List of Warrant members

Last updated

Warrant is an American glam metal band from Hollywood, California. The group was formed in summer 1984 by lead vocalist Adam Shore and drummer Max Asher (real name Max Mazursky). Also in the original line-up included were lead guitarist Josh Lewis, rhythm guitarist Erik Turner, and bassist Chris Vincent. Vincent was replaced after only three months by Jerry Dixon. [1]

Contents

Shore and Asher left in September 1986, with Turner bringing in Jani Lane and Steven Sweet from the group Plain Jane as their replacements. [2] The following March, Joey Allen replaced Lewis. [3]

Warrant released its debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich in 1989, which was followed by Cherry Pie the following year and Dog Eat Dog in 1992. [4] Lane briefly left Warrant in March 1993 to start a solo career, but within 18 months had returned to the band. [5]

Prior to Lane's return, Allen also left in May 1994, followed by Sweet the following month; later in the year, they were replaced by Kingdom Come's Rick Steier and James Kottak, respectively. [6] Kottak only remained for two years, with Bobby Borg taking his place after the release and touring of Ultraphobic . [6] Borg left in 1997 and was replaced on tour by Vik Foxx and later Danny Wagner, the latter of whom had previously played keyboards for the group. [7] Steier and Wagner both subsequently left the band in early 2000. [7] Replacing Steier with Billy Morris and Wagner with Mike Fasano, Warrant released Under the Influence , an album of cover versions, in 2001. [8] On April 2, 2003, Fasano was fired from the band by Lane, with Kevin Phares of the vocalist's solo band taking his place. [9]

Lane left Warrant for a second time in January 2004 to focus on his solo career, with the group announcing the return of Allen, Fasano and the addition of new frontman Jaime St. James the following month. [10] By March, Fasano had been replaced by the returning Sweet, marking a reunion of the band's classic lineup with the exception of Lane. [11] Born Again , the first Warrant album without Lane, was released in 2006. [12] In early 2008, Lane returned to front Warrant for a third time. [13] The reunion lasted less than a year, however, as Lane left for a final time in September and was replaced by former Lynch Mob frontman Robert Mason. [14] Lane later died on August 11, 2011, of acute alcohol poisoning. [15]

Members

Current

ImageNameYears activeInstrumentsRelease contributions
Erik Turner.jpg
Erik Turner1984–present
  • rhythm guitar
  • lead guitar (1995)
  • backing vocals
all Warrant releases
Jerry Dixon
  • bass guitar
  • backing vocals
Steven Sweet
  • 1986–1994
  • 2004–present
  • drums
  • backing vocals
all Warrant releases from Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989) to Dog Eat Dog (1992), and from Born Again (2006) onwards
Joey Allen
  • 1987–1994
  • 2004–present
  • lead guitar
  • backing vocals
Robert Mason2008–present
  • lead vocals
  • occasional acoustic guitar

Former

ImageNameYears activeInstrumentsRelease contributions
Josh Lewis1984–1987
  • lead guitar
  • backing vocals
none
Adam Shore 1984–1986lead vocals
Max Asher
(real name Max Mazursky)		drums
Chris Vincent1984bass guitar
Jani Lane
(real name John Oswald)
  • 1986–1993
  • 1994–2004
  • 2008 (died 2011)
  • lead vocals
  • occasional acoustic guitar
all Warrant releases from Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989) to Under the Influence (2001)
Dave White1992–1995
  • keyboards
  • backing vocals
 Ultraphobic (1995)
Rick Steier 1994–2000
  • lead guitar
  • backing vocals
all Warrant releases from Ultraphobic (1995) to Greatest & Latest (1999)
Scorpions - 04.jpg
James Kottak 1994–1996 (died 2024)
  • drums
  • backing vocals
Ultraphobic (1995)
Bobby Borg1996–1997drums
Mike Fasano
  • 2000–2003
  • 2004
Under the Influence (2001)
Billy Morris 2000–2004
  • lead guitar
  • backing vocals
Mike Morriskeyboards
Kevin Phares2003–2004drumsnone
Jaime St. James.jpg
Jaime St. James 2004–2008lead vocalsBorn Again (2006)

Touring

ImageNameYears activeInstrumentsRelease contributions
Scott Warren.jpg
Scott Warren 1989–1992
  • keyboards
  • harmonica
  • backing vocals
  • Cherry Pie (1990)
  • Dog Eat Dog (1992)
Vik "Vikki" Foxx1997–1998drumsnone
Danny Wagner1995–2000
  • keyboards (1995–1998)
  • drums (1998–2000)
  • backing vocals
  • Warrant Live 86–97 (1997)
  • Greatest & Latest (1999)
Keri Kelli.jpg
Keri Kelli 2000lead guitarnone
Shawn Zavodney2001–2004
  • keyboards
  • backing vocals
Dan Conway2006drums
Michael Foster 2012–2013
Kevin Baldes2019bass guitar
Black Star Riders - Wacken Open Air 2014 15.jpg
Robbie Crane 2021–present [16] [17]

Timeline

List of Warrant members

Lineups

PeriodMembersReleases
Spring — September 1984
  • Adam Shore – lead vocals
  • Josh Lewis – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Erik Turner – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Chris Vincent – bass guitar
  • Max Asher – drums
none
October 1984 – September 1986
  • Adam Shore – lead vocals
  • Josh Lewis – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Erik Turner – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Jerry Dixon – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Max Asher – drums
September 1986 – March 1987
  • Jani Lane – lead vocals
  • Josh Lewis – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Erik Turner – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Jerry Dixon – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Steven Sweet – drums, backing vocals
March 1987 – March 1993
  • Jani Lane – lead vocals, occasional acoustic guitar (until 1990)
  • Joey Allen – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Erik Turner – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Jerry Dixon – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Steven Sweet – drums, backing vocals
March 1993 – May 1994
  • Joey Allen – lead guitar
  • Erik Turner – rhythm guitar
  • Jerry Dixon – bass guitar
  • Steven Sweet – drums
none
May – June 1994
  • Erik Turner – guitar
  • Jerry Dixon – bass guitar
  • Steven Sweet – drums
June – September 1994
  • Erik Turner – guitar
  • Jerry Dixon – bass guitar
Autumn 1994
  • Jani Lane – lead vocals
  • Erik Turner – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jerry Dixon – bass guitar, backing vocals
November 1994 – March 1996
  • Jani Lane – lead vocals, occasional acoustic guitar
  • Rick Steier – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Erik Turner – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Jerry Dixon – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • James Kottak – drums, backing vocals
March 1996 – October 1997
  • Jani Lane – lead vocals, occasional acoustic guitar
  • Rick Steier – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Erik Turner – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Jerry Dixon – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Bobby Borg – drums
1997–1998
  • Jani Lane – lead vocals, occasional acoustic guitar
  • Rick Steier – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Erik Turner – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Jerry Dixon – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Vikki Foxx – drums(temporary)
none (remaining tracks on Greatest & Latest
recorded during 1998/1999 with Lane on drums)
1998–2000
  • Jani Lane – lead vocals, occasional acoustic guitar
  • Rick Steier – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Erik Turner – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Jerry Dixon – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Danny Wagner – drums(temporary)
January – August 2000
  • Jani Lane – lead vocals, occasional acoustic guitar
  • Keri Kelli – lead guitar(temporary)
  • Erik Turner – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Jerry Dixon – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Mike Fasano – drums
September 2000 – April 2003
  • Jani Lane – lead vocals, occasional acoustic guitar
  • Billy Morris – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Erik Turner – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Jerry Dixon – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Mike Fasano – drums
  • Shawn Zavodney - Keyboards, backing vocals
April 2003 – January 2004
  • Jani Lane – lead vocals, occasional acoustic guitar
  • Billy Morris – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Erik Turner – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Jerry Dixon – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Kevin Phares – drums
  • Shawn Zavodney - Keyboards, backing vocals
none
February – March 2004
  • Jaime St. James – lead vocals
  • Joey Allen – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Erik Turner – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Jerry Dixon – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Mike Fasano – drums
March 2004 – January 2008
  • Jaime St. James – lead vocals
  • Joey Allen – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Erik Turner – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Jerry Dixon – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Steven Sweet – drums, backing vocals
January – September 2008
  • Jani Lane – lead vocals, occasional acoustic guitar
  • Joey Allen – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Erik Turner – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Jerry Dixon – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Steven Sweet – drums, backing vocals
none
September 2008 – present
  • Robert Mason – lead vocals, occasional acoustic guitar
  • Joey Allen – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Erik Turner – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Jerry Dixon – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Steven Sweet – drums, backing vocals

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kingdom Come (German band)</span> German rock band

Kingdom Come is a Germany-based hard rock band formed in 1987. The band was originally fronted by Lenny Wolf, until their hiatus in 2016. While there have been no constant Kingdom Come members throughout the band's history, their most recent lineup features four original members who left the band in 1989 and returned in 2018. Wolf was replaced by Keith St John in 2018. The group's 1988 debut album, Kingdom Come, is to date their most internationally popular and biggest selling recording and features their most notable hit "Get It On".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Warrant (American band)</span> American glam metal band

Warrant is an American glam metal band formed in 1984 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, that experienced success from 1989 to 1996 with five albums reaching international sales of over 10 million. The band first came into the national spotlight with their double platinum debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich and one of its singles, "Heaven", originally written for lutenist Ben Salfield, which reached No. 1 in Rolling Stone and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The band's success continued in the early 1990s with the double platinum album Cherry Pie, which provided the hit song of the same name.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jani Lane</span> American rock singer (1964–2011)

Jani Lane was an American singer and the lead vocalist, frontman, lyricist and main songwriter for the glam metal band Warrant. From Hollywood, California, the band experienced success from 1989 to 1996 with five albums reaching international sales of over 10 million. Lane left Warrant in 2004 and again in 2008 after a brief reunion. Lane also released a solo album, Back Down to One, in 2003, and the album Love the Sin, Hate the Sinner with a new group, Saints of the Underground, in 2008. Lane contributed lead vocals and songwriting to various projects throughout his career.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Kottak</span> American drummer (1962–2024)

James Kottak was an American drummer, best known for his work with the German hard rock band Scorpions, which he joined in 1996. At the time of his firing from the band in 2016, he was their longest-serving drummer. Kottak was also an original member of Kingdom Come, of whom he was their drummer from 1987 to 1989 and again from 2018 to his death in 2024, and he had his own band Kottak, formerly known as KrunK. Other bands Kottak played for were Montrose, Warrant, Wild Horses, the McAuley Schenker Group, and Buster Brown.

<i>Belly to Belly</i> 1996 studio album by Warrant

Belly to Belly is the fifth studio album by American rock band Warrant. The record was released on October 1, 1996, through CMC International. The album features ex-Beggars & Thieves drummer Bobby Borg who replaced James Kottak. It is the last Warrant album of all original material to feature Jani Lane on vocals.

<i>Dog Eat Dog</i> (Warrant album) 1992 studio album by Warrant

Dog Eat Dog is the third studio album by American rock band Warrant. It was released on August 25, 1992, on the Columbia label of Sony Music, and was their final album for the label. The album peaked at number 25 on The Billboard 200. It is also the last album to feature all five original members, as Joey Allen and Steven Sweet both left the band in 1994, but returned in 2004.

<i>Cherry Pie</i> (album) 1990 studio album by Warrant

Cherry Pie is the second studio album by American glam metal band Warrant, released September 11, 1990. The album is the band's best-known and highest-selling release and peaked at number 7 on the Billboard 200. The album featured the top 40 hits "Cherry Pie" and "I Saw Red".

<i>Ultraphobic</i> 1995 studio album by Warrant

Ultraphobic is the fourth studio album by American rock band Warrant. Released on March 7, 1995, on CMC International, after the apparent breakup of the band, the record was regarded as the band's "comeback" album. It is the first album to feature former Kingdom Come and Wild Horses members Rick Steier and James Kottak who came in to replace original band members Joey Allen and Steven Sweet.

Steven Sweet is an American drummer, based in Los Angeles, who is most famous for being a member of Warrant.

<i>Born Again</i> (Warrant album) 2006 studio album by Warrant

Born Again is Warrant's seventh studio album released on June 27, 2006. The album features ex-Black N' Blue vocalist Jaime St. James who replaced Jani Lane in 2004. Lane left the band due to personal and business disagreements and thus, Born Again is the first Warrant album not to feature him on lead vocals.

Frank Wollschläger, known professionally as Lenny Wolf, is a retired German singer and musician, best known as the former lead singer of the hard rock band Kingdom Come. In addition to songwriting and lead vocals, he played multiple instruments on various Kingdom Come albums. He also collaborated on the song "Eyes of Time", from The Final Experiment, the debut album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's project Ayreon. He was also a member of the bands Germany in 1982 featuring Dieter Buttner, Andreas Daniels, Miroslav Supica, and the band Stone Fury between 1984 and 1986 featuring Bruce Gowdy, Rick Wilson Jody Cortez and Vinnie Colaiuta.

<i>Under the Influence</i> (Warrant album) 2001 studio album by Warrant

Under the Influence is the sixth studio album by American rock band Warrant released in 2001. The album is a covers album with two original new tracks, "Face" and "Sub Human". The album is the last to feature vocalist Jani Lane, as the band's next release - Born Again features Black 'n Blue vocalist Jaime St. James.

Wild Horses was an American hard rock band that originally featured former Buster Brown and Montrose members Johnny Edwards and James Kottak. The band also featured James Kottak's former Kingdom Come bandmate Rick Steier. The band went through at least two bassists: Chris Lester and Jeff Pilson.

<i>Greatest & Latest</i> (Warrant album) 1999 studio album by Warrant

Greatest & Latest is a music album by the American rock band Warrant originally released in 1999. The album contains new recorded studio versions of their ("greatest") material with three previously unreleased ("latest") songs "The Jones", "Southern Comfort" and "Bad Tattoo."

<i>Warrant Live 86–97</i> 1997 live album by Warrant

Warrant Live 86–97 is the first live compilation album by American glam metal band Warrant released in 1997. It was recorded live at Harpos Concert Theatre in Detroit on November 22, 1996, in support of their most recent album Belly to Belly.

<i>Rockaholic</i> 2011 studio album by Warrant

Rockaholic is the eighth studio album by American rock band Warrant, released on May 17, 2011. This is the first album to feature the band’s third lead singer Robert Mason, who replaced original lead singer Jani Lane in 2008. Lane returned to the band for a 2008 reunion tour but by the end of the year, he and the band parted ways for the second time. Lane had previously replaced former lead singer Jaime St. James, who performed lead vocals on the band's last album, Born Again, and who initially replaced Lane in 2004.

<i>Louder Harder Faster</i> 2017 studio album by Warrant

Louder Harder Faster is the ninth studio album by American rock band Warrant, released on May 12, 2017. The album features long-time band members Erik Turner, Jerry Dixon, Joey Allen, and Steven Sweet along with Robert Mason on lead vocals for the second time, following on from their last album, 2011's Rockaholic. This is also the first Warrant album to be released following the death of original lead singer Jani Lane.

References

  1. ↑ Harris, Craig. "Jerry Dixon: Biography & History". AllMusic . Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ Giffin, Brian (August 12, 2011). "Jani Lane: Gone Too Soon". Loud Magazine. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  3. ↑ ""Warrant" Announces New Band Line-Up For 2004". V.Q. Promotions. February 16, 2004. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  4. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Warrant: Biography & History". AllMusic . Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Warrant Guitarist Talks About Jani Lane's Passing". Blabbermouth.net . August 29, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Jani Lane – An under-rated Rock Legend". Raw Roots Rock. September 5, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Warrant: "Down Boys"". AORDreamer.com. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  8. ↑ Troyan, Greg (October 9, 2015). "Billy Morris of Tuff Interview (Part 2 of 3)". Sleaze Roxx. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Warrant - Drummer Released!". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles . April 3, 2003. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Warrant Announce New Lineup". Blabbermouth.net . February 15, 2004. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Warrant: Drummer Steven Sweet Rejoins The Fold". Blabbermouth.net . March 17, 2004. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  12. ↑ Viglione, Joe. "Born Again - Warrant: Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Warrant Reunites With Singer Jani Lane: First Photo Released". Blabbermouth.net . January 29, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Warrant Parts Ways With Singer Jani Lane... Again". Blabbermouth.net . September 5, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  15. ↑ Wiederhorn, Jon (August 11, 2017). "Six Years Ago: Warrant Singer Jani Lane Dies". Loudwire . Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  16. ↑ Blabbermouth (2021-07-24). "WARRANT Performs Without Bassist JERRY DIXON In Missouri (Video)". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  17. ↑ Blabbermouth (2023-12-23). "WARRANT's JOEY ALLEN Explains Bassist JERRY DIXON's Absence From Recent Concerts". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.