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Birth name | Ivana Vujic |
Also known as | Ivy, Ivy Jenkins |
Born | Belgrade, Serbia | June 15, 1983
Genres | Nu metal, alternative metal, groove metal |
Years active | 1998–present |
Member of | Kittie |
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Ivana "Ivy" Jenkins ( née Vujić) ( Serbian Cyrillic: Ивана Вујић, born June 15, 1983), is a Serbian-born Canadian bassist. She is best known as the bassist for the heavy metal band Kittie over two stints, from October 2007 until March 2012, and again since January 2022. [1] [2]
Jenkins 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. [3] Before she was in Kittie, Ivy played bass for the melodic hard rock band In The Wake [4] 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. [5] 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. [6] She left the band in March 2012 to pursue other interests, and was replaced by Trish Doan. [7] Following Doan's death in 2017, she would re-join Kittie in January 2022. [2]
Ivy is the co-owner of Umeus Cloth, a clothing line run by herself and Geoffrey Jenkins, the former vocalist of Gwen Stacy. On April 2, 2011, Ivy Vujic married Jenkins.
Ivy is currently playing bass guitar in a metal band called Speedgod, [8] from Lansing, MI with her husband Geoff Jenkins on vocals. In June 2013, they released a three-song compilation dubbed "the Summer 2013 Demos" which is available for free download on their official website. [9]