FORT HALL — Hotel guests didn’t need to buy a ticket to enjoy the roaring Warrant concert Friday evening at the Shoshone-Bannock Hotel and Event Center. The band could be heard just fine from the hotel lobby, but those who did buy a ticket experienced an audible assault.

    Steven Sweet, Joey Allen, Jerry Dixon, Robert Mason, and Erik Turner rocked Fort Hall, delivering a thunderous show to nearly 900 faithful fans, making it the largest concert in the Hotel’s history.

    “How loud are you guys gonna get?” asked lead singer Robert Mason as the band took stage.

    The crowd responded, cheering enthusiastically to the opening song “Down Boys.”

    The band, promoting its most recent album “Rockaholic,” followed with the tunes “The Last Straw” then segued into “Love in Stereo” followed by “Sometimes She Cries.”

    The energy of the fans roared at each opening chord as they furiously bounced their heads to the beat of each splintering song.

    With a string of hit songs and iconic music videos including “Heaven,” “Sometimes She Cries,” and of course, “Cherry Pie,” metal rockers Warrant were propelled into the international spotlight of the music world in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

    After forming nearly 28 years ago, the group has fans of all ages. Like 8-year-old Stetson Albertson and his 13-year-old sister, Harleid, who attended the show with their father Trint, 30, and his girlfriend, Tiffany Grant, 30, from Idaho Falls.

    It was the children’s first concert ever and both agreed it was very exciting.

    Tyler Cleary, 19, wore a 4-inch blue Mohawk complimenting his ripped Guns n’ Roses T-shirt and black sleeveless leather jacket.

    “The show is awesome. Warrant rocks,” he said. “It’s definitely one of the best concerts I’ve seen.”

    Over the course of their career, Warrant has sold more than 10 million albums internationally.

    Oliver Dixon, 48, of Idaho Falls, has rocked to the glam metal bands riffs four previous times, this one being the first in Idaho.

    He says all of their concerts have been great and this one was no different, noting even with a new front man the band still knew how to bring it.

    “They rocked just as hard as they did when I saw them in the early ’90s,” he said. “It brings back good memories. This place is electric tonight.”

    Warrant’s music has undergone significant evolution throughout the band’s 20-year history, but their style is typical of many Sunset Strip glam metal bands and remains the band’s signature sound.

    “Rockaholic” features new singer Robert Mason, who replaced original Warrant singer Jani Lane, who was out of the band for several years because of substance abuse problems before he died last year at the age of 47.

    The band hit the stage Saturday night with four of the five original members, and felt right at home in more than accommodating surroundings furnished by the 1,500-square-foot Chief’s Event Center within the glistening Shoshone-Bannock Hotel.

    For some concertgoers it was the first time they’ve stepped foot inside the new hotel and many seemed blown by its charm and beauty.  

    “I feel like I’m in Vegas,” said American Falls resident Alyssa Martinez.

    “It’s really nice. It’s a great place to come for a concert and rock out,” said her friend Vanessa Villaloboa.