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Re: Jani Lane Dead, only 47
Why wouldn't they? The last time he was in the band, they seemed to resent the hell out of him being there and getting a bigger pop than them, especially after Celeb Fit Club.
The last thing those guys want to admit to is that just about every Warrant hit ever - was written by Jani.
Re: Jani Lane Dead, only 47
Jani Lane's autopsy fails to find cause of death
Former Warrant band member's manager says singer battled alcoholism
The Associated Press Posted: Aug 12, 2011 3:23 AM ET
Metal band Warrant's former lead singer, Jani Lane, was found dead Thursday in a Los Angeles hotel. As investigators searched for clues Friday as to what killed Jani Lane, the former lead singer of the metal rock band Warrant, his family and friends prepared for a pair of memorial services to honour the rocker.
Lane, 47, was found dead Thursday in a hotel room in the San Fernando Valley, which is north of downtown Los Angeles.
Coroner's officials did not determine a cause of death after an autopsy Friday, but said they would wait to see the results of toxicology testing that could take up to two months.
With his long blond hair and tight leather outfits, Lane embodied the excess of 1980s "hair metal" rock bands. He joined Warrant in 1984 and wrote such hits as Heaven, Down Boys and Cherry Pie.
He had an on-and-off relationship with the band, leaving it in 1992 before returning and quitting several times. He left the band for good in 2008.
The current band will offer a tribute to Lane at a performance Friday night in Grand Forks, N.D., their publicist said.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family," the band wrote in a statement. "Jani was a very important part of our lives for a long time. We will always be incredibly proud of the music we created together. He was a true talent and will be missed by all of us."
His family will convene Sunday for a private memorial service, Lane's manager and longtime friend Obi Steinman said. A public memorial with performances by fellow metal rock bands including Great White and L.A. Guns will be held in Hollywood on Aug. 24 at a venue to be announced later, he said.
"He was one of the great rock-and-roll frontmen and singers of all time," Steinman said. "His music helped shape the '80s."
Lane had a pair of drunk driving arrests in recent years. Steinman said he battled alcoholism for years.
"He finally succumbed to that," Steinman said. "He lost his battle over alcohol."
Cherry Pie became a hit record when it was released in 1990, but Lane had mixed feelings about the song over the years. Lane wrote the song after a record executive told him they needed a radio-worthy single for Warrant's second album. "As a joke, Jani wrote Cherry Pie overnight in a hotel room," Steinman said.
It became the album's title and the band and Lane's biggest hit. The racy music video for the song was also a hit, and Lane married the model who starred in it, Bobbie Brown.
"He used to laugh," Steinman said. "It was a curse and a blessing all at the same time."
Although Lane denounced the song in the 1990s, Steinman said the rocker later embraced it, but just didn't want it to "define his artistry."
He spent recent years writing music for other musicians and himself, Steinman said. He also appeared in a season of VH1's Celebrity Fit Club.
Lane had been married for about two years to his third wife, Kimberly, Steinman said. He has two daughters from two previous marriages.
Re: Jani Lane Dead, only 47
I get that, but I sure as shit thought he was gonna get slightly better treatment than a half assed mention before Heaven at one show.
Yeah, lmao.
"Hey everyone out there! WOOO! Yeah!
Thanks for coming out.
We just want to say that, like um... there's this guy, and his name was Jani and he wrote this song, and he passed away a couple days ago, so it's dedicated (cut off because the intial bars have already started)
*crowd looks puzzled*
Guy in crowd whispers... "I thought the guy up there was Jani what's his face"
Friend replies... "No stupid, that guy up there is the replacement. It's Mark Slaughter"
Seriously - that's the kind of crowds these guys play too. I can't tell you how many people were half-way through a Skid Row show, before it dawned on them the guy in the cowboy hat wasn't Baz.
Re: Jani Lane Dead, only 47
If it took Jani's replacement to have the class to dedicate Heaven to Jani - that's fucking pathetic.
Was he being a dick, or did the entire Warrant-band just desert and pretend he never existed, and it took the replacement having to say something?
Man if Slash died and Axl pulled that shit, not only would he never get a dime of my money... i'd make it my business to start shit if I ever saw him "his family" there or not.
Re: Jani Lane Dead, only 47
JANI LANE: Audio Of 911 Call Released.....
TMZ.com reports that when former WARRANT singer Jani Lane's body was discovered at a California motel on August 11, no one at the scene wanted to go near him, even to check if he was still alive.
According to the audio recording of the 911 call placed by a lady at the front desk, housekeepers discovered the body, but no one would touch it to check for a pulse.
The dispatcher replied, "It would be nice to know if we can help him," but the hotel staff at the Comfort Inn hotel in Woodland Hills, California still refused.
911 call (audio):
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbe … mID=162396
TMZ.com previously reported that a note saying "I am Jani Lane" was found in the singer's pocket on the day he died. However, Jani, who had no official ID on him when his body was discovered, isn't believed to have written the note himself.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ.com that the note contained a phone number for a person close to Jani, and police contacted that person after Jani's body was discovered.
Investigators have confirmed to TMZ.com that the note was written by one of Jani's friends who had placed a similar note on Jani in the past.
According to the site, members of Jani's family are furious over the fact that the person who wrote the note didn't help Lane seek treatment for the singer's substance-abuse problem instead of simply tucking a piece of paper into Jani's pants.
It's unclear if the same person who wrote the note also checked Jani into the Comfort Inn since it appears the room where Jani was discovered was not purchased by Jani himself.
An autopsy performed on Lane proved inconclusive pending the results of toxicology tests, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.
Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter says it may take several weeks to finalize the cause of death.
