From The Insane File: VXN Members Change Band Name
Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 12:01AM 
Ok, so we all knew that VXN - the "other" version of Vixen - would likely be forced into a name change. Fine. So what did original Vixen members Janet Gardner, Roxy Petrucci and Share Ross change their band name to, exactly? Well, the answer is JANETSHAREROXYGINA... otherwise known as the worst band name in rock history.
Seriously.
Between scab versions, bad name choices, commercials pimping carpet cleaning and rockers acting like political commentators, I just don't know what to think of our beloved Glam musicians anymore. I mean, it's getting out of hand. Don't any of these people just want to make music and use sound judgement anymore? Bloody hell! Like I wrote before, I don't think the world needs two versions of Vixen, but I'd still give VXN, er, JANETSHAREROXYGINA a go if they came to town. And I support glam musicians making money 100% -- but man. This isn't a game. Music is a business. A little bit of creativity and planning goes a long way.
Oh, and in case you are wondering, the Vixen name is owned by original guitarist Jan Kuehnemund.
Reader Comments (19)
Here's a much better name for 'em...
COUGAR
As far as Vixen/VXN/JANETSHAREROXYGINA.... who cares what they are called as long as they are able to release a solid collection of songs? If they sound good live and write some decent new stuff I could care less what they call themselves.
It's the music that matters to me.
It sounds ok, but "Tonight play at banjo-creek JANETSHAREROXYGINA" Let's be honest, noone cares for Vixen or there internal struggels, but the "new" band name dosent really flirt the guys who books the gigs.
And as Metalboy suggested Cougar would be a much better name for a band with cougars!
It's the same sort of deal with LA Guns & Great White.
That is a really stupid name for a band. Sounds like it was made up by a bunch of 10 year old girls. Anyone could come up with a better name.
On the Cougar thing, as on over 40 year old woman, I think I might be offended. Are they cougars because they're over 40 or do you guys know for a fact that they like to rock 25 year olds (not that there is anything wrong with that)???? Just curious.
Makes sense JSRG is a much better name than JanetShareRoxyGina.... not.
More power to 'em for still wanting to play their music, but get a little more creative w/ the names (music may be the most important thing, but in cases like this name recognition is a big factor if they want the "old" fans to know who they are).
At least w/ the "project" the members of Queensryche are doing w/out Geoff they came up w/ a totally unique name (good or bad as it may be).
When you were barely a blip on the radar when the music you played was actually popular a stupid name/acronym like this is certainly no help. Important or not, they need to make people realize who they are (the average fan will not know Vixen by their first names, people who post on sites like this are very much the exception) if they expect to draw fans of Vixen.
p.s. Rita! COUGAR is just meant to be a joke, nothing more. There are plenty of cougars in my life I'm chasing around just as much as other chicks who are younger.
Personally, I love it!
RIP that dude from Blue Tears who wrote and produced most of their sh*t. That guy was a genius and the music he made with them was better than his own (which is still quite good).