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Music Monday I Vixen

Posted in CDs, Music, Uncategorized with tags vixen on January 23, 2017 by Sara Hammerzmith

I’ve had a great AOR kick lately. I think this might be something that Art Nation brought with the territory, but I’ve found myself listen to barely anything but AOR these past couple of weeks, and I got this serious craze with Vixen for the past week. Out of nowhere I just dashed for the albums I own and crank them loud.

Or, to be more specific, the selftitled release, for now.

I’m pretty sure I’ve written about this album before, but it’s just because it’s so darn good! Starting off with their big hit “Edge of a Broken Heart” the albums just keeps on delivering good tunes, solid playing and just amazing melodies to either sing your heart out to, dance the night away or just indulge in. Sure, it doesn’t exactly outdo it’s succedor “Rev it Up” which is a close to flawless album, but it still got some really good gems – like the more… edgy? “I Want You to Rock Me” or the sweet “Cryin'”.

And not to mention, probably my favorite part about Vixen – Janet’s voice. Janet’s raspy, sexy but yet feminine voice that turns on that extra edge on the tunes, giving them some, excuse my choice of words “balls” to the music, outdoing a lot of other bands of their era.

Putting on this album sends me back many years in my life, but to good years. Good times, happy times. What I don’t exactly understand is why I abandoned this music in the first place, but it’s coming back very fast. It’s good to be back.

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// Sara

Woman Crush Wednesday: Janet Gardner

Posted in Music, Uncategorized with tags females in metal, janet gardner, vixen, women in metal on March 4, 2015 by Sara Hammerzmith

Alright. Again I struggle to find things to write, thus, we’re making this a woman crush wednesday, much like a music crush. First out in line is Vixen’s singer Janet Gardner.

(Press pic for source)

So, like I said. Vocalist in Vixen, a band she joined back in 1983 and has been in ever since except from a break in 2001-2012. It has been a little on and off with how Vixen worked out – break ups, reunions, namechanges, reunions, break ups… But what’s a band without a little drama, huh?

Without getting too… obvious, what I love about Janet is her voice. She doesn’t have this polished “typical” kind of pop voice, but rather a stronger one with a lot of force. While I love polished voices (like Elize’s for instance) there is something quite special about her, and this band in general. And her voice fits so damn well to the music, to the style, to the whole thing. You know when bands just have the EXACT right singer? Yeah, right here.

Of course, I tried to avoid it a little, but I guess I need to put it here too: Janet is pretty much my number one source of inspiration when it comes to physical appearances. Seriously, this girls style beats everyone else. Fucking love it. This is basically the one rockstar, along with her bandmates, that I’d have pictures of in my closet for lookbooks. Seriously. haveyouseenher?

I often speak about how bands are so perfect and things, and I’m going to say it once again. Vixen is pretty much perfect in every essence there are. Musically, visually, persona… Just perfect. My kind of thing.

// Sara