Ivana "Ivy" Jenkins (née Vujić) (, born June 15, 1983), known is a Serbian-born
Canadian
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bassist. She played bass for the
nu-metal
Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal, sometimes called aggro-metal) is a subgenre of that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop, alternative rock, funk, industrial, and grunge. Nu metal ...
band
Kittie
Kittie is a Canadian Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in London, Ontario in 1996. All of their material has been released through independent record labels, which to date includes six studio albums, one video album, four extended plays ...
from October 2007 until March 2012. She began her career with Kittie by initially filling in for ailing bassist Trish Doan in late 2007, a period which found the band playing concerts in Central and South America. Before she was in Kittie, Ivy played bass for the melodic hard rock band In The Wake from Toronto, Canada. In 2008, it was officially announced that Ivy was a full-time member of Kittie and in 2009 she appeared on their fifth studio CD, ''
In The Black''. Ivy also wrote and recorded bass for Kittie's sixth album,
''I've Failed'' ''You'', which was released on August 15, 2011. Jenkins plays a black Warwick Corvette 5 string bass guitar.
Ivy is the co-owner of Umeus Cloth, a clothing line run by herself and Geoffrey Jenkins, the former vocalist of
Gwen Stacy
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. On April 2, 2011 Ivy Vujic married Jenkins.
Ivy is currently playing bass guitar in a metal band called Speedgod, from Lansing, MI with her husband Geoff Jenkins on vocals. In June 2013 they released a 3 song compilation dubbed "the Summer 2013 Demos" which is available for free download on their official website.
References
External links
kittierocks.comwww.warwickbass.com* https://soundcloud.com/ivyvujic/sets/in-the-wake-1
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Canadian people of Serbian descent
Women bass guitarists
Canadian heavy metal bass guitarists
1983 births
Living people
Musicians from Belgrade
Serbian emigrants to Canada
21st-century Canadian women musicians
21st-century Canadian bass guitarists
Kittie members