MaXine is rocking in 2013 with a new release in Back to the Garden and ready to get on the concert trail.  As the bass player she is joined by Rachel May on guitar, Bryan Paxton on bass and Pat DeLeon on drums.  Petrucci has been performing for over 30 years with her own band MaXine, Madam X during the 80’s which included Sebastian Bach and Bret Kaiser; and in the early 90’s played in an all-girl band Hell’s Belles’.  She also played in Vixen for a year along with her sister Roxy who played drums.  She released her first solo record Titania in 2005 which included Billy Sheehan on bass for the title track.  Back to the Garden was released earlier this year which includes a new video for the track Assassinate.

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It is no small feat for Petrucci to have stayed so active for over three decades, which she credits, “That I am a true artist that continues to create, write, practice, and perform continuously. Been through highs and lows and still prevail. Longevity is paying major dues throughout the years and never giving up no matter what because of the true love of music, not the business. Staying healthy helps too 'knock on wood'.”

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Coming out of the Detroit music scene was also a factor as it exposed her to a great talent pool and vibrant music scene that helped inspire her along with her father who bought her an instrument to get into music.  “My Father bought me a flute to start playing during elementary school then for my 12th birthday he bought me a classical guitar and I started lessons on both instruments. Roxy was playing clarinet in school band and then  we saw the all-girl rock band called 'Fanny' perform live on an International rock show on TV and we went into awe and shock that women could jam like men and I looked at Roxy and said "bass or drums" and the rest is history. We fell in love with Patti Quatro's band called 'Cradle' they were all girls that seriously jammed and rocked!! Suzi Quatro's solo band rocked and she played that bass better than the guys!  My father wanted me to play classical guitar as a second instrument to flute, so he bought me a guitar and I started lessons which led to learning and loving rock music. It was the start of the power of playing rock guitar which I think scared my parents.

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Petrucci was on hand to see her music idols receive a lifetime award in Detroit in April. “We caught The Quatro Sisters (Pleasure Seekers and Cradle) live for the first time at The 2012 Detroit Music Awards and they shook the whole building with there awesome show. We just saw Suzi Quatro at The 2013 Detroit Music Awards and she tore it up and they all proved that music is pure talent and ageless and lives on forever!”

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