Warrant’s Joey Allen On Future Warrant Plans, Almost Signing With Paisley Park, Goals & More
Cumulatively, beyond selling millions of albums, Warrant has scored 2 Top 10 Billboard albums and 5 Top 40 Billboard hits, with 5 top-ranking MTV videos also to the band’s credit. Musical trends may have come and gone since Warrant first ascended into the mainstream music scene in the late 1980’s, yet Warrant simply never stopped touring the world or putting out new music.
May 2017 brought another studio album from Warrant titled Louder Harder Faster, as featuring original members Erik Turner (guitar), Jerry Dixon (bass), Joey Allen (guitar) and Steven Sweet (drums) alongside singer Robert Mason (Ozzy Osbourne, Lynch Mob, Cry Of Love); Mason joined the Warrant folder well over a decade ago. Louder Harder Faster was produced by Foreigner bassist Jeff Pilson. It is melodic and hook-oriented as one would expect from the Los Angeles-based hard rock quintet.
On March 27, 2021, I had the pleasure of speaking with Warrant lead guitarist Joey Allen via Zoom, as embedded below. Among the topics Allen and I discussed at length within our conversation:
– Warrant being the first hard rock band to do a lot of things
– Future touring and recording plans for Warrant
– What he still hopes to accomplish with Warrant
– Prince almost signing Warrant to Paisley Park
– Producer Beau Hill having very different recollections of making Cherry Pie and Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich than the members of Warrant
– Touring Europe alongside David Lee Roth
More on Joey Allen and Warrant can be found online at www.warrantrocks.com, twitter.com/warrantrocks, instagram.com/warrantrocks and facebook.com/warrantrocks.
About the Author
Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."
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