The Resume

(September 28, 1954- )
Raised in Sacramento, California
Guitarist for Dokken (1978-1988, 1994-1998) and the Lynch Mob
Recorded the albums ‘Back in the Streets,' ‘Breaking the Chains,' ‘Tooth and Nail,' ‘Under Lock and Key,' ‘Back for Attack,' ‘Beast from the East,' ‘Dysfunctional' and ‘Shadowlife'
Appears the in the movie ‘The Journey of August King'

Why he might be annoying:

He left Dokken during the peak of their popularity.
He twice auditioned to be the guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne.
He lost the first time to Randy Rhoads and the second time he was replaced three days after he got the job to Jake E. Lee.
He was married to less than one year.
His signature guitar is covered in bones.
He left Dokken twice.
He shares the same name as a basketball player and a race car driver.

Why he might not be annoying:

He has been labeled a guitar virtuoso.
He is one of the most popular guitarists to emerge from the 1980's.
He is an avid body builder.
A guitar solo of his supposedly caused a volcano to erupt.
He developed his own signature guitars with ESP.

Credit: Toys in the Attic

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [September] (Ranked: 9281954)
• Guitar World's 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists of All Time [March 2004] (Ranked: 47)
• I Married for Less than Two Years
• I Married in 1985
• I Performed at Hear 'n Aid [1985]
• Jasmin St. Clair's List of Hottest Men (Ranked: 9)
• Look at My Guitar
• Look at My Skull
• Musicians Who Can't Read Music
• My Band, My Name
• Nightmare on Elm Street [Series]
• Profiles 18501-18750 (Ranked: 18639)
• Toys in the Attic's Profiles [Series 2]
• VH-1's 100 Most Metal Moments (Ranked: 13)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 143 Votes: 46.85% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 85 Votes: 55.29% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 19 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 70.83% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 50 Votes: 74.00% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 76 Votes: 73.68% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 115 Votes: 74.78% Annoying