SleazeRoxx.com recently hooked up with ex-WARRANT frontman Jani Lane to discuss his plans to do a new solo record and his SAINTS OF THE UNDERGROUND project. The following is a brief excerpt from the interview:

His band consists of (left to right) bassist Chad MacDonald, keyboardist Shawn Zavodney, Jani Lane, former Warrant drummer (2000-2003) Mike "The Sack" Fasano, and 17 year old guitar phenom Dario Lorina!!

Sleaze Roxx: Will you be making an album with this lineup?

Jani Lane: "I don't know. We haven't even talked about that. I do plan on doing a new solo record. That will probably be next year. The only thing that would interfere with that is if another project comes up that I think is more important. Because I have a tendency to put my own stuff on the back burner as I work on projects, but if you do that constantly you wind up going 'You know, it's like, hey, it's been three years since I've released one of my records.' I have, probably, four to five new songs in the can, two of which I am really excited about. One is called 'Salt Water' and the other is called 'Along For The Ride'. I'm probably going to mix in four Jabberwocky tunes with those and write a couple more."

Sleaze Roxx: When can your fans expect the release of 'Jabberwocky'?

Jani Lane: "Those songs, I don't know because I haven't really even sat down with my label, which is Immortal (Immortal/Sidewinder is the label ran by the band Incubus). I haven't sat down and talked with them about it either. So, it is really a matter of releasing SAINTS OF THE UNDERGROUND, doing a healthy 'Get people to know the band' tour. We're not going to go out and blast everywhere that has electricity but we will probably go out for four weeks in the U.S., two weeks in Europe, and a week in Japan to let people know it is out there. Than we plan on, as soon as everybody's schedules allow, doing another S.O.T.U. record cause I write with Keri Kelli like that! (Snaps fingers) We write really well together. It has really been a juggling act right now. I have some other, kinda big exciting things coming up in the next year that I am planning on right now but it's a little too early to really get into but I'm gonna be doing some studio stuff that, I think, is pretty exciting, so we will see."

Sleaze Roxx: So, Saints Of The Underground is not just a one-off type of a project?

Jani Lane: "NO! It originally was going to be that but we liked making the record so much together. We liked the songs, that you know...I think it is kind of healthy because Keri, really I mean, Alice Cooper has a really regimented schedule. They're out from May till October 31st...Figure that, it ends on Halloween every year!! (Laughs) So, Keri really has to plan for his projects but it is also good for him to do something besides the Alice thing. Obviously with Alice, I am probably putting words in Keri's mouth but I think he likes to have other creative outlets besides that."

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