Sharon June "Share" Ross (formerly Pedersen; born Sharon June Howe; March 21, 1963 in

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) is an American musician. She was the bass player of the female

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band,

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, from whom she has been on hiatus since February 2022.

Music career

Ross joined Vixen in 1987, replacing

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, and remained with the band until 1992. After leaving Vixen, she co-formed the supergroup,

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, releasing only one album. When Vixen reunited in 1997, she declined as she and her husband, Bam had formed the group, Bubble. In 1997, legendary Texas blues guitarist

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, (Bob Dylan, Jimmie Vaughan, Taj Mahal), invited Ross to play bass for his album A Tone For My Sins. In 1999, Ross and her husband Bam co-wrote the songs on

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's debut album, ''Jesse & The 8th Street Kidz''. The first Bubble album was Ross on guitar and lead vocals, Bam on drums along with

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, guitar and Eric Stacy, bass of

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. Bubble won Song of the Year in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest in 2000 with their song, ''Sparkle Star''. It was also featured in the film starring

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, ''

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''. In 2003, Ross toured with her husband's band,

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, and opened up for

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on a European tour. She contributed to two albums that were released in 2000 for his band before the couple left the group after the tour. In 2006, Ross became the host and co-producer of the now-defunct video

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''Rock n Roll TV'', an online show which featured up-and-coming punk/garage/rock bands and rock news, and in 2010, she played for one night only in a cover band L.A. Nookie, with future Vixen bandmate,

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's Lorraine Lewis on vocals, to support

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at the latter's party for the release of their seventh and most recent album ''

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''. As Share Pedersen, Ross recorded with Ratt's former drummer

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on Contraband's lone, self-titled album. In 2012, Ross reunited with her former Vixen bandmates,

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and

Janet Gardner Janet Patricia Gardner (born March 21, 1962 an American rock singer. She is best known as the former lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the all-female glam metal band Vixen joining in 1983. She was the band's longest serving vocalist having p ...

, along with Gina Stile to form a new band originally known as "VXN" and now using simply their names as the band name of JanetShareRoxyGina (or JSRG for short). The band began performing shows in late 2012 and went on tour with the Monsters of Rock cruise in 2013. Late in 2013 JSRG changed their name back to Vixen in accordance with the wishes of founding member and guitarist

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who was unable to be part of the reformed band due to her battle with cancer and shock passing on October 10, 2013. After sitting in on bass with

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during the 2014 Monsters of Rock Cruise (due to the absence of their regular bassist), she was invited to join

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on their December 2014 UK tour. ''This Is How We Roll'', her first album with that band, came out on October 11, 2019. In contrast to all of Vixen's past concerts, Ross, who has sung lead for several Bubble albums and Twin Flames Radio, handles lead vocals on the band's cover of "

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" during their recent live tours instead of Gardner, Vixen's long-time lead singer. On February 8, 2022, Ross announced her hiatus from the band and announced Brazilian Julia Lage as her touring replacement.

Real estate agent

Ross is a licensed real estate agent in the state of Florida. In addition to her musical career, Ross has been a life coach, specializing in confidence-building, with particular reference to self-promotion via video, with her "Video Rockstar University" program, and a motivational course, "MESH". Her programs were predominantly targeted at self-employed businesswomen. She has also published a book of hip

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designs, ''Punk Knits'' published by Stewart, Tabori and Chang.

Personal life

Share and Bam Ross adopted a

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lifestyle in 2006 through the Raw Pirate Gourmet.

Discography

;Vixen * ''

'' (1988) * ''

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'' (1990) * ''Live Fire'' (2018) ;Contraband * ''Contraband'' (1991) ;Denny Freeman *''A Tone For My Sins'' (1997) ;Jesse Camp & The 8th Street Kidz * ''Jesse Camp & The 8th Street Kidz'' (1999) ;Bubble *''How 'Bout This?'' (2000) *''Miss Hellaneous'' (2001) *''Bubble/Black Halos Split Xmas CD'' (2001) *''Rockets & Volcanoes'' (2001) *''Total Harmonic Distortion'' (2002) *''Rock n Roll Hell'' (2004) ;Twin Flames Radio *''Twin Flames Radio'' (2018) ;The Dogs D'Amour *'' Happy Ever After'' (2000) *''

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'' (2000) ;Down 'n' Outz *''The Further Live Adventures'' (2015) * ''This Is How We Roll'' (2019) - Best British Album – Planet Rock Awards ;Ginger Wildheart *''Ginger Wildheart's Birthday Bash 2018 At The Garage in London'' (2018)

References

External links

Share Ross's own site
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