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Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: Gazoo on August 11, 2011, 09:41:19 PM

Title: RIP Jani Lane, Warrant singer, 47
Post by: Gazoo on August 11, 2011, 09:41:19 PM

Thus spake TMZ: http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/11/warrant-singer-jani-lane-dead-dies-died-hotel-ventura-los-angeles-cherry-pie/#.TkSut0cxSuE

Hated most of the band's work, but still, yikes.

Title: Re: RIP Jani Lane, Warrant singer, 47
Post by: Wayback on August 12, 2011, 10:39:31 AM

I wasn't a fan either although I did get a chuckle out of "Cherry Pie" and its video, one of the iconic '80s hair band moments.   However, betcha didn't know this (from article below):  "Lane and Warrant rose on the Sunset Strip circuit in the mid-1980s alongside kindred spirits Guns N' Roses, but, ironically, one of their early fans was funk singer Prince, who tried to sign the band to his Paisley Park imprint. The band ultimately signed with Columbia Records, and the label delivered."
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/08/jani-lane-former-singer-for-metal-band-warrant-dies.html