About Jan Kuehnemund
Janice Lynn Kuehnemund (; November 18, 1953– October 10, 2013) was an American 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 as Lemon Pepper in St. Paul in 1971, initially as a quintet. Her father Carl served as a roadie during her band's earliest days. Lemon Pepper became Genesis, which was later renamed Vixen to prevent confusion with the same-named English band before breaking up in 1974. A bandmate of hers during that year was Nancy Shanks. After a six-year hiatus she reformed Vixen and shortly moved her band to Los Angeles in 1981, and, in 1983, singer Janet Gardner joined her. The band gained notice by appearing in the 1984 teen film Hardbodies under the on-screen name Diaper Rash; they were also a quintet at the time. Later, she eventually added Roxy Petrucci on drums and fellow Minnesotan Share Ross, then known as Share Pedersen, on bass, the lineup then signed to EMI Records.
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