Jill Janus

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Jill Janus (2014)

Jill Janus (born September 2, 1975 in Skyforest, California - † August 14, 2018 in Portland , Oregon ) was an American rock musician , DJ and former playmate .

biography

Jill Janus was born in Skyforest, California, in 1975 and grew up as an only child . In her childhood she was trained in classical opera singing. Janus first came into contact with metal when he was a teenager. The decisive factors were the tape trading with a pen pal from Germany and the music by the band Suicidal Tendencies . According to her own information, her vocal range was four octaves and she was initially a member of various opera ensembles.

In 2002 Janus was photographed for Playboy . Shortly thereafter, Hugh Hefner gave her a job as a DJane in his Playboy Mansion , where she played until 2010 under the pseudonym Penelope Tuesdae . Janus did this job because of the money. In 2009 she founded the metal band Huntress , with whom she released three albums. She also sang in cover bands The Starbreakers and Chelsea Girls. Janus also worked with Angus Clark of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra on a rock opera , in which she was a co-composer.

Janus was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 20 , and the first signs of the disorder appeared by the age of 13. She has repeatedly struggled with mental disorders, including schizoaffective disorder and dissociative identity disorder . In 2015, she had to have her uterus removed because of a tumor.

Janus committed suicide near Portland on August 14, 2018, at the age of 42. She was married to Huntress bandmate Blake Meahl.

Discography

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lauren Wise: Huntress' Jill Janus: I Despise The Glorification of Mediocrity in Metal. Phoenix New Times, November 4, 2013, accessed August 18, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Olaf Brinkmann: Huntress. The it girl of the metal scene? In: Legacy . No. 78 , 2012, p. 182 f .
  3. ↑ a b Jan Jaedike: Huntress. Beauty without a beast . In: Rock Hard . No. 301 , June 2012, p. 58 .
  4. ↑ Huntress: From the Playboy Mansion to the Metal Throne. Image , April 29, 2012, accessed August 17, 2018 .
  5. ↑ a b c Thomas Sonder: Huntress singer Jill Janus has died. Metal Hammer , August 16, 2018, accessed August 17, 2018 .
  6. ↑ a b c Jack Shepherd: Jill Janus death: Huntress lead singer dies aged 43. The Independent , August 16, 2018, accessed August 17, 2018 .
  7. ↑ a b Bruce Henne: Jill Janus fought cancer alongside depression. Metal Hammer , July 20, 2015, accessed August 18, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Janus, Jill
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American heavy metal musician, DJane and playmate
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd September 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Skyforest, California
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 2018
Place of death Portland , Oregon