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NEWS June 18th 2009 Roxy obviously made quite an impression at the Cape Breton Drum Festival - she will be amongst the 2010 recipients of their Legends Award! Also she will be performing there again next year. Congratulations to her! Jan has a couple of items of memorabilia - her coat from the cover of the first Vixen album, and Vixen orange logo guitar from Rev It Up - on display at an exhibit in The Henry Ford Museum in Michigan. Pictures can be seen on the official Vixen page. 
June 9th 2009 Pictures of the Scrap Metal show on June 6th including several featuring Janet can be seen at theywillrockyou.com More news on Janet via Share's blog ;-) - she mentions Janet singing with Scrap Metal and goes on to say : Plus Share says "I’m gonna be a regular Rock Star Counselor and they’ve got more camps lined up for Los Angeles in November." 
June 2nd 2009 Roxy has posted a report of her appearance at the Cape Breton International Drum Festival. Check it out here. May 21st 2009 Roxy has done a short interview with The Cape Breton Post ahead of her appearance at the International Drum Festival. Read it here. May 15th 2009 Janet will be performing live for the first time in a few years. She will be a guest of Scrap Metal (a band made up of various 80s/90s band members which often features guest vocalists) at their show on June 6th at the Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Connecticut. For full details see here. A recap of Share's experience as Rock Star Counselor at the Rock n Roll Fantasy Camp including photos is now up on her site. May 11th 2009 Metal In My Veins can now be listened to on Maxine's myspace, and Roxy's myspace (seems to have come out with the drums sounding clearer even though it's not a different mix!) May 8th 2009 Roxy has posted : Maxine has another show (as part of a 4 band bill), on Saturday June 13th at 'New York New York' in Chesterfield, Michigan. I think it could be a double celebration on that day ;-) May 1st 2009 Jenna was interviewed today on www.angelofmetal.com. Apparently the Live in Sweden CD/DVD is still due
out sometime this year, whereas the new studio album will likely be recorded towards the end of the year for release in 2010. 
April 20th 2009 Share is going to be a 'Rock Star Counselor' at the Hollywood Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp. Other artists who will be at this years event include Steven Tyler, Todd Rundgren, Duff McKagan, Bruce Kulick and many more. For more info see here. She also has a new site, www.shareross.com, which is still under construction but already has a fair amount of info to check out. Already included are a bio, discography, photo albums and links to all the (many) things she is or was involved in. Finally, you can follow her at http://twitter.com/shareross April 6th 2009 On Yedda.com a fan has posted asking what Janet is doing now and Janet has replied! Here is what she said :
March 26th 2009 Maxine Petrucci finally has a live date! She will be playing the Token Lounge in Westland, Michigan on April 18th. As far
as I can tell, her band line-up is Jeff Whittle (Bass), Pat Deleon (Drums), and Michelle and Melissa Russo (Backing vocals) along with herself on guitar and vocals of course. March 25th 2009 Vixen are one of the featured artists for VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80's. The show
premieres on VH1 in two hour blocks from March 31 - April 3 at 10PM each night. March 19th 2009 Vixen have now confirmed that they will be playing at Rocklahoma. They are set to appear on Sunday July 12th. March 15th 2009 The official Rocklahoma website lists Vixen as being confirmed to play this year's event : January 30th 2009 Roxy will be performing at The Cape Breton International Drum Festival at the Savoy Theatre in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. This is a two day event on May 23rd and 24th, 2009.
Tickets should be available online Feb 2nd at www.savoytheatre.com/tickets.htm January 23rd 2009 Pictures from the NAMM show, Roxy with various 'people' (click for larger pics) :
Pictures of Lynn from NAMM can be viewed on her myspace page. January 8th 2009 Vixen related appearances at NAMM 2009 : December 14th 2008 Roxy will be the guest DJ on Metal Express Radio on Friday Dec 19th @ 9:00am & 3:00pm EST. Tune in for an hour of Rox n Roll! November 23rd 2008 A new audio interview with Roxy has been posted on Talking 80s Music as part of their 100th episode celebrations. (Click on the heading of the blog entry to listen/download - the file is 70MB and the section featuring Roxy begins at around 27 minutes.) She talks about playing clarinet, auditioning for David Lee Roth, Roktopuss, the proposed Vixen reunion and project with Janet and Share, and her latex outfit amongst other subjects! October 28th 2008 Maxine's new CD "Don't Hate Me" is now available to buy from the website maxattacks.com (along with her first CD Titania). It's also available from her myspace, where a new song, Razzed, has been posted. See below for the front and back covers, including the tracklisting :
October 26th 2008 An interview with Share has been posted at glitzine.net As to the last item, Share says that since they have a new bass player and new songs the band is not going to be Bubble anymore! The new band is called The Lovestains and so the last Bubble gig was the one on Sept 25th at the Viper Room. October 20th 2008 Roxy has posted a blog on myspace in which she says that the project with Janet and Share has not progressed as far as expected. It seems unlikely that anything will come to
fruition ; "I'm not sure if or when we'll record together". However she will be in the studio this week recording a song with guitarist Gina Stile (from the Tangerine album). October 14th 2008 Jenna has given birth to a baby boy, called Cisco, on September 26th. Congratulations to her on the new arrival! 
September 30th 2008 Maxine has announced the release date for her 2nd album "Don't Hate Me" : October 28th. The CD includes 11 tracks, with vocals, guitar
and bass by Maxine and drums by Charlie Grover. Roxy plays drums on two tracks as well as Paul Petrucci playing bass on one track. It
will be available through her website Maxattacks.com, as well as Amazon.com and Itunes. August 21st 2008 The video for Give Me Away is now online. Watch it at Myspace or Youtube. The quality on Myspace is better than the standard version on Youtube, but if you choose 'watch in high quality' on Youtube that may be the best overall :-) Roxy has also posted a video on Myspace, this is a short clip in the studio with her 'Hi Hat'. August 13th 2008 Vixen have posted a blog about a new music video for the song Give Me Away which will be premiering on August 20th. It will be able to be viewed on myspace and youtube. Share has also posted a blog. This is regarding Bubble - they have a new bass player, and a gig coming up on Sept 25th at the Viper Room. More info in the Bubble blog : the new bass player is Dat Ngo from The Superbees and Donita Sparks. May 20th 2008 Share has posted a blog on her myspace page, in which she talks about a couple of musical projects she and Bam (her husband and drummer in Bubble) are working on. One is a new Bubble album, and the other will be a project where they have many guests play and sing on the album. Meanwhile, Vixen are currently writing for their next studio album, tentatively due spring 2009 with an accompanying tour. May 14th 2008 There is to be a reunion of 3 members of the original Vixen recording line-up. A full reunion of the band that recorded the first 2 albums wasn't possible but
Roxy, Janet and Share have decided to record some new material together. See Roxy's blog about it here. May 9th 2008 Roxy has written a blog for the Modern Drummer myspace site, talking about John Bonham's playing and the time she and Maxine met Led Zeppelin. Check it out here. May 6th 2008 Here is the interview with Jan from Headbang, again the article as published in the April 2008 issue, followed by the interview in English. Thanks again to Ilknur for the mag and the text! April 15th 2008 I now have available for viewing Roxy's interview in Headbang, click here to see the article followed by the interview in English. I guess that is the original version as I'm not aware that Roxy speaks Turkish ;-) Note that the article was originally published in January 2008. Many thanks to Ilknur for the pic and the text! April 3rd 2008 Roxy is currently recording a drum track for a tune with Carina Alfie. The title of the track is "Universe of Dreams" and it should be included on the next CD by the Argentinian guitarist. April 1st 2008 Roxy has posted a new track, Pounding Torque, essentially a solo drum track with added motorbike noises plus percussion from Brian Judkins. You can hear it on her myspace page or her official website (go to audio clips). Jan's interview with the Turkish Headbang magazine is now out, in the April 08 issue. Again, I will have scans and a translation at some point! February 7th 2008 There is a new interview with Roxy at MUEN Magazine. It is located in this blog, towards the bottom left. Amongst other things, Roxy talks about the possibility of working with guitarist Carina Alfie, and playing some summer shows, including maybe Rocklahoma. Roxy will also have a new column in Music Entertainment Magazine - if you have a drumming question for her, email it to: groovequeen@musicentertainmentmagazine.com January 23rd 2008 Following Jan's interview, there is now a podcast available of Jenna's interview with the MIB show on hardrockradiolive.com January 18th 2008 Vixen have launched an official youtube channel. Go to this location to watch videos ranging from promo videos from the 1980s to recent live footage of the current line-up. January 11th 2008 An audio interview with Jan originally broadcast on hardrockradiolive.com is now available as a podcast to listen to/download. During the interview mention is made of the Live in Sweden DVD which may be released as a package with the live CD around spring time, and of possible tour dates - US summer shows and European summer festival dates, with maybe some additional dates in the spring or fall. There is an interview with Roxy in the January 08 issue of Headbang - a supplement which comes with the Turkish magazine Blue Jean. I hope to have a scan of the article and an English translation at some point ;-) December 11th 2007 There is a new interview with Roxy now up at Metal Monthly. There is also an interview with Vixen on the same site, though I don't know how new that is ;-) Photos from the Hard Rock Hell Festival are posted on Lynn Louise Lowrey's page. November 21st 2007 Jan & Jenna have made it to the final of the USA Songwriting Competition in the Rock category with 'I Try' from the Live & Learn album. Various sites, including blabbermouth and bravewords, are reporting that Vixen will play the Rocklahoma festival in 2008. However, this seems to be based on a Vixen at Rocklahoma date being posted on pollstar.com which has since been removed, so do not take this as being confirmed. Another new interview with Roxy can be read at Heavy Metal Time Machine. In addition to Roktopuss, Roxy says she is planning on recording instrumentals (she was working on one with bass work by Michael Pisculli at the time of the interview) and also recording more 'heavy kickass tunes' with her sister Maxine. November 1st 2007 A new interview with Roxy is up at http://metalzoneprod666.com, The World's Online Underground Metal Magazine. October 19th 2007 There is a review of Roktopuss' 4-track demo CD up now at rockunited.com October 17th 2007 The release of Vixen's Live in Sweden CD has been put back. From Blabbermouth : A new interview with Roxy Petrucci regarding Roktopuss and her musical influences, etc has been posted at AOR Underground. October 5th 2007 Here are scans of Roktopuss from the Sept 07 issue of Music Entertainment Magazine. Thanks so much to Anthony at ME Mag, check out their website and myspace page.
September 14th 2007 It seems that the dates for the proposed Vixen/Hanoi Rocks/LA Guns tour were prematurely posted (on Phil Lewis of LA Guns' myspace)
and were not confirmed. See statements on the official Vixen page and the official Hanoi Rocks page. Also any tickets that were being
sold are being withdrawn from sale, see the livenation page for the proposed Astoria show which lists it as cancelled for example. It
remains to be seen whether any shows will go ahead ... September 10th 2007 Maxine has posted a new song on her myspace page, called "My QT". This is from her forthcoming album, "Don't Hate Me". Roktopuss news : Roxy and Lorraine are on the cover of the latest issue of Music Entertainment Magazine, along with an extensive article inside. The magazine is distributed for free in Florida. August 30th 2007 More dates for the Vixen European tour with Hanoi Rocks and L.A. Guns have been posted on Phil Lewis of L.A. Guns' myspace
page, so I think these can be taken as being fairly confirmed :-) August 29th 2007 Some likely dates for the European tour, please note these are not official yet : August 26th 2007 Lynn Louise Lowrey was just interviewed tonight on Smokin Tunz Radio. News revealed during the interview is
that Vixen will be teaming up for a European tour with L.A. Guns and Hanoi Rocks. This will be starting in October, through
November, and possibly into December. One date that was mentioned is Nov 17th at the Astoria in London. August 16th 2007 Vixen will release a live album, 'Live in Sweden', on October 8th via Castle (Castle Music I assume,
a subsidiary of Sanctuary Records). The CD was recorded at the Sweden Rock Festival in 2005, and I believe
should be longer than the Extended Versions CD which was taken from the same show, although possibly it still won't
feature the full 19 song set.
Presumably the album cover? Aug 18th : the track listing has been posted on the official Vixen site. July 13th 2007 Vixen has a new tour date, on September 1st at the Power Box Festival in Darrington, WA. This
is an all female festival including other artists such as Doro, the Iron Maidens and Girlschool, with part of the event's proceeds going to Caring Coaches, a non-profit organization for cancer research awareness. May 7th 2007 Live pictures from the Knitting Factory gig have been posted at Highwire Daze.
April 5th 2007 Vixen have a new live date on April 28th at the Knitting Factory, Hollywood. There is also a new interview with Jan up at Rock My Monkey and a new Vixen forum which they are hosting here. Some topics covered in the interview include possibly making a video for a song from Live & Learn, and the release of the DVD from the Sweden Rock festival possibly this summer. Bubble will be playing a short FREE set at the launch party for Share & Bam's Punk Knits book on Sunday, April 22nd. The party is at the Stitch Cafe, CA from 3pm - 6pm. March 26th 2007 Win an autographed Vixen guitar! The House of Hair are running a contest with a grand prize of the guitar and a personal phone call from Jan. Also on offer are 25 copies of Live & Learn. But hurry as the contest ends March 28th. Roktopuss news - Roxy and Lorraine are writing some new material and are putting together some live dates, they might hit the UK before the States. Plus they apparently have something in the works for a reality show ... March 7th 2007 There are two new interviews with Jan now available to read, at Lords of Metal and Music Morsels. And I just noticed that the Bubble website has been redesigned. Not much stuff there yet, but Share does say that there's just her and Bam in the band now, they will be getting a new bassist, and look for them to be playing gigs in Hollywood in April! February 12th 2007 The current issue of Classic Rock magazine (March 2007, special 'lost' issue), has an article on Roktopuss. Here it is : Feb 13th : A 1 minute sample of a new Roktopuss song, Away, has been posted at their myspace and on Roxy's page.
January 19th 2007 Vixen will be appearing tomorrow, Jan 20th, at the NAMM show in Los Angeles at the Luna Guitars and ddrums booths. Look out also soon for the US release of the Live & Learn CD, on Jan 30th. A new interview with Maxine has been posted at glam-metal.com. Her new CD is currently being mixed and then mastered, and will be released sometime in 2007. For news from 2006 see archive6. |
