Warrant

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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 Guns N' Roses and Poison, the band had their breakout hits with the multi-platinum album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich and the single "Heaven", which got to number two in the American charts (although it peaked behind Milli Vanilli, which is more or less the same as being the number one song) and reached their peak success with Cherry Pie and the eponymous hit single, an arena rock anthem that soon became their Signature Song.

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.

Warrant provides examples of the following tropes:

Swingin' to the bass
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!

Swingin' in there 'cause
She wanted me to feed her
So I mixed up the batter
And she licked the beater!

Swingin' so hard
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!

Swingin' on the front porch!
Swingin' on the lawn!
Swingin' where we want
'Cause there ain't nobody home!

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