ERIK TURNER – Demos For Diehards (feat Jani Lane) (1998)

In a similar fashion Jerry Dixon did with the ‘Hollywood Underground’, Warrant’s guitarist ERIK TURNER also released in the late Nineties his CD titled “Demos For Diehards“, with songs written for a potential Warrant album.
Half of these are co-written with Butch Walker (Southgang guitarist), one with future Kiss guitarist Tommy Thayer (who also play on it), there’s songs with Adam Shore who was one of Warrant’s lead vocalists when Jani left, etc.
But the star here is the late Jani Lane: he sings in three unreleased Warrant songs, and his performance is among his finest moments, even better or equal to the band’s first albums.
Despite its horrible cover artwork and the album’s title, this isn’t ‘For Diehards’ only, believe me, this is very good Eighties inspired material – among the best Melodic Hard Rock song appeared in the ’90s in America – with a pretty good sound quality too.
Highly Recommended

01 – Psychodelic Ride
02 – White Boy Stomp
03 – Wing And A Prayer
04 – Girl
05 – Don’t Say Goodnight
06 – Wings Of An Angel
07 – Honey
08 – Can’t Get Over You
09 – Faraway Eyes
10 – Monday
11 – Winds Of Change

Erik Turner (guitars, bass)
Jani Lane (lead vocals on track track 5, 6, 9, acoustic guitar)
Adam Shore (lead vocals on track 1, 8)
Bump (lead vocals on track 2, 3, 7, 11)
Jesse Hart (lead vocals on track 4)
Christian Blair (lead vocals on track 10)
Tommy Thayer (guitar on track 9)
Butch Walker (guitar, vocals)

Out of Print