Warrant in 1998 - Warrant in 2000

[ParaDime77]

1998 - not sure who is on drums and lead guitar. Band in the midst of post grunge and playing newer material along with the DRFSR/Cherry Pie stuff. Credit due, the band kept going in this era. A huge style clash.

https://youtu.be/rwBTVOS8igs?si=1Qg6IH7eUj9SnfB-


Appears Keri Kelli played lead. Jani and the band still sounds good, crowd is having a blast. Jani is completely loaded and sorts rambling about stuff through the show. Goes into the crowd and starts going off with profanity. “He called me out!”

https://youtu.be/GwrU-iQrESA?si=nRhUxUJyNCl3zHz3

Oddly enough in desperation , Warrant covered Lit “My Own Worst Enemy” - was this a half hearted attempt to get a tour slot with a new, more relevant band in 2000!?

https://youtu.be/3IP_mPWqpEo?si=CzngQKmSvirmTUbh

[jhenders]

That's Rick Steir from Kingdom Come on lead guitar in the 1998 footage. I think it's Bobby Borg on drums?

I saw the 1998 show a month later, December 1998, in Albuquerque and remember the extended intro with the C+C Music Factory music and "lets get ready to rumble!" announcement.

[fromanotherplace82]

I went to several shows over the years and i noticed a change in the atmosphere around the time Keri Kelli left. The band creatively was pretty much finished at this point and very little material was being recorded since Jerry and Erik didn't like any of the songs Jani was writing. Jani was drinking more and more to cope with his frustration at the band rejecting his songs but it didn't start affect his performances until the last few shows before he left.

[Mister Freeze]

Appears Keri Kelli played lead. Jani and the band still sounds good, crowd is having a blast. Jani is completely loaded and sorts rambling about stuff through the show. Goes into the crowd and starts going off with profanity. “He called me out!”

https://youtu.be/GwrU-iQrESA?si=nRhUxUJyNCl3zHz3

Oddly enough in desperation , Warrant covered Lit “My Own Worst Enemy” - was this a half hearted attempt to get a tour slot with a new, more relevant band in 2000!?

https://youtu.be/3IP_mPWqpEo?si=CzngQKmSvirmTUbh

I loved seeing them cover "Anything Anything"... Then the band released an album of covers, and it wasn't on it. Just a bunch of boring obvious stuff. Like do I really need someone else doing "Hair Of The Dog"?

[ParaDime77]

I went to several shows over the years and i noticed a change in the atmosphere around the time Keri Kelli left. The band creatively was pretty much finished at this point and very little material was being recorded since Jerry and Erik didn't like any of the songs Jani was writing. Jani was drinking more and more to cope with his frustration at the band rejecting his songs but it didn't start affect his performances until the last few shows before he left.

Appreciate your opinion. Was there any appetite for new Warrant songs around 2000? I can see why the other band members would be content playing their best songs going forward when Jani was trying to push out new material.