Lead guitarist Britt Lightning and lead vocalist Janet Gardner in Stuttgart, 2018
Brittany Denaro (born January 2, 1985), best known as Britt Lightning, is the lead guitarist for the band Vixen.[1]
Music career
From 2004 to 2011, Lightning performed in Jaded,[2] an all-female hard rock based in Boston. The band released two albums, the latter including tracks produced by producer Gary Katz (Steely Dan).[3] Jaded was a staple band in the Locobazooka,[4]Rock 101 and WAAF festivals, and the New JerseyKISS Expos.[5] In 2006, the band toured Europe in support of W.A.S.P.
In 2011, Lightning joined the New York-based rock musical Chix6 as the character and guitar player "Lick", which ran at the Queens Theatre.[6][7]
In 2017, Lightning replaced Gina Stile as the guitarist in the all-female American rock band Vixen, the only all-female hard rock band from the 1980s to sell over one million albums, have six number one videos on MTV and enter four songs on Billboard's Top 100.[13]
In addition to Vixen, Lightning has performed with Paradise Kitty, a female Guns N' Roses cover band.[14]
