Vixen - Vixen (Japan Edition) (1988)

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Vixen - Vixen (Japan Edition) (1988)

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Vixen - Vixen (Japan Edition) (1988)

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Year : 1988 (Japan Edition)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock, Female vocals
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Videos
Size : 185 mb


Bio:

Vixen are an all-female American rock band. They achieved 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 1973 by guitarist Jan Kuehnemund while still in high school. They were the first all female rock band from the Twin Cities. (Têtes Noires was the first all female rock band from Minneapolis a year or two later).Alex Henderson, writing for Allmusic, says they started in 1981 in Los Angeles.In 1984, an early version of the band with Kuehnemund, singer Janet Gardner and bassist Pia Maiocco (who later married guitarist Steve Vai) 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 (b. Janet Patricia Gardner on March 17, 1962 in Juneau, Alaska, USA) - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, Jan Kuehnemund (b.Janice Lynn "Jan" Kuehnemund (November 18, 1961 – October 10, 2013) - lead guitar, background vocals, Share Pedersen (b. Sharon June Howe on March 21, 1963 in Glencoe, Minnesota) - bass, background vocals, and Roxy Petrucci (b. Roxy Dora Petrucci on March 17, 1960 in Rochester, Michigan) - drums, background vocals, 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 co-wrote with Fee Waybill and arranged their signature hit, "Edge of a Broken Heart" and produced the song. Rumor was he was asked to assist the all-female band by EMI to produce their first major hit. 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.In 1997, drummer Roxy Petrucci reformed Vixen, with Janet Gardner and recruited Gina Stile (b. 19 January 1965), and Rana Ross (bass). This lineup toured the United States in 1997, and in 1998 Gardner, Stile, and Petrucci recorded the album Tangerine. After the release of the new album, Roxy's sister Maxine Petrucci was brought in to play bass on a U.S. tour of 1998, but they were sued for copyright infringement by Kuehnemund.In 1999, Share Pedersen joined her husband's band, the Dogs D'Amour, who were reforming after a long hiatus. She appeared on their 2000 album, Happy Ever After, playing bass, keyboards, and backing vocals. Share and her husband, Bam, also have their own band, Bubble, which is very popular in L.A.In 2001, Vixen was reformed by Kuehnemund with a lineup consisting of herself, Janet Gardner, Roxy Petrucci, and new bassist Pat Holloway. This lineup toured the U.S. as part of the Voices of Metal tour. Unfortunately, half-way through the tour, disagreements caused the band to split-up, with only Kuehnemund remaining. Kuehnemund quickly recruited Jenna Sanz-Agero (Jenna Piccolo) (lead vocals), Lynn Louise Lowrey (bass), and Kathrin "Kat" Kraft (drums) to complete the tour. They released two new albums in 2006, a live album, recorded at a live show in Sweden, called Extended Versions, and a studio album, Live & Learn.In 2004, VH1 approached the four members of the "classic lineup" to appear on their show, Bands Reunited. The show was recorded in August 2004, and broadcast in the U.S. in November 2004. Following the broadcast of the VH1 show, EMI re-released the first two Vixen albums, Vixen and Rev It Up.Winner of the 6th annual Independent Music Awards Vox Pop vote for best Hard Rock/Metal song "I Try".At the end of 2012, Jan Kuehnemund was planning to reunite the classic Vixen line-up with Janet Gardner, Share Pedersen, and Roxy Petrucci, who had since reunited in JSRG with guitarist Gina Stile. However, in January 2013, just days before they were about to make the official announcement of their reunion, Kuehnemund was diagnosed with cancer. The cancer diagnosis forced them to delay the announcement indefinitely, until possibly when Kuehnemund was fully recovered and cancer-free. Unfortunately, the plans of a full-fledged reunion became impossible because on October 10, 2013, after nine months battling cancer, Jan Kuehnemund died at the age of 51.In December 2013 the 3 surviving classic line-up members of the band decided to carry on under the Vixen name in honor of late guitarist Jan Kuehnemund.They did some gigs in 2014 in USA, Spain and Canada. In October 2014 drummer Roxy Petrucci told in an interview that Vixen was working on a new album, featuring one song dedicated to Jan Kuehnemund.

Album:

Vixen is the self-titled debut by the American all-female hard rock/glam metal band Vixen. It was released in 1988 in the United States and Europe, and featured the hit singles "Edge of a Broken Heart" and "Cryin'".Richard Marx, one of the late 1980s most successful recording artists, was heavily involved in Vixen's early career, co-producing the album and writing their biggest hit "Edge of a Broken Heart".One of the best 80s rock albums, you have the three excellent singles "Edge of a Broken Heart", "Cryín" and "Love Made Me", but there are other great songs like "Desperate" and two of my preferred Vixen songs "American Dream" and "I Want you To Rock Me", in fact all the songs are great.All the Band plays really good, Vixen have a excellent powerful glam rock music style.The first single, the "I can live without you"-themed "Edge Of A Broken Heart" was produced by no less a team than Richard Marx and Fee Waybill of the Tubes. With that extended opening airy synth fill, followed by decent guitarwork by Jan Kuehnemund and some vocal oomph by Janet Gardner."I Want You To Rock Me" sports the same booming drums motif that made Kiss's "I Love It Loud" a hit, and in fact I detect they were trying to reduplicate that. It's one of the better tracks here.Some keyboards lighten "Cryin'" a bit, and just like its sister single, it's one of those reactions against a rotter. "I won't be cryin'" goes the chorus.Jon Butcher wrote "American Dream" for these femmes, and the song tackles those looking for the title concept and those who have trouble, the poor and those striving to break the glass ceiling. Some great guitarwork by Kuehnemund here, and even grittier playing on "Desperate," which really comes alive in the choruses and bridge.All too often, the songs make one ache for the heavy guitar, which dies down once Janet Gardner starts singing, and at least her voice is strong enough to keep the listener in tune. Songs like the hard-edged "One Night Alone" and "Love Made Me" benefit from that combination, Gardner in the lighter moments, Kuehnemund in the heavier moments. In the chorus of the former, the entire group sing in unison, and combined with the instrumentation, that's when things are at their most powerful."Cruisin'" is by far the most hard-driving song on the bunch, built around the fast-paced drumming by Roxy Petrucci, while the equally ripping "Charmed Life" about a silver-spooned brat who's got her daddy's brand new car and mother's mastercard, and everything she wants.What they lack in being lighter than the likes of say, Europe, they make up for in a cohesive, consistent sound permeating throughout most of the songs. And a lead guitarist who can still remind the listener that they can rock hard enough was vital to the hard metal of the 80's, which pretty much makes Jan Kuehnemund the backbone of the group.

Line Up:

Janet Gardner - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Jan Kuehnemund - lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals (R.I.P. 2013)
Share Pedersen - bass, backing vocals
Roxy Petrucci - drums, backing vocals

With:

Derek Nakamoto - Keyboards
Richard Marx - Keyboards

Production:

Track 1 arranged and produced by Richard Marx. Recorded and Mixed by Brian Foraker.
Tracks 2, 3, 5 and 8-11 arranged and produced by Rick Neigher and David Cole. Recorded and mixed by David Cole.
Tracks 4, 6 and 7 arranged and produced by Spencer Proffer. Recorded and mixed by Hans Peter Huber.

Tracklist:

01. "Edge of a Broken Heart" (Richard Marx, Fee Waybill) - 4:24
02. "I Want You to Rock Me" (David Cole, Janet Gardner) - 3:30
03. "Cryin'" (Gregg Tripp, Jeff Paris) - 3:32
04. "American Dream" (Jon Butcher) - 4:19
05. "Desperate" (Brian Miku, Leah Santos, Jan Kuehnemund) - 4:16
06. "One Night Alone" (G. Tripp, J. Paris) - 3:50
07. "Hell Raisers" (Scott Metaxas, Kenneth Dubman, Vixen, Spencer Proffer) - 4:27
08. "Love Made Me" (John Keller, Marcy Levy, Michael Caruso) - 3:18
09. "Waiting" (J. Kuehnemund, Janet Gardner) - 3:11
10. "Cruisin'" (J. Kuehnemund, J. Gardner, Keith Krupp) - 4:24
11. "Give It Away" - 3;32 (Bonus Track)

+ Video "Cryin'" (Official Video)
+ Video "Edge of a Broken Heart'" (Official Video)
+ Video "Love Made Me'" (Official Video)



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