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NEWS ARCHIVE 6 December 17th 2006 Somewhat late posting this after switching over to a new computer, but just a quick note to say that the official Vixen website has a new design, including new backgrounds and photos. Check it out at www.vixenrock.com Higher quality backstage pictures from the Roktopuss Halloween show have been posted in Roxy's scrapbook. December 7th 2006 Some more Roktopuss news : a couple of videos from the show and pictures from backstage have now been posted. And some of my pictures have also been used in the Roktopuss photo gallery and on Roxy's page ;-) November 4th 2006 A little report on the first ever Roktopuss show!  They played a Femme Fatale cover, Waiting for the Big One, and the Vixen cover was I Want You to Rock Me (or Rok Me ;-) ). In addition to that were the
2 songs, Naked and Dog Bite, that have previously been posted on the internet, High which I realised after that I had heard and was from Lorraine's previous project Snowball, and what I assume were 2 new Roktopuss songs, Away and Desperate (not the Vixen song)
which was an acoustic track played by only Lorraine and Jeff Young. A great, energetic performance by everyone and Roxy certainly still hits her drums as hard as ever!
Rounding up some Vixen news : October 11th 2006 New Vixen live dates have been posted for Europe in December. These include several in Germany, one each in Austria, Switzerland & Spain, and three in Finland on the "Christmas is Heavy" tour with Yngwie Malmsteen & U.D.O. See the tour dates page on the official Vixen site for full details. I have added a few live photos from Spain to my live pix page. October 9th 2006 On September 29th most of Vixen (Jan, Lynn, Kat & Chris) were at a pre-show party for the Rockzinante Excalibur Metal Festival. I was lucky enough to be admitted to the restricted area where they were for a short time, and to meet them (again ;-) ) Here is a picture of my friend Eva giving the belt to Jan as alluded to in the previous news item :
The show itself was fantastic, the girls really enjoyed the extra room on stage to run around in, and got a great response
from the Spanish crowd. The set was a little shorter, maybe partly due to timing problems with the festival, from memory something like -
Love Made Me, Anyway, Streets in Paradise, Live & Learn, How Much Love, Rock Me, Love is a Killer, Pacifist, Cryin', Rev It Up,
You Wish, Cruisin', Edge of a Broken Heart. Afterwards we located the access way to the backstage and begged the security guy there to get Vixen to come out,
after a while they did - Jan, Lynn, and Jenna fresh from her trip to Italy :-)
A clip of Cryin' from the festival can be seen here. Release dates for Vixen's new album Live & Learn have been announced, so far they are : Also there will be some more Vixen live dates in Europe in December, including Germany, Switzerland, Finland and Spain. The Finnish dates at least appear to be part of a tour with Yngwie Malmsteen and U.D.O. More news soon! September 30th 2006 Maxine has posted a new song on myspace, a cover of Black Sabbathīs Symptom of the Universe. She has a new album almost completed, itīs in the mixing stages at the moment and Maxine is looking to get it released in early 2007. She is very excited about it and feels itīs a big step up from the Titania CD. And lastly, she is also putting a band together to play some shows. Vixen made an appearance last night at the Excalibur metal pub in Madrid, where Jan was presented with a beautiful belt by a Spanish girl ;-) How do I know? Stay tuned ... September 23rd 2006 From the Roktopuss myspace page, the line up of the band is now given : A new interview with Jan (in Spanish) has been posted at rafabasa.com September 10th 2006 Finally, Roktopuss have their first live date! The band featuring Roxy Petrucci and Lorraine Lewis will play with L.A. Guns on Tuesday October 31st at The Knitting Factory in Hollywood. Roktopuss t-shirts in red, black and white are also now available at www.myspace.com/roktopuss Vixen's current touring schedule is as follows : the Rockzinante Excalibur Metal Festival in Madrid, Spain on September 30th and the Rio Grande Rock-n-Roar Bikefest at the Cohen stadium in El Paso, Texas on October 14th, with 2 new shows added with Dokken at the Northern Lights Casino, Walker, MN on March 2nd/3rd next year. 
August 17th 2006 Both of Vixen's new CDs, Live & Learn and Extended Versions, are now available to buy from the store on Vixen's website.
And speaking as someone who was lucky enough to get both CDs at the Camden Underworld show in London I can say that they're well worth it ;-) Current Vixen press appearances include Classic Rock magazine and a review of the Underworld show in this week's Kerrang. July 25th 2006 The myspace page for Jan is now official, view it at http://www.myspace.com/jankuehnemund July 21st 2006 An extensive interview with Jenna has been posted on rockdetector.com A clip of Cryin' live on June 23rd at the Whisky has been posted on YouTube. Note : the myspace page mentioned in the previous news item has been changed so that it now says it is a tribute page to Jan. You can see it at http://www.myspace.com/jankuehnemund, but remember, this is not Jan! July 19th 2006 From the official site, Vixen have signed with Demolition Records for the release of Live & Learn (it should be out some time in September). The cover and tracklisting can be seen on the discography page, as can that for the Extended Versions album which is finally available to order! See Tower Records. Also, a notice about some myspace pages, two official, those for
Jenna Sanz-Agero and Lynn Louise Lowrey July 10th 2006 The week after Lorraine's interview, The Headbanger's Basement has posted an interview with Jan done during the last Vixen tour. See segment 4, here. Following the cancellation of the RagnaRock festival in Norway, Vixen's touring schedule has been updated. The majority of the UK dates will go ahead as planned, some other European dates will be rescheduled and a couple of new festival dates have been added. See the tour page for the latest information. Could the Extended Versions (aka Live in Sweden) CD finally be about to be released?? There is an entry for it on cduniverse.com, check it out for the tracklisting .... backordered at the moment but as the last official release date given was July 11, perhaps it will be available to order soon. July 2nd 2006 Live footage of Vixen from a recent 2006 show has been posted at youtube : Here are the setlists for the Tulsa 12/6 and the Long Beach 17/6 shows :
Pictures from the above 2 shows can now be viewed on the live pix page. June 28th 2006 There is an interview with Lorraine Lewis up at The Headbanger's Basement, in which she talks about Roktopuss, her project with Roxy. Play or download segment 4 to hear it. Info from the interview includes the news that they are working on more songs and are now planning to play shows in late July/early August, starting off at LA. One Vixen track and one Femme Fatale track should be in the set. Could be Roxy at the Roxy! Also in this week's show a new track from Vixen, Give Me Away, is played at the beginning of segment 3. June 26th 2006 From Vixen's myspace page : Well at long last we have some updated information about the release of the live album (which was supposed to have been May 16). We are now told that the album is being manufactured tomorrow, June 27th and will be in stores in two weeks - JULY 11th!! We hope this is good information and we will keep you posted if it changes. More news to come on the studio album, so keep checking back... For those of you who were at the Whisky, we had a great time! Thanks for your support. And, before I get round to posting some live pics, here's one of Kat & Jan from after the Long Beach show ;-)  June 24th 2006 I've just got back from LA! I saw Vixen in Long Beach on June 17th (not quite able to stay on for the Whisky show) and before that at the Tulsa, OK show on the 12th. Many thanks to Bruce & Ilknur in Tulsa for the invite and their hospitality! Both shows were fantastic, the girls were in fine form and it was great to meet them too! Will post some pics and maybe videos as well over the next few days so look out for that. Now, a round up of news from while I've been away ... From blabbermouth.net :
Note, as far as I'm aware, House of Lords are only playing on the UK shows (the "Lords and Ladies" tour). The live album is unfortunately still not out, despite having a mid May release date originally. Boo to Sony/BMG! I have no definite info on the live DVD release ... I guess they were still shooting the bonus material for that when I saw them on tour in Tulsa ;-) A new interview with Jan can be read at rawandwild.com May 25th 2006 From melodicrock.com : VIXEN IN THE US: May 1st 2006 There is an interview with Roxy now up at glam-metal.com More Vixen dates have been announced, including the Rockzinante Excalibur Metal Festival in Madrid, Spain and the
Roxy's project with Lorraine Lewis is now called Roktopuss! Vixen have added several US shows to their tour schedule. Some of these are part of a package tour, with Vixen supported by Enuff Z'nuff and Delta 32, and some will be Vixen only, with a local support band. See the events page. And a special mention (it's my website so I'm allowed) for the show in Tulsa, OK at the Blank Slate on June 12th. If you're able to go, please stop by and say hi to Ilknur and Bruce! See also websites for the support band for that show, Down for Five, and the guitar player, Janna Jordan. April 1st 2006 There was an interview with Jan broadcast on Electric Eye Radio yesterday (March 31). The album was discussed track by track, and then played in its entirety after the interview. Anyway The cover and tracklisting for the Live In Sweden album has been posted on the discography section of the official Vixen website. The US tour dates which have been confirmed so far have also been posted here. And finally, there are 3 new photos in the Vixen and Friends section of the gallery. Recognise anyone? ;-)
From Blabbermouth,
VIXEN have been confirmed for Rock of Ages, a new festival series set up by the organizers of the German hard rock
and heavy metal festival Bang Your Head!!! The event is set to take place July 28-29 in Seebronn (close to Rottenburg),
Germany. Maxine has posted a new track on her myspace site, 'Always Been', from the Japanese release of Titania. March 16th 2006 A new photo gallery has been posted on the official Vixen website, Photo Shoots, which includes pictures from a recent shoot. March 9th 2006 Metal Express Radio has posted an interview with Maxine Petrucci. In addition to the release of the Titania album in Japan in March, Maxine is currently writing and recording her second album, which will again feature Roxy and Paul Petrucci as guests. March 7th 2006 Two new Vixen dates in Norway are listed on pollstar.com :
March 6th 2006 Vixen now have a page on myspace. A couple of new songs, You Wish and Little Voice, are available to listen to there. Share also has a page on myspace, www.myspace.com/shareross February 15th 2006 There is an interview with Roxy now at Full in Bloom Music which includes a lot about her time in Madam X as well as Vixen. From Blabbermouth,
Vixen will be playing at the Rock & Blues Custom Show in Derbyshire, England. They will appear on the
middle day of the 3 day event, on Friday July 28, second on the bill to UFO. February 3rd 2006 Three members of Vixen attended the Jan 2006 NAMM show in Los Angeles. Some pictures of Jan, Jenna & Kat can be seen on the Luna Guitars website : January 24th 2006 A clip of a new song can be heard on Roxy's page. The song is called "Naked" and features Roxy, Brian Young on guitar
and Lorraine Lewis on vocals (replacing Lenita Erickson). Jan 30th - new mix posted. The Madam X album We Reserve The Right (with Maxine Petrucci on guitar & Roxy Petrucci on drums) is going to be released for the first time on CD. It is due out on March 27. However as is usual with these things, the record company has obtained the rights to release the album and the band has no involvement ... January 16th 2006 Maxine has got a deal with TKO Records to release the Titania CD in Japan. It should be out around Feb/March 06
and has been repackaged with the inclusion of more photos and lyrics. There will also be a bonus track called "Always Been" which is exclusive to Japan. January 14th 2006 There is now a sample of the title track to the new Vixen album, Live & Learn, on the official website here. For news from 2005 see archive5. |
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