Vixen (band)
Vixen | |
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Vixen live 2014, v. l. From right: Share Ross, Janet Gardner, Roxy Petrucci, Gina Stile |
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General information | |
Genre (s) | Hard rock , glam metal , in the past: pop rock |
founding | 1980, 1997, 2001 |
resolution | 1991, 1998 |
Website | http://www.vixenofficial.com/ |
Founding members | |
Noelle Bucci (until 1983) | |
Jan Kuehnemund (until 1991, 2001-2013; † 2013) | |
Gayle Erickson-DeMatoff (until 1983) | |
Laurie Hedlund (until 1986) | |
Cindy Boettcher (until 1983; † 2014) | |
Current occupation | |
singing |
Lorraine Lewis (since 2019) |
Electric guitar |
Britt Lightning (since 2017) |
Electric bass |
Share Ross (1987–1991, 2004, since 2012) |
Drums |
Roxy Petrucci (1986–1991, 1997–1998, 2001, 2004, since 2012) |
former members | |
Vocals, electric guitar |
Janet Gardner (1983–1991, 1997–1998, 2001, 2004, 2012–2019) |
singing |
Jenna Sanz-Agero (2001-2004, 2004-2013) |
Electric guitar |
Tamara Ivanov (1984-1986) |
Electric guitar |
Gina Stile (1997–1998, 2012–2017) |
Electric bass |
Liza Carbé (1983) |
Electric bass |
Pia Maiocco (1984-1986) |
Electric bass |
Rana Ross (1997-1998; † 2003) |
Electric bass |
Maxine Petrucci (1998) |
Electric bass |
Pat Holloway (2001) |
Electric bass |
Lynn Louise Lowrey (2001-2004, 2004-2012) |
Drums |
Kat Kraft (2001-2004, 2004-2012) |
Vixen is an American hard rock band that gained international attention as one of the first female hard rock and metal groups with two albums in the late 1980s . Later the group was weakened by internal conflicts between the members and could not follow up on their initial successes.
history
Vixen was founded in 1974 in St. Paul, Minnesota, but moved to Los Angeles six years later . The successful phase of the band began in 1988 with the receipt of a recording contract and the self-titled debut album, which sold over a million times and contained two of the band's biggest hits, "Edge of a Broken Heart" and "Cryin '". At that time, after numerous line-up changes in the early phase, the band consisted of their most famous line-up, consisting of Janet Gardner (vocals and rhythm guitar), Jan Kuehnemund (lead guitar), Share Pedersen (bass) and Roxy Petrucci (drums). The second album "Rev It Up", which followed in 1990, with the single "How Much Love" was able to maintain the success of the band, which had meanwhile established itself as one of the largest female rock groups. At the time, Vixen toured with groups like Kiss , Deep Purple , Ozzy Osbourne , Scorpions and Bon Jovi , quickly gaining international attention. Ultimately, however, differences arose within the band about the musical direction, which ultimately led to their dissolution in 1991.
The band was re-founded in 1997 by Gardner and Petrucci, and the line-up was completed by Gina Stile on guitar and Rana Ross as bassist. A year later, shortly after Ross left, the band's third album, "Tangerine", was released. However, it differed greatly from the band's original glam metal style to add grunge elements to the sound of Vixen . and could not build on the success of the previous two albums. During the following tour, on which Roxy's sister Maxine Petrucci acted as bassist, there was a legal battle between the band and Jan Kuehenemund over the rights to the group's older pieces. Shortly thereafter, Vixen were disbanded again.
In 2001 the band was re-founded almost with the line-up of the successful phase, only Pedersen had been replaced by Pat Holloway. During the tour, however, there were again upheavals in the band, so that it was ended by a new line-up consisting of Kuehnemund, Jenna Sanz-Agero (vocals), Lynn Louise Lowrey (bass) and Kat Kraft (drums). With this line-up, the album "Live & Learn" was released in 2006, on which one at least partially returned to one's musical roots, although the commercial success of earlier years should not be repeated with this album either. Previously, the band had appeared one last time in the original line-up for a television show in 2004. At the end of 2012 there were plans to reunite the band in this line-up. However, this was prevented when Jan Kuehnemund was diagnosed with cancer in early 2013, from which she died on October 10, 2013 at the age of 59. The other members, who had previously worked together again in the band JSRG , nevertheless carried out a reunion. Kuehnemund's place in the band was taken by the former Vixen guitarist Gina Stile, who had also worked with JSRG . In March 2017, the band announced a new guitarist Brittany Denaro, better known as Britt Lightning, to succeed Stile. On January 16, 2019, Gardner confirmed their departure from Vixen, and on January 22, Lorraine Lewis was named as the new front woman by Femme Fatale, another all-female band that formed in 2013 and who were Vixen's contemporaries in the late 1980s.
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Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1988 | Vixen |
DE39 (12 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK66 (1 week) UK |
US41 (40 weeks) US |
First published: September 1988
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1990 | Rev It Up |
DE29 (11 weeks) DE |
- |
CH14 (9 weeks) CH |
UK20 (4 weeks) UK |
US52 (16 weeks) US |
First published: July 1990
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More albums
- 1998: Tangerine ( CMC International (US), Eagle Records (Europe))
- 1999: Full Throttle ( Razor & Tie )
- 2006: Extended Versions (CMG Records)
- 2006: Live & Learn (Demolition)
- 2009: Live in Sweden (Castle)
- 2018: Live Fire (Rat Pak Records)
Singles (chart successes)
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1988 | Edge of a Broken Heart Vixen |
- | - | - |
UK51 (7 weeks) UK |
US26 (21 weeks) US |
First published: August 1988
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1989 | Cryin ' Vixen |
- | - | - |
UK27 (4 weeks) UK |
US22 (13 weeks) US |
First published: January 1989
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Love Made Me Vixen |
- | - | - |
UK36 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: May 1989
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1990 | How Much Love Rev It Up |
- | - | - |
UK35 (3 weeks) UK |
US44 (12 weeks) US |
First published: July 1990
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Love Is a Killer Rev It Up |
- | - | - |
UK41 (2 weeks) UK |
US71 (6 weeks) US |
First published: October 1990
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1991 | Not a Minute Too Soon Rev It Up |
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UK37 (2 weeks) UK |
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First published: March 1991
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ross Raihala: Memorial for Vixen guitarist this week in North Branch . In: St. Paul Pioneer Press , November 11, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
- ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HJ4-8GX : 20 May 2014), Janice L Kuehnemund, 10 Oct 2013; citing US Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ↑ http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/surviving-members-of-classic-vixen-lineup-resurrect-band-in-honor-of-fallen-guitarist/
- ↑ http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/vixen-parts-ways-with-guitarist-gina-stiles-announces-replacement/
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE CH UK US