Jan Kuehnemund, the founding member and lead guitarist for
the all-female glam metal band Vixen, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 10
after a long battle with cancer. She was 51. An official statement has not been released.
Kuehnemund was born on November 18, 1961 in St. Paul,
Minnesota and formed Vixen in high school. She and singer Janet Gardner
moved the band to Los Angeles in 1985 and, within two years, the classic
lineup was formed with Roxy Petrucci on drums and Share Pedersen on
bass. The band was later signed to EMI.
Vixen's self-titled debut was released in 1988 and spawned
two hit singles, "Cryin'" and "Edge of a Broken Heart." The group
appeared in the Penelope Spheerisfilm, The Decline of Western
Civilization II: The Metal Years, and its videos were featured heavily
on MTV.
Vixen followed up their breakout success with Rev It Up in
1990, which yielded two singles, "Love Is A Killer" and "How Much
Love." The album did not have the same impact as the band's debut,
however, and they were dropped shortly after.
Vixen disbanded for several years but reformed with
various new members until Kuehnemund returned in 2001. The band had a
brief reunion of the classic lineup for VH1's Bands Reunited in 2004,
but soon went their separate ways. Kuehnemund continued as Vixen with
new members and Gardner, Petrucci and Pedersen formed JanetShareRoxyGina
(aka JSRG) with new guitarist Gina Stile.
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