Vixen Discography (1988-2006)

Vixen Discography

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Artist...............: Vixen

Genre................: Hard Rock

Source...............: NMR

Year.................: 1988-2006

Quality..............: 320 kbps (except where noted)

Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3

Covers...............: front, back

Information..........: Seperate nfo/sfv for each album

Tracklist............: see file listing



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Album listing

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1988 - Vixen

1990 - Rev It Up

1998 - Tangerine

2006 - Live it Up (192kbps)



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Vixen is an all-female American hard rock band which achieved some

commercial success during the late 1980s and early 1990s as part of the Los

Angeles, California glam metal scene.



Vixen was formed in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1980 by guitarist Jan Kuehnemund

while still at high school. In 1984, an early version of the band with

Kuehnemund and singer Janet Gardner appeared in the movie Hardbodies, as

the on-screen band Diaper Rash. In 1985, the band moved to Los Angeles,

California to be part of the L.A. rock scene.



Lineup changes happened during the following years until the "classic lineup"

of Janet Gardner (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Jan Kuehnemund (lead guitar),

Share Pedersen (bass), and Roxy Petrucci (drums) was formed. This lineup of

Vixen was interviewed in 1987 along with many other rock artists of the day

by Penelope Spheeris for her film The Decline of Western Civilization II: The

Metal Years.



In 1988 the band was signed to EMI, and they began recording their debut

album Vixen, which was released in September 1988. Singer-songwriter

Richard Marx actually wrote and arranged their signature hit, "Edge of a

Broken Heart", as well as performing keyboards and producing the song.

Rumor was he was asked to assist the all-female band by EMI to produce

their first major-hit, to compete with the all-female band the Bangles. Richard

Marx had nothing to do with their follow-up CD, since he was becoming more

of a mainline- singer than songwriter. Vixen spent the next year touring the

world, supporting acts such as Ozzy Osbourne, 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 follow up 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 group disbanded due to musical differences.

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