In 1997, drummer Roxy Petrucci reformed Vixen, with Janet Gardner and

In 1997, drummer Roxy Petrucci reformed Vixen, with Janet Gardner and recruited Gina Stile on lead guitar and Rana Ross, previously from Phantom Blue , on bass guitar. This lineup toured the United States later that year, and in 1998 Gardner, Stile, and Petrucci recorded the album Tangerine , which eventually became Stile’s only album and Gardner’s last during their respective tenures in the band. After the release of the new album, Roxy’s sister Maxine Petrucci was brought in to play bass on a US tour during 1998, but they were sued successfully for trademark infringement by Kuehnemund. According to her, she realized that the rest of Vixen left her out and usurped her right to represent them.