Cherry Pie

Cherry Pie is the second music album by American Glam metal band Warrant. The record—which spawned the hits “Cherry Pie”, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, and “I Saw Red”—is the band’s best-known and highest-selling release.

Cherry Pie was released on September 11, 1990 through CBS Records. Like its predecessor, Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich, it was recorded at The Enterprise in Burbank, California.

It is widely rumored that Erik Turner and Joey Allen had not played a note on the album and that all guitar work had been performed by ex-Streets guitarist and session musician Mike Slamer. The rumor has never been verified, although Slamer’s wife confirmed in 1998 that her husband played guitar on the record. The album’s liner notes refer to Turner’s function as “G-string” and Allen’s as “Bong Riffs”, adding that “Erik & Joey would like to thank Mike Slamer & Tommy Girvin for their Wielding G string Inspirations”.

Slamer was joined by numerous other guest performers; the record also features contributions from Jani Lane’s brother Erik Oswald, guitarist C. C. DeVille from Poison, guitarist and bassist Bruno Ravel and drummer Steve West from Danger Danger, and singer Fiona.

The album carried a parental advisory sticker in the United States, due to the final track entitled “Ode to Tipper Gore”, which consisted of a collection of swear words cut from the band’s live performances. A “clean” version of the album also existed, with the final track removed, and an audible “bleep” of a curse in a previous song.