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 ...

Before Lane was even in his teens, he adopted the stage name Mitch Dynamite and started sitting in with bar bands. He eventually took up guitar and piano and honed his chops in Cyren, a local group.

Jani Lane, the former frontman ... His group Warrant was most famous for "Cherry Pie," which Lane penned. It was a top hit in 1990 and featured a guitar solo by Poison's C.C. Deville.

AKRON, Ohio — John Kennedy Oswald, better known to music fans as Jani Lane, was best known for two ... also gave his younger brother his first guitar. Soon young John was playing drums in ...