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[[Warrant]] are an American [[Hair Metal]]/[[Arena Rock]] band originally from Los Angeles. Formed in 1984, it took three or four years for the classic line-up featuring Jani Lane (lead vocals, main songwriter), Joey Allen (lead guitar), Erik Turner (rhythm guitar), Michael Nelson (bass guitar) and Steven Sweet (drums) to stabilise.
Establishing themselves as the number three band in the Hollywood rock scene behind [[
However, changing trends in rock music served to undermine the band's career. Like a lot of hair bands, Warrant were displaced by the rise of [[Grunge]], and after one last hit (the album ''Dog Eat Dog'') their popularity declined. Since then, they've continued to perform and record either with or without bandleader Jani Lane, who died of alcohol poisoning in 2011.
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* [[Auto Erotica]]: From "Cherry Pie"
{{quote|
In the back of my car!
Ain't got money!
Ain't got no gas!
But we'll get where
We're goin' if we
Swing real fast! }}
* [[Bawdy Song]]: A large part of their discography.
* [[Black Sheep Hit]]: "Cherry Pie". It's not really atypical of their style, but it was a song the label wanted them to write and became a much bigger hit than the band expected it to (Jani Lane wrote the lyrics out quickly on an empty pizza box).
* [[Chorus-Only Song]]: "Cherry Pie". It's more or less the American equivalent to "[[Def Leppard
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: "Ode To [[Moral Guardians|Tipper Gore]]".
* [[Cover Version]]: Of "[[Queen
* [[Double Entendre]]: "Cherry Pie" has several:
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She wanted me to feed her
So I mixed up the batter
And she licked the beater! }}
* [[Fully
* [[Hair Metal]]: They were one of the last new hair metal groups that managed to become very popular immediately before grunge killed the genre off in the 1990s.
* [[Intercourse
* [[Interrupted Intimacy]]: From "Cherry Pie"
{{quote|
We forgot to lock the door!
In walks her daddy
Standin' six foot four!
He said you ain't gonna swing
With my daughter no more! }}
* [[Making Love in All
{{quote|
Swingin' on the lawn!
Swingin' where we want
'Cause there ain't nobody home! }}
* [[Power Ballad]]: As with all hair metal bands, they had several such songs. "Heaven" and "I Saw Red" were their most popular.
* [[Revolving Door Band]]
* [[Special Guest]]: The ''Cherry Pie'' album had a few friends performing on some songs. For example, the guitar solo on the title track is played by [[
* [[Three Minutes of Writhing]]: The woman in the "Cherry Pie" video.
* [[Video Full of Film Clips]]: The video for their cover of "[[Queen
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