Vixen (band)

History

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 summer[1].

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.

Past and Present members