Janet Gardner
| Janet Gardner | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Janet Patricia Gardner |
| Born |
March 17, 1962 Juneau, Alaska, U.S. |
| Genres | Hard rock, Glam metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, guitarist, vocalist |
| Instruments | Guitar, Vocals |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Associated acts | Vixen |
Janet Patricia Gardner (born March 17, 1962 in Juneau, Alaska) is an American rock singer. She is best-known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the all-woman hard rock band Vixen.
Gardner was born in Juneau Alaska and lists her birthday as March 17, 1962. Her father, Rulon B. Gardner was a civil engineer who worked for the United States Forest Service in Utah, Alaska and Michigan before taking a job in Bozeman, Montana at the Forestry Sciences Laboratory at Montana State University in 1964, where Gardner grew up. Her mother Margaret was a piano player and church organist. Her parents were of the Mormon faith. Janet was the only girl in a family with four brothers. She sang in school choirs and learned to play piano and guitar.
In the mid-2000s, when the band Vixen was disbanded, Gardner attended college at the University of Bridgeport and became a dental hygienist in 2005. As of 2015[update] she maintains an active license, and works as a hygienist when not working on musical projects with Vixen.
Gardner became the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the all-woman hard rock band Vixen. Janet joined the band's early lineup in 1982. In 1984, the band appeared in the movie Hardbodies before moving to Los Angeles to further their career.
After some initial changes, the primary lineup of Vixen consisted of Janet, Jan Kuehnemund, Roxy Petrucci, and Share Pedersen. Vixen signed with EMI and recorded their self-titled debut album which was released in September 1988. Gardner described the pressure of recording as, "We were just girls from Minnesota and Montana who loved playing live, so it was a bit of a rude awakening."
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