Jennifer Majura Indrasen (born 16 June 1983) is a German musician. She was the rhythm guitarist for American rock band

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from 2015 to 2022.

Biography

Majura was born in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

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, and started in music at the age of six. Her father is Thai and was one of the founding members of the

Reutlingen Reutlingen (; Swabian: ''Reitlenga'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of June 2018, it has a population of 115,818. Reutlingen has a university of applied sciences, which ...

-based German

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band

KIZ Kiz was a New German Wave band from Reutlingen, Germany. Founded by Joachim Gaiser, Ulrich Herter, Thomas Dörr, Chutichai Indrasen in 1982. Their biggest international hit was "Die Sennerin vom Königsee". Ulrich Herter has worked with many oth ...

as bassist, her mother is German. Majura has played professionally since 2000. She featured on Rage's "Lord of the Flies" track and toured with the band from 2006 to 2009 on several international tours. Majura was the founder of

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cover band Black Thunder Ladies (lead guitarist and backings). She had since played in

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(guitarist, 2012–2014), Equilibrium (bass, 2014) and

(guitarist, 2015–2022). In August 2015, Evanescence frontwoman

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announced that Majura would replace guitarist

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in the band. In November 2015, Equilibrium announced that Majura had parted ways with the band to join Evanescence. In May 2022, Evanescence parted ways with Majura.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Jen Majura'' (2015) * ''Inzenity'' (2017)

With Evanescence

* ''

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'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2021)

References

External links

Jen Majura official website
1983 births 21st-century bass guitarists 21st-century German musicians 21st-century German women singers German heavy metal bass guitarists German people of Thai descent German women guitarists German women singer-songwriters Musicians from Stuttgart Living people Rhythm guitarists Women bass guitarists Women in metal {{rock-music-stub