Jani Lane

May 4, 2023

TRIBUTE … Ex-Warrant Guitarist Billy Morris to keep Jani Lane’s memory alive with tribute concert in Cleveland

“Jani Lane was an amazing person first, and an amazing musician and songwriter second.” — Billy Morris Metal Sludge — Gone but not forgotten. Jani Lane, once among Rock’s brightest talents, died tragically in 2011, the former Warrant star singer found lifeless next to a bottle in a hotel room in Los Angeles. His best friend, former Warrant and current Tuff guitarist Billy Morris, is keeping Lane’s memory alive May 20 in Cleveland with a[…]

March 30, 2023

CLEANSED … Bobbie Brown in depth on finding God, recent Life Battles with Drugs, a Stalker Stealing her Identity, Having a Seizure, Shaving her Head and her 8 Hour Divine Intervention

“Now I really feel like I have a clarity. With a whole new spin on it. This is definitely something I wasn’t looking for. I didn’t know about, and I had to go through this, to be like, you know, for God to go “Are you ready? Are you ready for this?” And it’s a powerful thing that happened, and it literally changed my life, my heart, my passion, my patience even.” — Bobbie Brown[…]

March 23, 2023

THANK YOU … Bill Gazzarri was the Godfather of the Sunset Strip, a True Legend and an Icon of one of the Biggest Music Scenes to ever exist

Bill Gazzarri 1924-1991 Wow… just wow! Today I received a message in one of my social media inboxes that brought the BIGGEST smile to my face and I honestly got chills when I saw the attachment. Call me weird, but this photo of Bill Gazzarri and I made me so happy… I cannot tell you exactly why… but it did. Maybe it’s because I am older now and continue to reflect on how fortunate I[…]

December 19, 2022

TEEN EDITOR … Looking back on Sunset Strip with former Rockstar Magazine publisher Kenward Cooper

“The Hollywood scene in the 80s wasn’t just a scene, it was a movement.” – Kenward Cooper LOS ANGELES – He never wore lipstick nor played in the most popular local hair-bands but make no mistake – Kenward Cooper is pure glam, and he always will be. Cooper published the classy fanzine Rockstar magazine beginning in the late 1980s when Rock was its height on the Sunset Strip. Yet unlike a lot of glam bands[…]

June 5, 2022

BIG TALK … Metal Sludge Exclusive: 10 Questions with Original Warrant Guitarist, Hollywood Heyday Local and Anita Squeeze Singer Josh Lewis

Metal Sludge — He is now a frontman for a promising, dynamic new band called Anita Squeeze, but Josh Lewis was also the original guitarist in Warrant, who would go on to sell millions of records and tour the world – but without Lewis, who was sacked in 1987 about six months after the late Jani Lane had joined. As part of the in-crowd at Fairfax High in Los Angeles with future members of Guns[…]

November 18, 2021

IN DEPTH … Bobbie Brown talks on Sexual Assault that was a ‘Hurtful’ and ‘Humiliating’ situation for Jani Lane

Metal Sludge — In a brand new audio interview Bobbie Brown speaks in-depth and at length about her late husband Jani Lane of Warrant. Brown talks to the BACKSTAGE PASS Rock News who asks about her comments on the OPPERMAN REPORT podcast as reported by Metal Sludge back on September 2nd 2021. During the interview Brown talks about the the late Warrant singer Jani Lane and he admitted to her, that he was raped. Lane[…]

November 2, 2021

ROCK-A-DOODLE-DO … Man sings Warrant song “Blind Faith” to Jenna the Cow as Roosters crow >Video<

Metal Sludge — What better way to kick off the month than with some barnyard rock n’ roll. In a brand new post on the Life With Pigs Facebook page, a man sings “Blind Faith” by Warrant to a Cow named Jenna. While the man sings, you see Jenna the Cow seem to get a little drowsy which just might be do to the man’s singing voice but we can’t be 100% sure. Just as[…]

September 2, 2021

BACH OFF BRO … Bobbie Brown says Sebastian Bach forcibly kissed her, while she was pregnant from Jani Lane

Metal Sludge — The OPPERMAN REPORT podcast has uploaded (August 30th 2021) an interview with the “Cherry Pie” girl Bobbie Brown as the special guest. Brown talks about her history of dating famous pop and rock stars and reveals some interesting details. Brown on Sebastian Bach (as transcribed by Metal Sludge): “I went to a Gn’R concert, and he (Skid Row) was opening for them. And, umm, he was just like “Wow!”, just so crazy.[…]

February 4, 2021

RIP … Jani Lane’s 3rd wife Kimberly Nash-Lane has died

LOS ANGELES — Metal Sludge has learned that Kimberly Nash-Lane has died. Nash-Lane was the 3rd wife of the late Warrant singer Jani Lane. Lane was married to Nash-Lane at the time of his death in 2011. Reports are alleging that Nash-Lane was involved in some sort of auto-mobile accident and exited her car only to be struck and killed while doing so. Nash-Lane’s brother Justin Nash shared a photo with his sister on Facebook[…]

June 26, 2020

COUNTRY PIE? … Early Ray issue “Apple Pie” a remake of the Jani Lane written Warrant classic “Cherry Pie”

Metal Sludge — Every now and then a song comes along that makes you go, “That’s a hit!” The Warrant classic “Cherry Pie” was one of those songs. Now it’s 30 years later and the song has been revisited by the Rock Hill South Carolina group Early Ray. But there have been a few changes. First off Early Ray are a country band but they do have plenty of rock n’ roll roots and a[…]