Vixen

January 14, 2018

CLOSE CALL … Vixen’s Janet Gardner rushed into emergency surgery to remove a subdural hematoma

CLOSE CALL Vixen’s Janet Gardner rushed into emergency surgery to remove a subdural hematoma LOS ANGELES, California — The weekend was very touch n’ go for Janet Gardner of the group Vixen as the singer was performing on Thursday night and being rushed to the hospital less than 24 hours later. Rumors coming into Metal Sludge as early as Friday morning were reporting a serious medical emergency for the vocalist. It has now been[…]

April 29, 2017

FASTER POLEYCAT … Ted Poley joins Faster Pussycat at M3 Rock Festival, pneumonia sidelines Taime Downe

FASTER POLEYCAT Ted Poley joins Faster Pussycat at M3 Rock Festival, pneumonia sidelines Taime Downe COLUMBIA, Maryland — Faster Pussycat pulls out all stops and performs set without the band’s leader, founder and vocalist Taime Downe. As reported by Metal Sludge Faster Pussycat frontman Taime Downe has been hospitalized with severe pneumonia. Faster Pussycat have been on tour and due to Downe’s condition had to cancel their Thursday night show in Pennsylvania. The band also tweeted their M3 Rock[…]

November 30, 2016

M3 Announces 2017 Lineup

M3 2017 Ratt w/ Pearcy, DeMartini & Croucier, Kix, Dokken, Loverboy, Cinderella’s Tom Keifer, Vain & more M3 MUSIC FEST — Here it is, the premiere rock festival has announced their lineup for April 28th and 29th 2017. M3 has become a huge draw every spring and this coming year will be no different. The M3 Rock Fest is always a favorite of music fans and this year brings you a great list of bands.[…]

April 18, 2016

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Hair Nation Festival Announces 20 Band Lineup for So. Calif. on Sept. 17th 2016 Sirius XM — Sunset Strip in the 1980s – was there ever a more debaucherous time and place? Rock and roll was larger than life and every show was a party. Now — for one night only — you can travel back in time to that land of excess at SiriusXM’s Hair Nation Festival with performances by Vince Neil, Bret Michaels, Yngwie[…]

April 4, 2016

PAY TO PEE? South Florida’s heat wave didn’t help attendance at inaugural ‘RockFest 80’s’

PAY TO PEE? South Florida’s heat wave didn’t help attendance at the inaugural ‘RockFest 80’s’ South Florida — This past weekend was the first ever ‘RockFest 80’s‘ music festival. The 2 day event was held April 2nd & 3rd and took place at Markham Park in Sunrise Florida. The inaugural event supplied 22 hours of music by more than 20 artists. At the press kick-off local Radio Dj Paul Castronova and event organizer Roy Anthony talked about the[…]

January 6, 2015

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Europe to headline M3 Music Festival with Tom Keifer, Queensryche, KIX, Dokken and Krokus

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Europe to headline M3 Music Festival along with Tom Keifer, Queensryche, KIX, Dokken and Krokus Maryland — The M3 Music Festival have officially announced their lineup for their annual concert. This year the 2-day event will be held May 1st and May 2nd in Columbia Maryland. The promoters have grabbed a pair of European bands that will get the attention of their 80’s interested fan base for sure. Scandinavia’s biggest ever rock export Europe will[…]

April 20, 2004

METAL SLUDGE’s 20 Questions with Share Ross, VIXEN – April 20th 2004

“I went to a newstand and purchased a BOX of gay porn mags. Me and the engineer cut out 100’s of these naked beauties and wrote messages on them, too. “Dear Bobby, thanks for last night, Love, Tommy.” etc etc. We then covered his drum set in these boy-dangling love pics.” — Share Ross on pulling a prank on Bobby Blotzer Metal Sludge — In Vixen she was known as Share Pedersen, the bass player,[…]

February 24, 2004

METAL SLUDGE’s 20 Questions with Roxy Petrucci, VIXEN – February 24th 2004

Metal Sludge — After all this time, Metal Sludge has never done 20 Questions with anybody from Vixen. Well we had to do something about that, and now we have. This week we’re talking to Vixen drummer Roxy Petrucci. Back in the day, Vixen were all over MTV and in Metal Edge so it was about time that one of them stepped up to answer our stupid questions. And Roxy was that person! Enjoy! 1.[…]