Vixen is an all female American rock and roll band which achieved some success during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
In 1988 the band were signed to EMI and they began recording their debut album Vixen which was released in September 1988. The next year was spent touring the world supporting well known acts such as Ozzy Osbourne, The Scorpions and Bon Jovi as well as headlining their own shows. The band returned to the studio in late 1989/early 1990 to record their followup album Rev it Up which was released in July 1990. A year of touring followed including headlining their own shows and supporting acts such as KISS and Deep Purple. In mid 1991 the band split due to musical differences.
In 1997 Roxy Petrucci reformed Vixen with Janet Gardner on vocals, Gina Stile on guitar and Rana Ross on bass guitar. This line up toured the US in 1997 and in 1998 Petrucci, Gardner and Stile recorded the album Tangerine. After the release of the new album Roxy's sister Maxine Petrucci was brought in to play bass guitar on a US tour of 1998 but were sued for copyright infringement by Kuehnemund.
In 2001 Vixen was reformed by Kuehnemund with a line up consisting of herself, Janet Gardner, Roxy Petrucci and new bassist Pat Holloway. This line up toured the US as part of the "Voices of Metal" tour, unfortunately half way through the tour dissagreements caused the band to split up with only Kuehnemund remaining. Kuehnemund quickly recruited vocalist Jenna Sanz-Agero, bassist Lynn Louise Lowrey and drummer Kat Kraft to complete the tour. This line up is still together and as of early 2005 they are recording a new album and preparing to tour Europe and the US in the summerhttp://www.vixenrock.com/events.html.
In 2004 VH1 approached the four members of the 'classic' line up to appear on their show Bands Reunited, the show was recored in August 2004 and broadcast in the US in November 2004. Following the broadcast of the VH1 show EMI re-released the first two Vixen albums.
There was also a band called Vixen featuring former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman.
Jan Kuehnemund (Guitar) 1980 - 1996, 2001 - Present
Janet Gardner (Vocals, Rhythm Guitar) 1985 - 2001
Roxy Petrucci (Drums) ? - 2001
Share Pedersen (Bass) ? - 1991
Gina Stile (Guitar) 1997 - 2000
Rana Ross (Bass) 1997 - 1998
Maxine Petrucci (Bass) 1998
Pat Holloway (Bass) 2001
Jenna Sanz-Agero (Vocals) 2001 - present
Lynn Louise Lowrey (Bass) 2001 - present
Kat Kraft (Drums) 2001 - present
Pia Maiocco (Bass) ? - ?
Liza Carbe (Bass) 1983
Tamara Ivanov (Rhythm guitar) ? - ?
Laurie Hedlund (Drums) ? - ?
Noelle Bucci (Vocals) ? - ?
Gayle Erickson-DeMatoff (Bass) ? - ?
Cindy Boettcher (Keyboards) ? - ?
Vixen (1988)
Rev It Up (1990)
Tangerine (1998)
Best of Vixen - Full Throttle (1999)
from "Vixen"
Edge of a Broken Heart #51 UK
Cryin' #27 UK
Love Made Me #36 UK
Edge of a Broken Heart (re-issue) #59 UK
from "Rev It Up"
How Much Love #35 UK
Love is a Killer #41 UK
Not a Minute Too Soon #37 UK
Official Vixen Page
Neil's unofficial Vixen Page
Vixen profile at MetalMaidens.com
Unofficial Vixen Page
Share Ross' (née Pedersen) knitting blog
VH1 Bands Reunited: Vixen
History
Vixen was formed in Minnesota in 1980 by guitarist Jan Kuehnemund whilst still at High School. Various line up changes occurred when in 1985 the band moved to Los Angeles to be part of the LA rock scene. More line up changes happened during the following years until the 'classic' line up of Jan Kuehnemund (Guitar), Janet Gardner (Vocals & rhythm guitar), Share Pedersen (Bass guitar) and Roxy Petrucci (Drums) was formed. This line up was interviewed in 1987 by Penelope Spheeris for her film along with other wannabe rockers.In 1988 the band were signed to EMI and they began recording their debut album Vixen which was released in September 1988. The next year was spent touring the world supporting well known acts such as Ozzy Osbourne, The Scorpions and Bon Jovi as well as headlining their own shows. The band returned to the studio in late 1989/early 1990 to record their followup album Rev it Up which was released in July 1990. A year of touring followed including headlining their own shows and supporting acts such as KISS and Deep Purple. In mid 1991 the band split due to musical differences.
In 1997 Roxy Petrucci reformed Vixen with Janet Gardner on vocals, Gina Stile on guitar and Rana Ross on bass guitar. This line up toured the US in 1997 and in 1998 Petrucci, Gardner and Stile recorded the album Tangerine. After the release of the new album Roxy's sister Maxine Petrucci was brought in to play bass guitar on a US tour of 1998 but were sued for copyright infringement by Kuehnemund.
In 2001 Vixen was reformed by Kuehnemund with a line up consisting of herself, Janet Gardner, Roxy Petrucci and new bassist Pat Holloway. This line up toured the US as part of the "Voices of Metal" tour, unfortunately half way through the tour dissagreements caused the band to split up with only Kuehnemund remaining. Kuehnemund quickly recruited vocalist Jenna Sanz-Agero, bassist Lynn Louise Lowrey and drummer Kat Kraft to complete the tour. This line up is still together and as of early 2005 they are recording a new album and preparing to tour Europe and the US in the summerhttp://www.vixenrock.com/events.html.
In 2004 VH1 approached the four members of the 'classic' line up to appear on their show Bands Reunited, the show was recored in August 2004 and broadcast in the US in November 2004. Following the broadcast of the VH1 show EMI re-released the first two Vixen albums.
There was also a band called Vixen featuring former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman.