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Vixen"Live & Learn" "Live & Learn" is the first studio recording that features founding Vixen member, guitarist Jan Kuehnemund, since "Rev It Up" was released in 1990. Kuehnemund reformed Vixen in 2001 for the Voices Of Metal tour and lineup had to be replaced 10 dates into the tour. With less than a month of rehearsals, the three new members vocalist Jenna Sanz-Agero, drummer Kat Kraft, and bassist Lynn Louise Lowrey successfully finished the tour and the lineup of Vixen has been solid ever since. "Live & Learn was produced, engineered, and mixed by Dennis MacKay, who also engineered "Rev It Up." The album was mixed at the Bulldog Den and mastered by Brian Gardner of Bernie Grundman Mastering. "Live & Learn" includes 11 new Vixen songs plus a cover of David Bowie's "Suffragette City." The band has not lost its talent for writing emotionally moving music. "On the surface the lyrics might seem pretty dark, but there is a lot of irony and sarcasm involved in the way they're delivered so most of it is about empowerment, rather than settling into a victim role," said Sanz-Agero. "We've all experienced some heavy stuff - it's about what you do with it." Track Listing: |