# Kiss of Death guitar solo > George Lynch's guitar solo on Kiss of Death by Dokken (1987) starts at about 2:50. From the album Back for the Attack. A glam metal classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: Dokken, 1987, from *Back for the Attack*. Solo by *George Lynch*. A galloping minor-key riff sets up one of Lynch's most aggressive solos, full of vicious vibrato and dive-bombing runs. Kiss of Death by Dokken is #2 in our ranking of the best Dokken guitar solos. The solo is played by George Lynch and the song was released in 1987. ## In our lists - [The Best Dokken Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/dokken-guitar-solos/) — #2 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Kiss of Death? George Lynch played the solo on Dokken's Kiss of Death (1987). ### What guitar was used on the Kiss of Death solo? An esp through a Marshall amp, according to widely reported accounts. --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)