VXN,
the newly formed band featuring three former members of the
platinum-selling all-female ’80s band VIXEN —
singer Janet
Gardner,
drummer Roxy
Petrucci and
bassist Share
Ross,
along with guitarist Gina
Stile,
who was the guitarist on VIXEN‘s “Tangerine” album
— has changed its name to JANETSHAREROXYGINA (a.k.a. JSRG)
to avoid any confusion between them and the band known as VIXEN.
The VIXEN trademark
belongs to guitarist Jan
Kuehnemund and
the members of JANETSHAREROXYGINA want
to make it clear that they are a completely different band.
Commented Gardner,
“It feels so good to be reunited with Roxy and Share.
And when we started jammin’ some old VIXEN songs
with Gina,
we knew this was right.”
Share
Ross added,
“With hits like ‘Edge
Of A Broken Heart’, ‘Cryin”, ‘How
Much Love’, ‘Not
a Minute Too Soon’, ‘Love
is a Killer’ and ‘Rev
It Up’ emblazoned
upon our souls, we knew it was time to resurrect our sound. We want
to give the fans what they want.”
In
1987, “Edge
Of A Broken Heart” climbed
the Billboard chart
to the Top Ten and VIXEN had
hit after hit. EMI suddenly
had the only platinum-selling all-female rock band of its time on
their roster.
Dubbed
“MTV Darlings”,
the hits kept coming with “Cryin’”, “How
Much Love”, “Love
Is A Killer” and “Not
a Minute Too Soon”.
The band earned credibility as they opened up for superstars,
including OZZY
OSBOURNE, DEEP
PURPLE, SCORPIONS and BON
JOVI,
to name a few. A live performance on the “Arsenio
Hall” television
show sealed their credibility with the fact that these girls could
play.
JSRG will
play a select number of casinos, festivals and showcase dates in 2013
and perform all the VIXEN hits
along with new songs from their as-yet-unreleased EP. The debut gig
will take place at the kick-off party as well as on board
the Monsters
Of Rock Cruise on
March 16-20, 2013 sailing out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida bound for
CoCoCay and Freeport, Bahamas.
JSRG is
not to be confused with the current version of VIXEN,
which consists of founding memberJan
Kuehnemund (guitar)
alongside Jenna
Sanz-Agero (vocals), Lynn
Louise Lowrey (bass),
and Kat
Kraft (drums).
VIXEN‘s
original members Gardner, Kuehnemund, Pedersen and Petrucci appeared
together on VH1‘s “Bands
Reunited” in
October 2004 to reminisce about their start on L.A.’s Sunset Strip
and their rise to fame in the late 1980s, before the onset of grunge
in the early 1990s displaced metal at the top of the charts. They
also took part in a short performance for the program.
