Roxy Petrucci
American drummer, heavy metal musician

Roxy Petrucci

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American drummer, heavy metal musician
Gender:
Female
Places:
United States of America
Is:
SingerRock drummerDrummerHeavy metal musician
Work field:
Music
Birth:
17 March 1962(Rochester, Oakland County, Michigan, USA)
Star sign:
Pisces
Genres:
Glam metal
Instruments:
Drum kitVoice
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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 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 Jan Kuehnemund-led Vixen, but the reunion ended in 2001. In 2004, VH1 approached the four members of the "classic lineup" to appear on their show, Bands Reunited. The show was recorded in August 2004, and broadcast in the U.S. in November 2004. Following the broadcast of the VH1 show, EMI's American label Capitol re-released the first two Vixen albums, Vixen and Rev It Up.

In 2012, Janet Gardner, Share Pedersen, and Petrucci announced they and Gina Stile 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 Femme Fatale vocalist and future Vixen bandmate Lorraine Lewis, who succeeded Gardner on vocals in January 2019 after the latter stepped down.

Roxy Petrucci
Vixen in 2014: (l-r) Share Ross, Gardner, Roxy Petrucci, and Gina Stile

Bands

  • Madam X (1984–1986, 1991, 2014–current)
  • Vixen (1986–1991, 1997–1998, 2001, 2004, 2013–current)
  • Roktopuss (2006–2013)
  • JSRG (2012–2013)

Discography

Madam X

  • We Reserve the Right (1984)
  • Monstrocity (2017)

Vixen

  • Vixen (1988)
  • Rev It Up (1990)
  • Tangerine (1998)
  • The Best Of Vixen: Full Throttle (1999)
  • Live Fire (2018)
  • Rare Vintage (2018)
  • "Red" (2023)

Maxine Petrucci

  • Titania (2006)

Docker's Guild

  • The Heisenberg Diaries - Book A: Sounds of Future Past (2016)

Videos

Vixen

  • Revved Up (1990)
  • MTV Unplugged (1990)
    • played "Edge of a Broken Heart" and "Love Is a Killer"