A recommendation by Mike Varney, was contacted by vocalist Don Dokken who was looking for a bass player for his band Dokken . An audition was set up and Pilson joined the band in October 1983. Pilson was co-writer on many of Dokken's best known and most successful songs, including Just Got Lucky , Alone Again , Into the Fire , The Hunter , In My Dreams , It's Not Love , Kiss of Death , and Dream Warriors . Pilson recorded
384-555: A remake of Dokken's "It's Not Love" on T&N's Slave to the Empire . Initially called Superstroke, the name was changed to The End Machine for the band's eponymous 2019 debut album , produced by Pilson. 2020 saw Pilson part of yet another all-star project involving former bandmates, Robin McAuley and Reb Beach , as well as drummer Matt Starr from Mr. Big . Dubbed Black Swan, the quartet issued their Pilson produced debut album, Shake
432-607: A short-lived live band and performed a handful of L.A. club shows. The album saw a limited edition re-issue in 2008 through Polish company Metal Mind Productions . On the heels of Underground Moon, Pilson reunited with his ex-Dokken bandmate, guitarist George Lynch , in a project called Lynch/Pilson, releasing the album Wicked Underground in 2003. After a proposed Dokken reunion did not materialize, Pilson re-teamed with Lynch and drummer Mick Brown in Tooth & Nail, later shortened to T & N in 2011. They would release Slave to
480-580: Is a 1973 Fender P-Bass with '66 pickups running through an Ampeg SVT. In the studio Pilson runs all of his basses through Ampeg SVTs, as well as the Ampeg SVX plug-in from IK Multimedia. He is a multi-instrumentalist who also plays guitar, drums, flute, cello and violin. Uncreation (2006) as bassist & producer Tooth and Nail (Dokken album) Tooth and Nail is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Dokken , released on September 14, 1984 through Elektra Records . After
528-557: Is an American musician best known for being the bass player in the glam metal band Dokken and currently classic rock band Foreigner . He has also had an extended stint with Dio in the 1990s. Pilson was born on 19 January 1958 in Lake Forest, Illinois . Has an Irish descent. Spent part of his youth in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , before moving to Longview, Washington , where he graduated from R.A. Long High School in 1976. He attended
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#1733107008085576-708: The NWOBHM -influenced debut album towards a more melodic and poppier kind of music, similar to the rising glam metal which would dominate the LA scene in the following years. The extremes in music styles are touched with songs like the title track and "Turn On the Action", which resemble speed metal for their fast pace and aggressive riffs, versus "Just Got Lucky" and "Alone Again", typical pop metal songs. In another statement, Don Dokken himself acknowledged this shift in style, regarding it as more suited to his vocal limitations. Tooth and Nail
624-497: The University of Washington to study music after he had started playing bass at age 13 but left without a degree in order to pursue a career in music. One of his early bands was an Emerson, Lake & Palmer type progressive trio called Christmas. He moved to San Francisco in 1978 where he met up and became friends with guitarist Mike Varney . Varney and Pilson would join forces in the band Cinema. After moving back to Seattle for
672-460: The hair/pop/glam metal subgenre by many critics and fans and Tooth and Nail is included in various polls of best glam metal albums. However, in a 2004 interview, Don Dokken disclaimed the band's belonging to that category and any comparison with acts like Mötley Crüe and Poison . A more thorough analysis by Canadian music journalist Martin Popoff places Tooth and Nail in transition from
720-536: The British magazine Kerrang! , praised Don Dokken's "strongly melodic" vocals and the "thunderous riffing and dazzling soloing" of George Lynch, judging the album probably not the band's best but "more than a match for the pretenders to the throne of LA Metaldome." Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic was enthusiastic of Lynch's guitar playing, claiming that "there isn't a single solo on the album that isn't worth hearing", and appreciated Don Dokken's voice for making even
768-517: The British producer Roy Thomas Baker , famous for his work with Queen , Journey and The Cars and for his hedonistic lifestyle. Baker's main task was to keep the band in check and occupied while Wagener recorded lead vocals by night and mixed the album, secretly assisted by Dokken. Production also overcame the sudden and unmotivated disappearance of Lynch for a week and wrapped up recording and mixing in August 1984. Dokken are considered players of
816-629: The Dead (2012). He produced Foreigner's 2006 CD, Live in '05 , as well as tracks off of their 2008 No End in Sight release as well as their most recent effort, The Best of Foreigner 4 & More (2014). He returned as producer for Benedictum in 2012 for their fourth album, Obey (2013). In December 2012 it was revealed that Pilson would produce the second album by Kill Devil Hill , featuring Pilson's former Flesh & Blood and Dio bandmate Vinny Appice on drums. Pilson also wrote all but two songs and produced
864-646: The Empire , an album of re-worked Dokken songs and new material involving a plethora of guest vocalists in the fall of 2012. Pilson was also confirmed as the bass player on the Lynch Mob 's forthcoming 2015 studio release. Pilson briefly returned to Dio to help record the band's final studio album, Master of the Moon . He became the bass player for Foreigner in the summer of 2004 when he joined an impromptu lineup consisting of founding member Mick Jones , Jason Bonham , Jeff Jacobs, Thom Gimbel, and Bonham singer Chas West for
912-530: The US. To fill in the vacant bass-player slot, Shrapnel Records manager Mike Varney suggested to Don Dokken a member of his band, Cinema, named Jeff Pilson , who joined the band after an audition in 1983. Lynch began laying down guitar riffs and music ideas on a four-track recorder at his home in 1983, soon joined by Pilson and drummer Mick Brown . The three of them formed a cohesive songwriting team which produced several demos including lyrics and vocals. Don Dokken
960-633: The World , on February 14, 2020, prefaced by videos for the songs "Shake the World" and "Big Disaster". On October 31, 2022, it was announced the Pilson had joined forces with guitarist Joel Hoekstra and drummer Deen Castronovo to become part of the band Revolution Saints. In addition to producing his own projects starting with War & Peace, Pilson has also worked in that capacity with several other acts, helming Benedictum 's Uncreation (2006) and Seasons of Tragedy (2008), respectively, and Adler 's Back from
1008-479: The album started in the spring of 1984 at Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, California with veteran sound engineer Geoff Workman , whose personality and erratic behaviour did not mesh easily with Werman's direction. This troubled relationship only added up to the escalating clash of egos between Lynch and Dokken, which was furtherly exacerbated by the abuse of cocaine and alcohol by musicians and technicians. Werman set
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#17331070080851056-440: The album was entrusted to renowned producer Tom Werman , but the recordings were hampered by the clash of egos between vocalist Don Dokken and guitarist George Lynch , who could not work together in a studio at the same time, and by the excesses of musicians and technicians. For these reasons, Werman was unable to carry on his work and quit the job after a few weeks, replaced by Roy Thomas Baker and Michael Wagener, who completed
1104-676: The band's biggest hit, spending fourteen weeks on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, which included two at its peak position of No. 20. More significantly, the ballad was aided by strong rotation of the Isham-directed music video on MTV that spring and summer, giving the band their first and biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where its eleven-week run from May to July 1985 peaked at No. 64. Tooth and Nail received mostly positive reviews. Paul Suter, in his review for
1152-547: The early 1990s, Pilson also worked as a session bassist with the band Wild Horses (not to be confused with the British band of the same name), guitarist Michael Lee Firkins , and MSG , before taking part in the Dokken reunion which resulted in 1995's Dysfunctional album. It was followed by the semi-acoustic One Live Night (1995), the controversial Shadowlife (1997), and Erase the Slate (1999), Pilson's last studio album with
1200-912: The fall of 2016, Pilson and the classic Dokken lineup of Don Dokken, George Lynch, and 'Wild' Mick Brown reunited for 6 shows in Japan. They also played a warm-up show at Badlands Pawn Guns Gold And Rock 'N' Roll in Sioux Falls, SD . The band's October 8 Loud Park performance at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan was commemorated with the Return to the East Live 2016 CD/DVD/Blu-ray package in 2018; it also included an exclusive new studio track, "It's Just Another Day". In 2018, Pilson would once again get together with Dokken and T&N mates George Lynch and Mick Brown and former Lynch Mob vocalist, Robert Mason, who earlier guested on
1248-443: The group. During the 1990s, Pilson also recorded and toured with Dio , appearing on both Strange Highways (1993) and Angry Machines (1996). In 1993, Pilson collaborated with former Giuffria and Dio guitarist Craig Goldy , co-writing and contributing lead vocals to 4 songs on Goldy's first solo album, Insufficient Therapy , issued on Shrapnel Records in 1993. During that time, Pilson, Goldy and drummer Tim Pedersen also had
1296-421: The influential Q Prime Inc. of Cliff Burnstein and Peter Mensch , which also represented the successful Def Leppard , the band signed a contract with the major American label Elektra Records and eventually had the album released in their home country in 1983. Dokken went on an arena tour in the US as support act for Aldo Nova , Blue Öyster Cult and Rainbow , but the band's increased exposure did not save
1344-697: The latest Starship feat. Mickey Thomas album, Loveless Fascination (2013), the group's first new studio release in almost a quarter century. As of late 2014, Pilson had resumed production work on the debut album by Last in Line , a band featuring original Dio members Vinny Appice, Jimmy Bain , and Vivian Campbell , with Andrew Freeman on vocals, which is due out in 2015. Pilson has also produced his two latest musical projects, The End Machine and Black Swan, whose debut albums were released through Italian label Frontiers Records in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Pilson has also worked as an actor, having appeared in
1392-400: The most "clichéd material sound convincing". Taylor T. Carlson in his book HAIRcyclopedia Vol. 1 - The Legends calls Tooth and Nail a "true classic" among Dokken's production. Martin Popoff described the album's music as a mix of "Def Leppard-ish mood metal", "AOR-ish and pop-sweet" songs and "muscle-rockers." He put Dokken almost on par with Van Halen , both for the "live-feel bombast" of
1440-522: The movie Rock Star , 2001. Pilson played bassist Jorgen , of the fictional band Steel Dragon, along with Zakk Wylde , future Foreigner bandmate, Jason Bonham , who also contributed to the Soundtrack, with Miljenko Matijevic and Jeff Scott Soto as vocalists, who cannot be seen. He also contributed to the Mortal Kombat reboot, performing the voice acting for Johnny Cage . Pilson's current bass
1488-488: The music and for the "heated conflict between guitarist and vocalist." Though clearly more an album act than a singles act, Dokken's album sales were tied to the videos for the singles from those albums. Tooth and Nail rose to No. 71 on the US Billboard 200 chart during the release of "Into the Fire", but fell off the charts for a week before re-entering and rising to No. 77 during the release of "Just Got Lucky". It
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1536-402: The name to War & Peace, Pilson released a total of four albums, starting with 1993's Time Capsule , utilizing different players and lineups along the way. The recordings of the original Flesh & Blood lineup were released in 1999 and re-issued in 2013 with a bonus track, packaged with recordings from another session, under the name War & Peace as The Flesh and Blood Sessions . In
1584-411: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pilson&oldid=1036496174 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Monitored short pages Jeff Pilson Jeffrey Steven Pilson (born 19 January 1958)
1632-505: The producer. Werman quit and left for a summer vacation with his family, bringing Don Dokken to request again the hiring of Michael Wagener to complete the recordings and mixing the tracks. Despite Werman and Burnstein's agreement on Wagener's involvement, the rest of the band continued to refuse him, jeopardizing the release of the album. The singer expressed his concerns to the label executives and pleaded with them for Wagener's help. Elektra complied to Dokken's request, but hired also
1680-424: The recordings and mixed the album. The music of the album ranges from fast and aggressive tracks to pop and melodic ballads. Tooth and Nail received positive reviews but was a slow seller, reaching the peak of No. 49 on the US Billboard 200 album chart and Gold status more than ten months after its release, on the wake of the success of the single " Alone Again " and of its accompanying music video . The album
1728-510: The remixed reissue from commercial failure, and Elektra meditated to drop them. Their management convinced the label to finance the release of another album instead. Meanwhile, bassist Juan Croucier had left Dokken to join the Los Angeles outfit Ratt and guitarist George Lynch had quit and rejoined multiple times. It was apparent from the start a manifest incompatibility of character between Lynch and vocalist Don Dokken , which prevented
1776-480: The rest of the band. Elektra Records selected instead the expert Tom Werman to produce the album; his accomplishments in the music business included multi-platinum albums with Cheap Trick , Molly Hatchet , Ted Nugent and the production of rising stars Mötley Crüe 's second album Shout at the Devil . Werman was present at rehearsals and helped to select and arrange the songs before production began. The recording of
1824-636: The studio albums Tooth and Nail (1984), Under Lock and Key (1985), and Back for the Attack (1987), all certified platinum , and the gold certified live album Beast from the East (1988). After the breakup of Dokken in the wake of the Monsters of Rock Tour 1988 , Pilson, along with Randy Hansen, Vinny Appice and Michael Diamond of Legs Diamond , formed his own group called Flesh & Blood in 1989, handling lead vocal and rhythm guitar duties. After changing
1872-457: The ten best. Before pre-production began, Don Dokken proposed as producer his German friend Michael Wagener , whose curriculum included works with Accept , Raven , Great White and the production and engineering of Breaking the Chains . Predictably, Wagener's friendship with Dokken and Lynch's dissatisfaction for the sound of their debut album brought to the rejection of the singer's proposal by
1920-450: The title Tooth and Nail . If we're going to make it, it's going to be with a fight. After the release of their debut album Breaking the Chains through French label Carrere Records in November 1981, Dokken had toured in support of the album in Europe, but were still relegated in local clubs in the US, where the album had not been issued. Only when Dokken came under the management of
1968-429: The two from working together and more than once escalated in open hostility. During Lynch's lapses of membership, Dokken tried out other guitarists, including Warren DeMartini , who later joined Ratt when that band's career began to take off. Lynch auditioned for Ozzy Osbourne 's band to replace the deceased Randy Rhoads but was not selected, and finally settled in with Dokken after the release of their first album in
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2016-500: The unsuccessful US release of the band's 1983 debut album, Breaking the Chains , the record label was reluctant to give credit to Dokken for a follow-up. Dokken's management struggled to convince the label's executives to give the band another chance and this fight for recognition is reflected in the album's title. This album was the group's first with bassist Jeff Pilson following Juan Croucier 's departure to join Ratt . The production of
2064-511: The working schedule to avoid the contemporary presence of guitarist and vocalist in the studio, with the former recording with the rest of the band late morning and in the afternoon and the latter at night. This arrangement was maintained for all the permanence of George Lynch in the band, as he and Dokken never worked together in a recording studio. After a few weeks of work, the situation exploded when Lynch violently rejected Werman's advice for some of his guitar solos and refused to work again with
2112-446: Was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 1989, after both Under Lock and Key (1985) and Back for the Attack (1987) had achieved such status. Elektra wanted to drop us. They said, 'Forget this band. They aren't going to go anywhere'. Our managers had to beg them to keep us on the label. They said, 'We'll give you one more shot'. So we were up against the wall. So that's why we came up with
2160-425: Was during the run of the third single "Alone Again" that the album, sliding down the charts after "Just Got Lucky" faded, reversed course and hit its peak of No. 49. This time, Tooth and Nail would be certified Gold by the RIAA on August 13, 1985, the band's first certification, and would linger on the charts for the remainder of the year. This continued buoying of sales resulted in the unusual circumstance of
2208-466: Was excluded from this creative stage and worked on songs and lyrics on his own or with Pilson. The power ballad " Alone Again " was the result of a Dokken/Pilson collaboration and is the reworking of a song written by Dokken in 1975. Lynch opposed the inclusion of the song in the album because he did not want ballads in it, but was finally convinced otherwise. According to Don Dokken, the band wrote 25 songs in this period, which were then narrowed down to
2256-609: Was mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound in New York City and released on September 14, 1984. The lead-off single for the album was " Into the Fire ", which was released on September 11, 1984, and received enough radio coverage to spend eight weeks in the Top 40 of Billboard 's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart from October to December 1984, peaking at No. 21 and charting for a total of eleven weeks. The music video for this song also received moderate play on MTV . The song had
2304-554: Was the second single, released on November 19, 1984 and somewhat less successful. Even though it was supported by a music video directed by Wayne Isham , it charted only on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for seven weeks during January and February 1985 where it peaked at No. 27. To support the release of the album, the band started a long US tour on October 9, 1984 in Texas. During the tour they were opening act for Twisted Sister and Y&T , Dio and Kiss . Dokken co-headlined
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