{{Short description|American glam metal band}} {{Refimprove|date=December 2009}} {{use mdy dates|date=August 2013}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Roxx Gang | image = The Roxx Gang.jpg | background = group_or_band | origin = St. Petersburg, Florida, United States | genre = {{Hlist|Glam metal|hard rock}} | label = Virgin, Perris, FNA | years_active = 1982–1991, 1992–2000 | spinoffs = Mojo Gurus | current_members = | past_members = Kevin Steele<br>Jeff Vitolo<br>Vinny Granese<br>Tommy Weder<br>Eric Carrell<br>Jeff Taylor Blanchard<br>Stacey Blades<br>Wade Hayes<br>Roby Strine<br>David James Blackshire<br>Dallas Perkins<br>Andy James<br>Dorian Sage<br>Allen Brooks<br>Pete Clauss<br>Doug Denardin }}
'''Roxx Gang''' was an American glam metal band formed in 1982 in St. Petersburg, Florida. It was fronted by Kevin Steele, who formed the band along with guitarist Eric Carrell.
==History== The band garnered record company attention in 1987 with its ''Love 'Em and Leave 'Em'' demo. The band recorded its debut album ''Things You've Never Done Before'' (1988) on Virgin Records from which it released two singles "No Easy Way Out" and "Scratch My Back" with the lineup now consisting of Steele, Jeff Taylor Blanchard (guitar), Wade Hayes (guitar), Roby "Strychnine" Strine (bass), and David James Blackshire (drums). It was produced by Beau Hill and went on to sell a quarter million copies worldwide.
This version of the band broke up in 1991 because of infighting and record company issues. Steele then formed a new version of the band along with Roby Strine, guitarist Dallas Perkins and professional session/touring drummer Andy James from NYC. Years later drummer Tommy Weder and guitarist Stacey Blades replaced James and Perkins. Strine left in 1994 and was replaced by Dorian Sage. The band released the album ''The Voodoo You Love'', its first album since ''Things You've Never Done Before'', and went on to release several more albums in the late 1990s. The band added guitarist Jeff Vitolo and bassist Allen Brooks replaced Sage. Soon after Roxx Gang created a blues/rock alter-ego '''The Mojo Gurus'''. Vinnie Granese replaced Brooks in 1998 and Blades left citing "musical differences" after which evolution into The Mojo Gurus became permanent.
In 2006, two of its songs off of the ''Things You've Never Done Before'' album, "Ball 'N Chain" and "No Easy Way Out" were featured in the THQ action-adventure video game ''Saints Row''.<ref>[http://music.ign.com/articles/723/723841p1.html "Saints Row Delivers a Sonic Blitz{{spaced ndash}} Complete In-Game Track Listing Revealed"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131094402/http://music.ign.com/articles/723/723841p1.html |date=January 31, 2009 }}. IGN Music. Retrieved August 28, 2013.</ref>
===Members=== ====Former==== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * Kevin Steele{{spaced ndash}} lead vocals and harmonica (1982–1991, 1992–2000) * Jeff Vitolo{{spaced ndash}} guitar & backing vocals (1996–2000) * Vinnie Granese{{spaced ndash}} bass guitar and backing vocals (1998–2000) * Tommy Weder{{spaced ndash}} drums and backing vocals (1994–2000) * Allen Brooks{{spaced ndash}} bass guitar and backing vocals (1996–1998) * Eric Carrell{{spaced ndash}} guitar (1982–1986; died 1986) * Jeff Taylor Blanchard{{spaced ndash}} guitar (1987–1991) * Stacey Blades{{spaced ndash}} guitar (1994–1998) * Wade Hayes{{spaced ndash}} guitar (1986–1991) * Roby "Strychnine" Strine{{spaced ndash}} bass guitar (1987–1991, 1992–1994) * David James Blackshire{{spaced ndash}} drums (1987–1991) * Dallas Perkins{{spaced ndash}} guitar (1992–1994) * Andy James{{spaced ndash}} drums (1991–1994) * Dorian Sage{{spaced ndash}} bass guitar (1994–1996; died 2021) * Pete Clauss{{spaced ndash}} bass guitar (1982–1987) * Doug Denardin{{spaced ndash}} drums (1982–1987) {{div col end}}
==Discography== *''Love 'Em and Leave 'Em'' (Demo) (1987) *''Things You've Never Done Before'' (1988) *''The Voodoo You Love'' (1995) *''Mojo Gurus'' (1998) *''Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue'' (1998) *''Drinkin' T.N.T. and Smokin' Dynamite'' (2000) *''Bodacious Ta Tas'' (2001) *''Boxx of Roxx (Box Set)'' (2011) * Last Laugh: The Lost Roxx Gang Demos (2014)
==See also== {{portal|Florida}} * List of glam metal bands and artists * List of Virgin Records artists * Music of Florida
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{allmusic|id=mn0000415866}}
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