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you really hate John Kennedy Oswald, don't ya?Tommy2Tone84 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 03, 2025 1:19 am the John Lennon of the genre around this clown car forum? Some of you really need to quit huffing the Aqua Net.
Brainy Lane wrote: ↑Mon Mar 03, 2025 4:35 am From Guitar World magazine…” But Warrant’s few shortcomings should never be allowed to eclipse the simple truth that vocalist/band leader Jani Lane was one of the most accomplished song writers of the pop metal genre”
http://www.guitarworld.com/top_20_hair_ ... page=0%2C2
alleyrulez wrote: ↑Mon Mar 03, 2025 10:37 amyou really hate John Kennedy Oswald, don't ya?Tommy2Tone84 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 03, 2025 1:19 am the John Lennon of the genre around this clown car forum? Some of you really need to quit huffing the Aqua Net.
another classic from Tommy2ObtuseTommy2Tone84 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 03, 2025 9:45 pmBrainy Lane wrote: ↑Mon Mar 03, 2025 4:35 am From Guitar World magazine…” But Warrant’s few shortcomings should never be allowed to eclipse the simple truth that vocalist/band leader Jani Lane was one of the most accomplished song writers of the pop metal genre”
http://www.guitarworld.com/top_20_hair_ ... page=0%2C2
Was he? I like the band but they were third tier at best imo, and not nearly as good as many of the other third and fourth tier bands. I saw them a couple different times with the first being the Firehouse and Trixter tour. I thought Warrant was the weakest of the three. Firehouse gets alot of sh*t on here a lot but they were aces high above and beyond Warrant, and their debut has aged really well. I’ll put it up against DRFSR any day. Trixter was the big surprise for me. I was a fan but they were much younger than both of the other bands. They were fun, energetic and very solid musically. Their first record was ripping. Warrant’s constant sexual cliches got tired fast.
I remember thinking Jani thought he was a little better than the rest of his band even back then. He also wasn’t the greatest live singer or frontman.
Tommy2Tone84 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 03, 2025 9:45 pm Firehouse gets alot of sh*t on here a lot but they were aces high above and beyond Warrant
That whole era was full of great C-D level hair bands, but even then as much as I like Firehouse I'd still rank Jani and Warrant well above them.Tommy2Tone84 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 03, 2025 9:45 pmBrainy Lane wrote: ↑Mon Mar 03, 2025 4:35 am From Guitar World magazine…” But Warrant’s few shortcomings should never be allowed to eclipse the simple truth that vocalist/band leader Jani Lane was one of the most accomplished song writers of the pop metal genre”
http://www.guitarworld.com/top_20_hair_ ... page=0%2C2
Was he? I like the band but they were third tier at best imo, and not nearly as good as many of the other third and fourth tier bands. I saw them a couple different times with the first being the Firehouse and Trixter tour. I thought Warrant was the weakest of the three. Firehouse gets alot of sh*t on here a lot but they were aces high above and beyond Warrant, and their debut has aged really well. I’ll put it up against DRFSR any day. Trixter was the big surprise for me. I was a fan but they were much younger than both of the other bands. They were fun, energetic and very solid musically. Their first record was ripping. Warrant’s constant sexual cliches got tired fast.
I remember thinking Jani thought he was a little better than the rest of his band even back then. He also wasn’t the greatest live singer or frontman.
It's crazy to me that he was given a hard af name like JOHN KENNEDY OSWALD and insisted on being called Jani Lane.
""""""""""""" I think he said it in an interview that Jani was originally meant to be spelled Johnny, not Janey. But he got tired of correcting people."""""""""""""Hellsinkey wrote: ↑Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:02 pm Jani Lane is a weird name, because it sounds Finnish. If it was spelled Jani Laine, there would be a few male namesakes here. It's that common. As for Lane, I think he said it in an interview that Jani was originally meant to be spelled Johnny, not Janey. But he got tired of correcting people.
Wow very cool. I didn’t know that. Jani is a cool way of spelling John-KneeMetalSludgeCEO wrote: ↑Wed Mar 12, 2025 2:01 pm""""""""""""" I think he said it in an interview that Jani was originally meant to be spelled Johnny, not Janey. But he got tired of correcting people."""""""""""""Hellsinkey wrote: ↑Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:02 pm Jani Lane is a weird name, because it sounds Finnish. If it was spelled Jani Laine, there would be a few male namesakes here. It's that common. As for Lane, I think he said it in an interview that Jani was originally meant to be spelled Johnny, not Janey. But he got tired of correcting people.
You have this a little backwards...
His name was John, and he was going by Johnny... but wanted to spell it different, then the typical spelling.
So he spelled it Jani, as in 'John-Knee', but people were mispronouncing it, calling him "Jay-Knee", not "John-Knee", and over time, it stuck and he was Jay-Knee not John-Knee.
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He should have went with Zhani or Zhan E. Z's are more hair metal.MattleyCrue wrote: ↑Wed Mar 12, 2025 2:21 pmWow very cool. I didn’t know that. Jani is a cool way of spelling John-KneeMetalSludgeCEO wrote: ↑Wed Mar 12, 2025 2:01 pm""""""""""""" I think he said it in an interview that Jani was originally meant to be spelled Johnny, not Janey. But he got tired of correcting people."""""""""""""Hellsinkey wrote: ↑Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:02 pm Jani Lane is a weird name, because it sounds Finnish. If it was spelled Jani Laine, there would be a few male namesakes here. It's that common. As for Lane, I think he said it in an interview that Jani was originally meant to be spelled Johnny, not Janey. But he got tired of correcting people.
You have this a little backwards...
His name was John, and he was going by Johnny... but wanted to spell it different, then the typical spelling.
So he spelled it Jani, as in 'John-Knee', but people were mispronouncing it, calling him "Jay-Knee", not "John-Knee", and over time, it stuck and he was Jay-Knee not John-Knee.
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I could name you at least 25 great warrant songsMetal Sludge wrote: ↑Wed Mar 12, 2025 6:35 pm This board, and the dudes on it, fascination with Jani Lane has always baffled me. And it's only the dudes! Girls never liked him.
I will admit that I never listened to whatever solo stuff he did.
Or, any Warrant album after the first one.
You know why? Because I heard Cherry Pie and Down Boys. Why would I listen to anything else from this band? Those songs were terrible. The videos were terrible. They sucked!!!!
They opened for Queensryche on the Mindcrime tour in San Diego, 1990-ish?(who put this tour together???) They got booed off the stage. Not by me, I would never boo anyone. But the rest of the place felt differently.
MattleyCrue wrote: ↑Wed Mar 12, 2025 6:41 pmI could name you at least 25 great warrant songsMetal Sludge wrote: ↑Wed Mar 12, 2025 6:35 pm This board, and the dudes on it, fascination with Jani Lane has always baffled me. And it's only the dudes! Girls never liked him.
I will admit that I never listened to whatever solo stuff he did.
Or, any Warrant album after the first one.
You know why? Because I heard Cherry Pie and Down Boys. Why would I listen to anything else from this band? Those songs were terrible. The videos were terrible. They sucked!!!!
They opened for Queensryche on the Mindcrime tour in San Diego, 1990-ish?(who put this tour together???) They got booed off the stage. Not by me, I would never boo anyone. But the rest of the place felt differently.