Rocker Jani Lane dies at 47

Jani Lane, lead singer from the best-selling 1990's L.A. hair-metal band Warrant, was discovered dead of unknown causes inside a Woodland Hillsides, Ca., hotel on August. 11. He was 47. Born John Kennedy Oswald in Akron, Lane would be a veteran of Ohio and Florida metal bands when he created Plain Jane with drummer Steven Sweet. The music artists moved to L.A. within the late 1980s, plus they attracted the interest of guitarist Erik Turner, the founding father of Warrant, who drafted these phones join his band. With Lane fronting the act, Warrant grew to become a well known Sunset Strip act, and was signed to Columbia. The band's debut ''Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich'' (1989) and sophomore release ''Cherry Pie'' (1990) both went double-platinum the first kind created no. 2 single ''Heaven,'' as the latter contained the very best 10 records ''Cherry Pie'' and ''I Saw Red-colored.'' Warrant's recognition didn't overcome the style for glammed-up metal, and also the group's third album ''Dog Eat Dog'' (1992) peaked at No. 25. Lane left the audience in 1993, but came back for 2 more around duty and cut four indie-label albums using the band, none which made the charts. In 2008, he split permanently, and was changed by Robert Mason. Lane launched a solo project, ''Back Lower to 1,'' in 2003. He later fronted Saints from the Subterranean, one featuring veterans of Ratt and Alice Cooper's band, and was set for singer Jack Russell on Great White's 2010 tour. Lane was charged with driving under the influence last year and 2010, and was sentenced to four several weeks in jail for that latter offense. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com