Raja Meissner

ABOUT RAJA MEISSNER

German musician who gained popularity online after she began uploading her drum covers to social media platforms in 2019. She found success in posting short-form drum covers of famous songs that were about a minute long to Instagram, instead of entire covers posted to platforms like Youtube.

She played the oboe until she was 14, then began to learn how to play the drums. The first song she learned on the drums was "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana .

She was previously a member of a band called Santa Jaws and participated in the Psychovillage tour throughout Germany and Austria as a drummer. One of her most popular uploads features a cover of a live performance from Slipknot . It has garnered over 2 million views.

Her brother was the initial reason she began playing drums, as he wanted to learn how to play the instrument first. She was born in Frankfurt but is now based out of Berlin.

She has listed Joey Jordison and Meytal Cohen as her biggest inspirations.