Breaking the Chains is the debut studio album by heavy metal band Dokken.
The album was originally released in 1981 in Europe as Breakin' the Chains on the French label Carrere Records. This version contains some different mixes and titles of songs from the later US edition. "Paris Is Burning" is called "Paris" and is actually a studio version as opposed to the live recording in Berlin from December 1982. The album also contained a song called "We're Illegal", which was later turned into "Live to Rock".
The album was renamed and released in the US in 1983 by Elektra Records and reached number 136 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album was considered a flop by the label, which had the intention to drop the band. However, Dokken management convinced Elektra that they could make a more successful album, which materialized in Tooth and Nail in September 1984. Breaking the Chains title track was named the 62nd greatest hard rock song by VH1. It is featured on the radio station "V-ROCK" in the 2006 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
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John Angarrack is a Cornish nationalist who campaigns for greater recognition of Cornish identity and is a self-published author on Cornish affairs.
Cornish nationalism
His interest in the Cornish language and history developed while he was studying at Liverpool Polytechnic in the late 1970s. Much of his work deals with the detail of the core issues of the Cornish national movement as well as a re-examination of Cornish history. In 1997 Angarrack started writing his first book, Breaking the Chains, which was self-published in 1999, and claimed to uncover the truth about Cornish history and identity.
On 12 December 2008, Angarrack took part in a debate on Cornish identity which was broadcast live on BBC Radio Cornwall's Laurence Reed show. The two other panel guests were Mebyon Kernow leader, Dick Cole and Professor Philip Payton of Institute of Cornish Studies. Angarrack's campaign to revive Cornish culture and language also featured in a 2005 article in the European edition of Time Magazine.