Marya Roxx

Marya Roxx (born Maarja Kivi on 18 January 1986 in Tallinn, Estonia ) is a hard rock/metal singer-songwriter residing in Los Angeles. She is a former member of Estonian girl band Vanilla Ninja .

Background

Roxx won an Estonian children’s singing contest «Laulukarusell» («Singing Carousel») in 1993 (at age 7), 1994 and 1998. She is the only person to have won three times. In 1997 Roxx won another contest «Tähtede laul» («Song of Stars»). In 2002 she placed seventh in Eurolaul (Estonia’s song selection contest for Eurovision ).

When the girl band Vanilla Ninja was founded in 2003, Roxx was selected as one of the solo singers and the bass player. She recorded two albums with the band, Vanilla Ninja and Traces Of Sadness. Roxx left the group in mid-2004. She has a daughter, Dora-Liisa (born 2004), with husband and former Vanilla Ninja manager Renee Meriste.

Solo career

Roxx teamed up with producer Kevin Shirley to record her debut album ‘Payback Time’. It features musicians Paul Crook , Scott Metaxas, Derek Sherinian and Brian Tichy . 21?! EP was released from this recording in 2008. It contains four songs, «‘21?!’», «Oh Yeah», «Rebel», (all written by Roxx), and «Nothing Going On» originally recorded by Swedish band Clawfinger .

In May 2009, she performed as the warm-up act on the European tour of pop/rock artist LaFee . Roxx’s band for her last performances was former Anthrax guitarist Paul Crook , Scott Metaxas and Jim Roe.

Her debut album, «Payback Time» was published on 5 October 2010.

Discography

Main article: Maarja discography
2008: Payback Time
Awards

«21?! Best Hard Rock Song Mavric Awards 2009 and «Rebel» Best Punk Song Mavric Awards 2009).
Tours

European Tour 2009
UK Tour 2009
Time To Run 2010 Tour
Rebel Wave 2010 Tour
References

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^ «Maarja Kivi Meriste» . love-ninjas.com. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
^ «21?! The EP» . allmusic.com. 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
^ Ashworth, Dave (15 December 2009). «HRH III: Marya indeed Roxx» . purerawk.com. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
^ «LaFee Ring Frei Tour Support Listing» . Lafee.de. 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
^ «Marya Roxx Signs With Global Music» . Roadrunnerrecords.com. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
^ «Ex-pop girl really Roxx» . Grimsby Telegraph . 21 October 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2010