''Tangerine'' is the third album by the American
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band
Vixen
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. It was recorded without contributions from
Jan Kuehnemund
Janice Lynn Kuehnemund (; November 18, 1953 – October 10, 2013) was an American lead guitarist who founded the all-female hard rock/glam metal band Vixen.
Life and career
Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Kuehnemund formed an all-female band known ...
and
Share Pederson. The line-up for this album consisted of
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 ...
,
Gina Stile
Gina Tagliente (born January 19, 1965), better known as Gina Stile, is an American former guitarist. She was lead guitar player of the reformed female hard rock band, Vixen, from 1997 to 1998 and 2013 until her departure from the band in March ...
, and
Roxy Petrucci
Roxanne Dora Petrucci (born March 17, 1962 in Rochester, Michigan) is an American drummer best known for her work with the heavy metal bands Madam X and Vixen.
Biography
Petrucci and her sister, Maxine Petrucci, first formed Madam X with vocali ...
. ''Tangerine'' has a different sound from the music of the previous albums of the band, more similar to
post-grunge
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than
glam metal
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. This is the only album to have Stile as Vixen guitarist and the final studio release to feature Gardner as vocalist-guitarist during their tenures in the band; they were forced to part ways following the ''Tangerine'' tour for legal reasons as the courts found Kuehnemund to be the sole owner of the band name thereby making this release unrecognized and unofficial.
Stile and Gardner later rejoined Vixen in 2013, along with Ross and Petrucci, after playing as the former JanetShareRoxyGina (JSRG) line-up. Stile and Gardner left the band for good in 2017 and 2019, respectively.
Track listing
Personnel
;Vixen
*
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 ...
- lead vocals, rhythm guitar
*
Gina Stile
Gina Tagliente (born January 19, 1965), better known as Gina Stile, is an American former guitarist. She was lead guitar player of the reformed female hard rock band, Vixen, from 1997 to 1998 and 2013 until her departure from the band in March ...
- lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*
Roxy Petrucci
Roxanne Dora Petrucci (born March 17, 1962 in Rochester, Michigan) is an American drummer best known for her work with the heavy metal bands Madam X and Vixen.
Biography
Petrucci and her sister, Maxine Petrucci, first formed Madam X with vocali ...
- drums, backing vocals
;Additional musicians
*Mike Pisculli - bass
;Production
*Andy Katz, Phil Magnotti - engineers, mixing
*Darrin Schneider - engineer
*
Ed Stasium
Ed Stasium is an American record producer and audio engineer, who has worked on albums by the Ramones, Talking Heads, Motörhead, the Smithereens and Living Colour.
History
Stasium began his recording career in 1970 fronting the band Brandywine. ...
- mixing
*
Greg Calbi
Gregory Calbi (born April 3, 1949) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound, New Jersey.
Biography
Greg Calbi was born on April 3, 1949, in Yonkers, New York, and raised in Bayside, Queens, New York. He graduated in 1966 from Bishop ...
- mastering at
Masterdisk, New York
References
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Vixen (band) albums
1998 albums
CMC International albums
Eagle Records albums
Post-grunge albums by American artists