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

History

Becker was born in

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. His first major band was Running Wild, which he joined in 1987. He stayed with them for four 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

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/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

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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

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'' (1988) *'' Death or Glory'' (1989) *'' Blazon Stone'' (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) *''

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'' (1999) *'' The Grave Digger'' (2001) *'' Rheingold'' (2003) *''

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'' (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) *'' Healed by Metal'' (2017) *''The Living Dead'' (2018) *''Fields of Blood'' (2020) 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)

External links

Official Grave Digger homepage

Jens @ Myspace
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