R.I.P. Jani Lane (Vocals - Warrant)

Jani Lane in better days...

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Blabbermouth (via TMZ.com) is reporting that former Warrant lead vocalist Jani Lane was found dead in a Los Angeles area hotel room early last evening, August 11th. Lane was 47 years old.



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.



The cause of death was unknown, and the case was turned over to the Los Angeles county coroner's office, LAPD officer Sara Faden told the Los Angeles Times.



Lane was married three times and is survived by a wife and four children.



Sadly, to anyone who knows much about Jani's life over the past decade the news comes as no real surprise. I was sad to hear it - but not surprised. And while Warrant were never in my Top 10 favorite band, not even in my Top 20, I did and still do listen to them from time to time and saw them live once with Lane and once again a few years later after he'd been thrown out of the band. Here's one of my favorite Warrant tracks in memoriam. Rest in Peace, man...

07/09/11 R.I.P. Michael "Wurzel" Burston - Former Motorhead Guitarist

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According to Blabbermouth.net and several other sources, Lemmy Kilmister's longtime bass tech and "right-hand man," Tim Butcher posted news earlier today on his Facebook page that former MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Michael "Würzel" Burston had died earlier this morning, Saturday, July 9th. He was 61 years old. Wurzel was a member of Motorhead from 1984 through 1995.

UPDATE: Cause of death is being reported as ventricular fibrillation caused by heart disease. In any case, one thing is certain, he was...



That's him on guitar there if you didn't know.

Rest In Peace, brother...

04/27/11 R.I.P. Dag Stokke - Keyboards, TNT

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Dag Stokke, keyboardist with long running Norwegian hard rockers TNT, lost his battle with cancer early yesterday (Wednesday, April 27). He was 44 years old.

04/25/11 - R.I.P. Poly Styrene

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BBC News (and several of our Facebook friends) are reporting this morning that former X-Ray Spex founder and vocalist and multi-talented solo artist Poly Styrene passed away yesterday at the age of 53 due to complications from Cancer.

04/23/91 Johnny Thunders Checks Out In New Orleans, LA

20 years ago today, 38-year-old John Anthony Genzale, known to the world as Johnny Thunders, passed away under mysterious circumstances in New Orleans, LA.



Johnny's friend and fellow NYC rocker Willy DeVille was staying just down the street at the time of JT's death and, years later, had this to say about the passing of the legendary rock guitarist...



Two years after Thunders passed away, in 1993, Guns and Roses paid tribute to the fallen Doll/Heartbreaker by including the Thunders-penned classic "You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory" on their controversial "The Spaghetti Incident?" CD. The track begins with the words "This one's for you Johnny..."