Marya Roxx (born Maarja Kivi on 18 January 1986) is an Estonian hard rock/metal singer-songwriter residing in Los Angeles. She is a former member of the Estonian girl band

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Background

When the girl band

was founded in 2003, Kivi was selected as one of the solo singers and the bass player. She recorded two albums with the band, ''Vanilla Ninja'' and ''

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''. She left the group in mid-2004. She has a daughter, Dora-Liisa (born 2004), and son, Angus Martin (born 2012) with husband and former Vanilla Ninja manager Renee Meriste.

Solo career

Roxx teamed up with producer

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to record her debut album 'Payback Time'. It features musicians

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as a guitarist, Scott Metaxas on bass,

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on keyboards and

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as the drummer. 21?! EP was released from this recording in 2008. It contains four songs, "'21?!'", "Oh Yeah", "Rebel", (all written by Roxx), and "Nothing Going On" originally recorded by Swedish band

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. Marya also wrote her solo album in Malibu with producer called

aka "Caveman." In May 2009, she performed as the warm-up act on the European tour of pop/rock artist

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. Roxx's band for her last performances was former

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guitarist

, Scott Metaxas and Jim Roe. Her debut album, "Payback Time" was published on 5 October 2010. In January 2006 Marya's debut "Could You" was a success for her in many countries like Germany and Finland.

Discography

*2008: ''Payback Time'' *2015: ''Land of Dreams '' (EP)

Awards

*"21?! Best Hard Rock Song Mavric Awards 2009 and "Rebel" Best Punk Song Mavric Awards 2009.

Tours

*European Tour 2009 *UK Tour 2009 *Time To Run 2010 Tour *Rebel Wave 2010 Tour

References

External links

Official Marya Roxx website

Official Marya Roxx MySpace
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roxx, Marya 1986 births Living people 21st-century Estonian women singers Estonian rock singers English-language singers from Estonia Women bass guitarists Women heavy metal singers Vanilla Ninja members Estonian expatriates in the United States 21st-century bass guitarists