The bands next two albums, ‘Cherry Pie’ and ‘Dog Eat Dog’ continued the group’s success and saw them tour the world and make festival appearances at the likes of ‘Monsters of Rock’.ĭeeper into the 90s though, the band struggled to deal with the cultural changes that Grunge brought and were dropped by their label. The band’s big hair and leather helped them fit in with the Hair Metal trends of the times and made them an MTV favourite alongside the likes of Motley Crue and Poison. The album shot to number 10 in the charts and produced a succession of popular singles covering the full range of Warrant’s sound from ballads to rock anthems.
Their work on the club scene created a bidding war that eventually saw the band landing on Columbia records and their huge advance was probably the inspiration for what became their debut album, 1989’s ‘Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich’. After being impressed by a band called ‘Plain Jane’, Erik decided to recruit frontman Jani Lane whose songwriting skills became a critical addition for the band. The band formed all the way back in 1984 when guitarist Erik Turner grouped a line-up together and began gigging relentlessly in California.
