Dokken - Into The Fire

What this video is

Released in September 1984 as the lead single from 'Tooth and Nail' on Elektra Records, 'Into The Fire' arrived at the precise moment when MTV was functioning as the primary commercial engine for hard rock acts. The song charted for eight weeks in the Top 40 of Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and helped push the album to No. 71 on the Billboard 200. Dokken occupied a transitional position in the LA metal…

Why it matters

A key artifact of the mid-80s LA hard rock wave, predating the full commercial explosion of glam metal by 1–2 years. Dokken's 'Into The Fire' demonstrates the genre in a harder, less glamorized register, and its MTV exposure helped establish the band's visual identity. The video is notable as an…

The director

David Victor Mark Mallet (born 17 December 1945, West Horsley, Surrey, England) is a British director of music videos and concert films. He co-founded the pioneering music video production company MGMM with Scott Millaney, Brian Grant, and Russell Mulcahy in…