Eighties icons Warrant ruled
the day when pretty boy Jani
Lane captained their ship rising
on the charts on the strength
of songs like “Heaven,” “Some-
times She Cries,” and “Down
Boys.” His unfortunate and un-
timely death has required the
band to regroup. With new
singer Robert Mason taking over
the captain’s chair the direction
changes a bit on Louder Harder
Faster. When you drop the nee-
dle on this 11-track collection
the spinning slab of muscular
hard rock definitely turns back
the clock to a time when hair
metal was on top of the world.
There is one problem though.
The current era of nostalgia for
this musical genre has seen doz-
ens of bands from the era re-
lease new material in a sustained
manner that is now going on
longer that their original time in
the sun. Perhaps it’s too much
of a good thing? The output
sounds a bit dated and there’s
no real arresting tracks here to
grabyou. It would be more inter-
esting if these legacy acts would
evolve with the times instead of
Watch the video for “Louder Harder Faster” by Warrant
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