Warrant

Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Eligible since: 2015

First Recording: 1989

Previously Considered? No  what's this?

Warrant
HALL OF FAME INDICATORS
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Albums
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🔲Songwriters Hall of Fame
🔲“Big Four” Grammys

Essential Albums (?)WikipediaYouTube
Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989)

Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
Cherry Pie (1990)

Warrant @ Wikipedia

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Jani Lane was one of the best singers that come out of the 80's. He ranks up there with Axl and Sebastian. Even though he is sadly missed, the band still deserves it.

Posted by We see red on Tuesday, 04/21/2015 @ 01:03am


Warrant is a great rock band. Jani Lane had an amazing voice & was so very talented

Posted by Nadine on Monday, 05/25/2015 @ 12:25pm


Not gonna happen.

Posted by The Dude on Thursday, 05/9/2019 @ 23:50pm


Jani Lane was unrivalled in songwriting. Of all the hair metal 80's groups, few could perform live and sound truly great during their performances…I saw them all live and for my money Axl ,Blackie (Lawless of WASP) and Jani were the only ones who could be described as great live singers and performers. So for performances live, these three should have an automatic entry. As far as songwriting goes, Jani wrote the entire first and third album alone…that is some feat. Jon Bon Jovi had writing partners, as did Axl and Blackie, Jani wrote them alone. If you listen to their third album, DOG EAT DOG this is a masterpiece. For my money, the rest of Warrant don't deserve any acknowledgement thanks to their total lack of respect following Janis departure and death. Regarding his finally leaving the band, their statement (above) shows their care for his effort…he's now left, but he's been replaced, so come and see us …kind words eh ? When he died, they gave minimal effort by way of appreciating his talent gave them all their fame and wealth. So this along with acknowledging his talent puts him slap bang in the middle for being inducted to tRRHOF.

Posted by Skie Ferins on Tuesday, 07/13/2021 @ 18:59pm


Another corny hair band. No thanks.

Posted by JDL on Sunday, 08/8/2021 @ 17:32pm


Can you imagine people putting down the band warrant probably some millennial that wasn't even around at the time. I saw them in 1990 in Oklahoma city where the first place they ever played Uncle Tom's cabin live. It's almost like I can remember it being yesterday just a lot of drugs since then. But how can people be out here putting a band down they probably never even saw. Who cares what people think today. They probably should be at home sucking on their mom's tit.
There's just too many '80s and '90s rock bands hard Rock glam metal and they all should be in the Rock and roll Hall of Fame.
It can't be like the NFL you know where you get a couple of people in every year.
The hard Rock the Hall of Fame would definitely have to be something we're a whole band bunch of bands were instituted at the same time. There's just too many to list.

Posted by Jeffrey Ouellette on Monday, 12/20/2021 @ 00:27am


Crack is a helleva drug...

Posted by W. Husstin on Monday, 12/20/2021 @ 07:21am


I find it hilarious how terrible these takes are, in all honesty. Heaven is one of the greatest rock songs of all-time. Dog Eat Dog was their strongest album, easily. Let It Rain, The Bitter Pill, Sad Theresa, April 2031, etc, are all phenomenal songs. DRFSR of course had Heaven, Sometimes She Cries, 32 Pennies, Down Boys, are all great. Cherry Pie had I Sa Red, Blind Faith, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and the infamous Cherry Pie. Ultraphobic was alright, but the only one that stood out to me was Stronger Now. Now, besides the occasional quicker songs, ballads are really the only good part about hard rock/metal, let's all be honest with ourselves. Hair metal is definitely some of the greatest, if not the greatest, genre of rock music ever. Jani is unquestionably one of the greatest rock writers of all-time, and Warrant is up there with greatest hairbands, right along Poison and Cinderella.

Posted by Cormac on Friday, 05/20/2022 @ 13:16pm


I'll be honest. Although a child of the 80s, hair bands only came to me in the last years. I was a huge new wave, Smiths, Police, hip hop New Edition, Eric B fan. I'd put Jani Lane way, way up there as a song writer. Amazing ability to convey a feeling and tell a story. Love him and all my new found hair band faves. Warrant is my favorite of them all. Jani was better than any other writers.

Posted by David Graham on Thursday, 06/15/2023 @ 21:10pm


One of the greatest hard rock glam bands of all time. Best concert I ever saw was in June 1991 in Somerset Wisconsin, outdoors next to the Apple River. Warrant was the headliner band along with Firehouse (another of my favorites), along with Trixter, and a dozen or so local bands. It was all day long with a few off and on showers. I will never forget it, Jani Lane and Warrant were the best, they really rocked. So many great songs over the years, Down Boys, Sometimes she cries, Cherry Pie, Blind Faith, Heaven, and Uncle Tom's Cabin to name a few. Dirty rotten filthy stinking rich, and Cherry Pie, two of the best albums ever, and even Dog eat Dog was not bad. The song Heaven has always been important to me because back in 1989 my ex girlfriend wanted that to be "our song" so it was. Heaven isn't too far away. Closer to it everyday. Also really love their version of Queen's We will rock you is also amazing. I remember after they were done performing, we yelled Warrant as loud as we could for several minutes before they came back. I still have the ticket stub and Cherry Pie t-shirt. I wish I could find that concert on YouTube. It was such an unforgettable and amazing day. Thank you for everything and God bless the band always.

Posted by Brian on Thursday, 01/25/2024 @ 16:24pm


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