Jens Becker

Jens Becker
Becker performing live in Gladbeck on 24 October 2009
Background information
Born	(1965-05-24) 24 May 1965 Fürth, Germany
Genres	Heavy metal, power metal
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Bass guitar
Years active	1987–present
Associated acts	Grave Digger Running Wild X-Wild

Jens Becker (born 24 May 1965 in Fürth, Germany) is a heavy metal bass guitarist who currently performs with Grave Digger.

History

The first major band Jens played with in his career was Running Wild, which he joined in 1987. He stayed with them for 4 years and wrote/co-wrote a couple songs during his time in the band.

Just some time later he had quit Running Wild in 1991, a new speed/heavy metal band called X-Wild was formed by three ex-members of Running Wild (thus the name X (Ex) Wild), which Jens was the only bassist for under its existence. X-Wild disbanded in 1997.

In 1997 the power metal band Grave Digger lost their former bassist Tomi Göttlich and so Jens was asked to take his place. He accepted their offer and has since then remained a solid member of the band and co-writes many of their songs.

Some other bands that he has been involved in are Kingdom Come and also the melodic heavy metal-project Zillion, releasing a self-titled album in 2004.

Discography

With Running Wild

• Port Royal (1988)
• Death or Glory (1989)
• Blazon Stone (1991)
• The First Years of Piracy (1991)

EPs

• Bad To The Bone (1989)
• Wild Animal (1990)
• Little Big Horn (1991)

Live Albums

• Ready for Boarding (1988)

With X-Wild

• So What! (1994)
• Monster Effect (1994)
• Savageland (1996)

With Grave Digger

• Knights of the Cross (1998)
• Excalibur (1999)
• The Grave Digger (2001)
• Rheingold (2003)
• The Last Supper (2005)
• Liberty or Death (2007)
• Ballads of a Hangman (2009)
• The Clans Will Rise Again (2010)
• Clash of the Gods (2012)
• Return of the Reaper (2014)

EPs

• Yesterday (2006)
• Pray (2008)

Singles

• The Battle of Bannockburn (1998)
• The Round Table (Forever) (1999)
• Silent Revolution (2006)

Live Albums

• Tunes of Wacken (2002)
• 25 to Live (2005)

With Zillion

• Zillion (2004)

References & sources

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jens Becker.

• Official Grave Digger-homepage
• Jens @ Myspace