ITP V.011: ONLY ONE PER COFFIN: JANI LANE (WARRANT) FOUND DEAD AT 47

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Ex glam/band/hair band vocalist Jani Lane of WARRANT has been found dead at 47.
FROM THE GAUTLET: Jani Lane, former lead singer of the hard rock band Warrant, was found dead at a hotel in Los Angeles this evening. Lanes body was discovered at the Comfort Inn in Woodland Hills a couple hours ago. No cause of death has been determined yet. Lane had reportedly been struggling with alcohol again and served 120 days in jail from a second DUI conviction in two years. RIP Jani.
FROM MSNBC.COM:
Jani Lane, the former lead singer of the rock group Warrant, was found dead in a Los Angeles-area hotel Thursday night, TMZ reported.
His body was found at the Comfort Inn in Woodland Hills, but no cause of death has been released.
The singer had a history of alcohol-related arrests. He was taken into custody in June 2009 for reportedly crashing into a parked car. He pleaded no contest to misdemeanor DUI and was put on probation for three years.
A year later, he was arrested for a similar incident that landed him in jail for 120 days.
Lane (born John Kennedy Oswald) also served as the lyricist and main songwriter for Warrant. He joined the band in 1986, two years after its formation by guitarist Erik Turner.
The band is probably best known for their single “Cherry Pie,” which Lane wrote. The song, a top 10 hit in 1990, featured a guitar solo by C.C. Deville of Poison, Jani’s longtime friend and bandmate of Bret Michaels,who tweeted his condolences to Lane's family after the news broke.

Lane also wrote several other hits for the group, including “Heaven,” “Down Boys” and “Sometimes She Cries” from their debut album, "Dirty Rotten Filty Stinking Rich," and “I Saw Red” and “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” from the group’s second album, "Cherry Pie."
He left Warrant three times over the years, including the most recent, in 2008.
He was featured on VH1’s "Celebrity Fit Club 2" in 2005 and last year toured with Great White, filling in for singer Jack Russell, who was recovering from surgery.
FROM LAPD PRESS RELEASE:
"On August 11, 2011, patrol officers from Topanga station responded to a 9-1-1call of a death investigation in Woodland Hills.

"At around 5:30 p.m., Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics arrived to the 20100 block of Ventura Boulevard, immediately followed by Topanga Area officers. When emergency personnel arrived, the Fire Department pronounced the death of a 47-year-old man, later identified as Jani Lane, the lead singer of the popular rock band WARRANT.

"The cause of death is unknown and the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office is conducting an investigation into Mr. Lane's death."

According to TMZ.com, investigators found a half-empty bottle of vodka and prescription medication in the hotel room where Lane was found dead.

An autopsy is scheduled for later today.

According to TMZ.com, Lane's death is being treated as an accidental overdose or a possible death from natural causes.
FROM BLABBERMOUTH.NET and TMZ.COM (JANI LANES CAUSE OF DEATH IS BEING INVESTIGATED, EITHER ACCIDENTAL DRUG OD, OR NATURAL CAUSE DEATH):
According to TMZ.com, investigators found a half-empty bottle of vodka and prescription medication in the hotel room where former WARRANT singer Jani Lane was found dead yesterday (Thursday, August 11).

Lane was pronounced dead by Fire Department personnel who responded to a call shortly before 5:30 p.m. in the Comfort Inn in the 20100 block of Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills, California, the Los Angeles Police Department said.

An autopsy is scheduled for later today.

According to TMZ.com, Lane's death is being treated as an accidental overdose or a possible death from natural causes.


FROM JAMEY JASTA OF HATEBREED:
Sad news about Jani Lane. 47 is too young to go.
FROM METAL SANAZ: RIP Jani Lane .... You will be missed FROM EDDIE TRUNK: All my sources sadly confirm Jani Lane has passed away. So sad. Just had a great time with him in LA. RIP. Another talent gone way to soon
FROM THE WORSHYP:
RIP Jani Lane
FROM CHRIS JERICHO:
Sad to hear about the passing of Jani Lane. Jani was a good guy and one of the best songwriters in the late 80s Dog Eat Dog-very underrated
FROM WEDSDAY 13:
Just heard, so sad...former WARRANT Singer JANI LANE Dead At 47, R.I.P.
FROM JEN CITY: Oh No.. R.I.P. Jani Lane.. I hope you find peace!
FROM TRIXTER:
Thoughts and Prayers for Jani Lane's Family and Friends. Jani will be missed, Heaven isn't to far away...
FROM TREVOR PHIPPS (UNEARTH):
Rip Jani Lane.
FROM Michael Sweet (STRYPER): "My heart, thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Jani Lane. Had the pleasure of meeting him on 'That Metal Show' and he was a great guy."

FROM Steven Adler (GUNS N' ROSES, ADLER'S APPETITE): "Jani Lane, you were a great talent. The world will miss you. R.I.P. my brother."

FROM Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, BLACK SABBATH): "[Rest in peace] Jani Lane... another one lost."

FROM Mark Slaughter (SLAUGHTER): "Fly to the angels, Jani. RIP my friend."

FROM Bret Michaels (POISON): "We'd like to offer our deepest condolences to the family of Jani Lane regarding their loss."
FROM MTV VJ MARTHA QUINN:
Super sad news. Jani Lane, dead at 47. His body found in a So Cal hotel. No cause yet. #RIP Jani Lane.”
FROM SOBER HOUSE JENNIFER GIMINEZ:
“My heart is very saddened by the loss of my friend JANI LANE! R.I.P Jani! May ur soul now rest!
FROM Josie Stevens of E!’s "Married to Rock": “Very sad to hear that Jani Lane passed away, my thoughts and heart go out to his friends, family and fans...”
FROM James Michael,lead singer of Nikki Sixx’s Sixx: AM: “R.I.P. JANI LANE.”
FROM NON POINT:
RIP Jani Lane from Warrant. 47 is way to young to go. May you rest in peace and God Bless your family.
FROM MICHAEL STARR (STEEL PANTHER):
It truly saddens me to lose Jani Lane.You were my inspiration for what I love to do. It truly saddens me to lose Jani Lane this past evening.. You will be missed. Thank you for all that you did to help shape my career path. ROCK! http://lockerz.com/s/128835085
FROM Stephen Pearcy (RATT): "Sad to hear today. R.I.P. Jani Lane."

FROM Lzzy Hale (HALESTORM): "RIP Jani Lane.... You will be survived by the music you gave us! Rock dem Angels!"
FROM Dito Godwin (multi-platinum-award-winning producer who has previously worked with MÖTLEY CRÜE, Peter Criss, Ace Frehley and GREAT WHITE, among others): "I've been working with Jani Lane over the last few months putting songs together in an effort to supply some of my clients with his incredible songs as well as putting a record together for him to possibly release on my label. His passing has shocked and saddened me to the point of tears. A great person whose talent was far greater than most people will ever know. I produced a number of songs for his solo project in the late '90s. My connection with Jani as artist and producer was textbook perfect. Upon completion of those sessions, we both said it was a mind-blowing experience to work together and we would do it again, [and] we did. The world will truly miss Jani Lane. I'm so lucky to have been a small part of his life. RIP Jani. I'm numb!!"
FROM BLACK TIDE: "RIP Jani Lane, you were such a huge inspiration, and you will be missed greatly. It was an honor to meet you."

FROM Zach Myers (SHINEDOWN): "Terrible news about Jani Lane. Life is fragile, people ....Help somebody every chance you get..."
FROM WARRANT:
We are deeply saddened to hear the news of Jani's passing. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

"Jani was a very important part of our lives for a long time. We will always be incredibly proud of the music we created together. He was a true talent and will be missed by all of us."
FROM JANI LANES MANAGER OBI STEINMAN:
"It is with great sadness that I announce to the music world and to all of Jani's fans that he has passed away.

"I lost a very dear friend.

"His family, including his young children, asks for privacy during this difficult time.

"Jani never gave up on his dream to entertain and bring music to the world. His memory will live on in his music and his songs helped shape '80s rock. I will miss him tremendously.

"Again, his wife and children ask for respect during this sorrowful time."
FROM VICKY OSWALD LEY:
"Alcoholism is not something he chose," Vicky Oswald-Ley said. "It's something he fought every day and it just won."

"There were no drugs. That was one thing he could not tolerate, he couldn't stand them. He did not do drugs.

"We don't have the autopsy report back yet, but he was a heavy drinker and I can only guess that alcoholism has a lot to do with it.

"He would get clean and sober and then fall off the wagon. Our mom died seven years ago, and she was always the glue that kept us together. She would always talk him into going to rehab and hospitals. I think when she passed that desire to stay healthy died too."

"He was so talented and witty and bright, but he shut his siblings out and I know that is because he was ashamed of his drinking. We would all have flown out to Los Angeles from Ohio to bring him back if he'd let us but he isolated himself.

“There wasn't a day when one of us didn't try to contact him."
FROM DEE SNIDER (TWISTER SISTER):
"Jani Lane's is yet another sad story of a boy who attained his dreams of greatness, only to be blindsided by the pressures, temptations and disappointments of those same dreams. We all watched over the years, as he soared, stumbled, fell, then got up again and again. Tragically, he will get up no more. [Rest in peace], Jani."
CURRENT LINEUP OF WARRANT WILL PERFORM A TRIBUTE JANI LANE TONIGHT:
the current lineup of WARRANT will pay tribute to its former lead singer, Jani Lane, at its concert in North Dakota Friday night (August 12).

Guitarist Erik Turner — who co-founded the band — tells the site, "We will be making a tribute before we play the song 'Heaven' tonight."

He adds, "We never thought that when the song 'Heaven' was written we would be playing it some day in the memory of Jani's untimely death.

"This is a very sad day for rock and roll.

"One of the great things about music is that it lives on forever."
MORE DETAILS LATER.

http://www.janilane.net/
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-RIP JANI \m/ -l-