VIXEN – Live MTV Spring Break 1989
VIXEN – Daytona Beach Spring Break/MTV Beach Party, Forida. 18/03/1989. Setlist: – ” Love Made Me ” – ” Edge of Broken Heart ” – ” I Want You To Rock Me ” VIXEN are : *Janet Gardner / Vocal, Guitar *Share Pedersen / Bass *Jan Kuehnemund / Lead Guitar *Roxy Petrucci / Drums 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, 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 LA 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 …
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Published: 2011-01-31 19:28:36
VIXEN – Live MTV Spring Break 1989
