Jenson McKenzie are a German

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band formed in

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in 2012, consisting of Jens Volpp (lead guitar), Yuriy Davygora (vocals, rhythm guitar), Fabian Franz (drums) and Marco Dick (bass guitar, vocals). Their music is influenced by bands like

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and

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. Jenson McKenzie are incorporating different styles in their music, most of which were popular in the 1980s.

History

In March 2012, guitarist Jens Volpp, a mechanical engineering student at the

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placed an advertisement on the notice board of the university for founding a "

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band". The same advertisement was also placed at the

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, where Yuriy Davygora was a graduate student of particle physics. Davygora contacted Volpp and they met for an open jam session at the O-Ton club in Mannheim. During their second meeting, on 18 April, they decided to found a band together and call it "Jenson McKenzie". At first, Jenson McKenzie performed as an acoustic duo act, Volpp playing lead guitar and Davygora providing vocals and playing rhythm guitar. Their first concert on 4 July 2012 was a part of the open stage night at the Zeltfestival 2012 in

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, where they played songs which they had written separately before meeting each other including, most notably, ''Spring Blues'' and ''The Science Goes On''. After that, Davygora and Volpp started writing new material together and also looking for a bass-guitarist and a drummer. They had several more performances in 2012 (some of them with guest musicians) including, most notably, the concert at the newcomer festival in

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on 8 December which was the first Jenson McKenzie concert with electric instruments. As of 15 December 2012, Jenson McKenzie have a full four-men line-up. They were joined by drummer Fabian Franz and bass-guitarist Marco Dick. In 2013, the band will start recording their (still untitled) debut album.

Musical style

Jenson McKenzie refer to themselves as a

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band. They drew artistic influence from rock acts like

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, DIO, etc. They compose songs inspired by different musical genres including

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, heavy metal,

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and others. Guitarist Jens Volpp is mainly influenced by

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which is reflected in his style of playing.

Band members

;Current members * Jens Volpp – lead guitar (2012–present) * Yuriy Davygora – vocals, rhythm guitar (2012–present) * Fabian Franz - drums (2012–present) * Marco Dick - bass guitar, vocals (2012–present) ;Early members * Therese Kächele - bass guitar (2012) ;Timeline ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:30 PlotArea = left:90 bottom:70 top:0 right:15 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/2012 till:01/01/2013 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Legend = orientation:horizontal position:bottom ScaleMajor = increment:2 start:2012 ScaleMinor = increment:2 start:2012 Colors = id:vocals value:red legend:Vocals id:lead value:green legend:Lead guitar id:bass value:blue legend:Bass guitar id:rhythm value:orange legend:Rhythm guitar id:drums value:purple legend:Drums BarData = bar:Jens text:"Jens Volpp" bar:Yuriy text:"Yuriy Davygora" bar:Fabian text:"Fabian Franz" bar:Marco text:"Marco Dick" bar:Therese text:"Therese Kächele" PlotData= width:2.5 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,-4) bar:Yuriy from:18/04/2012 till:end color:rhythm bar:Marco from:15/12/2012 till:end color:vocals width:10 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,-4) bar:Jens from:18/04/2012 till:end color:lead bar:Yuriy from:18/04/2012 till:end color:vocals bar:Fabian from:30/10/2012 till:end color:drums bar:Marco from:15/12/2012 till:end color:bass bar:Therese from:09/10/2012 till:01/11/2012 color:bass

Discography

*''TBA'' (2013)

References

External links

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