Warrant Singer Jani Lane Dead At 47

http://www.mtv.com ^ | Aug 12 2011 9:49 AM EDT | By Gil Kaufman

[Red Badger]

Jani Lane

Photo: Alexander Sibaja/ Getty Images

[SpinnerWebb]

Heaven isn’t too far away...

[nuconvert]

never heard of him, but what a name... John Kennedy Oswald....and he changed it to Jani?

[papasmurf]

Born “John Kennedy Oswald”? What kind of parent would to a kid?

[Fiji Hill]

I listened to their version of "Cherry Pie," but I prefer Marvin and Johnny's version from 1954.

[WayneS]

born John Kennedy Oswald

I think at least one of his parents might have been a wacko.

[dfwgator]

Ya think?

[Red Badger]

Born February 1, 1964, just over two months after the assassination...............

[Dr. Sivana]

Born “John Kennedy Oswald”? What kind of parent would to a kid?

ESPECIALLY since he was born less than three months after the JFK assassination. That was no accident.

[EricT.]

Lane was best known for the Warrant hit "Cherry Pie," which he wrote and which featured a guitar solo by Poison's C.C. DeVille. The double entendre-filled video for the song — packed, of course, with a bevy of video vixens — was a staple of MTV programming when it was released in 1990.

Ironically, also the song least liked by Warrant band members. Lane wrote it in 15 minutes on a pizza box after the record company told him they needed a "rock anthem" to sell more records.

[dfwgator]

Would have been a great name if he were a punk rock singer.

[Red Badger]

He was born right after the assassination. They probably were Democrats and having the last name ‘Oswald’ would not have been a popular thing..................

[Bean Counter]

“...(born John Kennedy Oswald)...”

Thanks for the emotional baggage Mom and Dad...

[Red Badger]

At least they didn’t name him Lee Harvey......................

[momtothree]

“What kind of parent would do that to a kid?”

I went to school with a family whose last name was Kennedy. Yes... there was a John F, a Robert and a “Teddy”... I always thought it was kind of weird.

[dfwgator]

Don’t you know that you are a shooting star?
And all the world will love you just as long
As long as you are.

[IbJensen]

Was Jani a he-she? Never heard of it before and have no clue as to what a Warrant Singer is.

That’s what happens when you get along in years; you pay no attention to the decline of society.

[WayneS]

Good point. But that’s still one heck of a monicker to put on a kid.

I was born almost exactly one month after this poor guy, and my parents spared me the ‘honor’. Of course, their last name isn’t Oswald and they weren’t (and still aren’t) democrats.

[dfwgator]

At least they didn’t name him Lee Harvey......................

He was in another band.

[KansasGirl]

I always thought this was the best Warrant song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=bx6f68Wd9dc