SO FAR DOWN
I THINK I'M HEARING
CHINESE SOUNDS
Back Down to One
is the debut
studio album by
former lead vocalist
of the American
hard rock band
Lane was still
the lead singer
of Warrant
when this album
was first released on
August 22, 2003
featuring a band
Lane assembled
composed of guitarist
Matt Cleary,
ex-Defcon
bass player
Mark Mathews
and drummer
Adam Mercer.
The bulk of the album material
would be co-composed by
his erstwhile
Warrant colleague
Keri Kelli.
Production and marketing
In 1993
Jani Lane
started working on
his first solo project,
titled
"Jabberwocky",
the album represented
a significant musical departure
from previous work
but continued to be
pushed back.
Between 1997 and 2000,
demos of Lane's
solo material
began surfacing
on the Internet
with some bids
on eBay
reaching an estimated
$US100.00 per copy.
In 2002,
Lane decided to postpone
the Jabberwocky project
and instead release a
brand new project
as his debut solo album.
He called his friend
Dave Brooks,
lead singer
of the band
Slammin' Gladys,
who worked at
the famous Grooveyard Studios
in Akron, OH,
as an audio engineer
and producer,
to help him record
the record.
Lane needed a
rhythm section
and found it at
the Grooveyard
in drummer
Adam Mercer
and bassist
Mark Matthews,
both credited on
the Back Down To One album.
The new record
"Back Down to One"
would be picked up
for a European licence
by the British Z Records label.
Shortly after the album's release
Lane was admitted to
a rehab center
for alcohol and
drug-related exhaustion.
The album titled track
was released as a
promo single
.Jani Lane's Warrant
Following rehab
and nearly
two years of arguments
and disagreements
with Warrant
band members,
Lane officially
quit Warrant
in January 2004,
and after a
few acting roles
and appearances
on compilations,
attempted to restart
his own version of
Warrant.
Although
"Back Down to One"
was credited as a
solo release
the singer assembled
a new touring band
for the album
subsequently titled
"JANI LANE'S WARRANT"
and included
Lizzy Borden
guitarist
Dario Lorina,
Chad MacDonald
on bass
and
Troy Patrick Farrell
on drums.
Unfortunately,
his first batch of
solo shows,
in Michigan,
would be stopped by
legal action
from his
former bandmates
objecting to the use of
the Warrant band logo
on his posters.
Lane's former bandmates
were not content
with Jani
quitting the band
but Lane continued
touring without
the Warrant
name and logo.
The cover art
for the album
features four bodies
on the floor
who possibly represented
Lane's ex Warrant
bandmates and
Jani Lane as the
only one left standing,
meaning that
Warrant was
back down to one
and the album represented
a new Warrant
(This was never intended or implied).
The Warrant band members
took offense to the cover art,
which Lane later claimed
after officially leaving Warrant,
that it was only a joke
from his cover artist,
a joke his
former bandmates
didn't like.
In 2006
"Back Down to One"
was reissued
and finally released in
the US
and Lane continued
to promote the album
with his version of
Warrant
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