Roxanne Dora Petrucci (born March 17, 1962) is an American drummer best known for her work with the

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bands Madam X and

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Biography

Petrucci and her sister, Maxine Petrucci, first formed Madam X with vocalist Bret Kaiser and Chris Doliber. She left Madam X to join Vixen in 1986 and stayed until 1991. Roxy returned when Vixen reunited in 1997, bringing in her sister Maxine into the fold, but the lineup had to be dissolved the next year for legal reasons. She later rejoined a

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-led Vixen, but the reunion ended in 2001. In 2004,

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approached the four members of the "classic lineup" to appear on their show, ''

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's American label

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re-released the first two Vixen albums, ''Vixen'' and ''Rev It Up''. In 2012,

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, Share Pedersen, and Petrucci announced they and

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would form their own band. Thus, they became known as JanetShareRoxyGina (or JSRG for short). JSRG began playing shows at the end of 2012, followed by touring on the Monsters of Rock cruise in March 2013, and performing at the tenth anniversary of the melodic rock festival Firefest in the UK later in October. In December, JSRG evolved into Vixen to honor Kuehnemund's posthumous legacy. Petrucci also played for Roktopuss with former

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vocalist and future Vixen bandmate Lorraine Lewis, who succeeded Gardner on vocals in January 2019 after the latter stepped down. Vixen 2014

Bands

* Madam X (1984–1986, 1991, 2014–current) *

(1986–1991, 1997–1998, 2001, 2004, 2013–current) * Roktopuss (2006–2013) * JSRG (2012–2013)

Discography

Madam X *''

We Reserve the Right ''We Reserve the Right'' is the debut album by American glam metal band Madam X, released in 1984. Track listing Personnel ;Madam X *Bret Kaiser - vocals *Maxine Petrucci - guitars, backing vocals *Chris "Godzilla" Doliber - bass, backing ...

'' (1984) *''Monstrocity'' (2017) Vixen *''

'' (1988) *''

Rev It Up ''Rev It Up'' is the second album by the American hard rock band Vixen, released by EMI in 1990. It entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 20, and placed two songs inside the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. However, it did not match up to its predecessor in ...

'' (1990) *''

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'' (1998) *'' The Best Of Vixen: Full Throttle'' (1999) *''Vixen & Helix - Back 2 Back Hits'' (2000) *''Rare Vintage'' (2018) *''Live Fire'' (2018) *"Red" (2023) (Non-album single) Maxine Petrucci *'' Titania'' (2006) Docker's Guild *''The Heisenberg Diaries - Book A: Sounds of Future Past'' (2016)

Filmography

Video albums *''Vixen - Revved Up!'' (1990) Films *'' The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years'' (1988) (Cameo interviews with Janet Gardner, Share Pedersen and Roxy Petrucci)

References

External links

Roxy Petrucci's official site
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