Jens Becker (bassist)

Jens Becker

Jens Becker (born May 24, 1965 in Fürth ) is the bass player in the band Grave Digger .

biography

He played from 1987 to 1992 as the bass player in the German heavy metal band Running Wild . After the split between the front man of Running Wild Rolf Kasparek and the rest of the band (Jens Becker, Axel Morgan and Stefan Schwarzmann), they founded X-Wild together , which released their debut album in 1993. However, these dissolved a few years later, and Jens Becker joined Grave Digger in 1997 . He also plays bass for the Hamburg AC / DC co-association Bon Scott and Zillion .

In 2008 he was involved in Markus Grosskopf's side project Bassinvaders , which dispensed with any form of six-string instruments in the production of the only album to date.

Discography

Albums

Grave Digger

• 1998: Knights of the Cross
• 1999: Excalibur
• 2001: The Grave Digger
• 2002: Tunes of Wacken (Live album)
• 2003: Rheingold
• 2005: The Last Supper
• 2005: 25 to Live (Live album)
• 2007: Liberty or Death
• 2009: Ballads of a Hangman
• 2010: The Clans Will Rise Again
• 2012: Clash of the Gods
• 2014: Return of the Reaper
• 2017: Healed by Metal
• 2018: The Living Dead
• 2020: Fields of Blood

Running wild

• 1988: Ready for Boarding (live album)
• 1988: Port Royal
• 1989: Death or Glory
• 1991: Blazon Stone

X-Wild

• 1993: So What!
• 1994: Monster Effect
• 1996: Savageland

Zillion

• 2004: Zillion

As a guest / session member

Crossroads

• 1992: hype

Basinvaders

• 2008: Hellbassbeaters

Web links

Commons : Jens Becker  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Official Grave Digger website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ (Engl.) Interview with Jens Becker on Metal Page ( Memento of the original April 7, 2014 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.