Jeordie White
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| Jeordie White | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Jeordie Osborne White | |
| Also known as | Twiggy Ramirez | |
| Born | June 20, 1971 | |
| Genre(s) | Alternative metal | |
| Occupation(s) | Bassist Guitarist Songwriter Programmer Producer |
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| Instrument(s) | Guitar Bass guitar |
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| Years active | 1989 – | |
| Label(s) | nothing Interscope |
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| Associated acts |
Amboog-a-Lard Marilyn Manson A Perfect Circle Goon Moon Nine Inch Nails |
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Jeordie Osborne White (born June 20, 1971), also known by his former pseudonym Twiggy Ramirez (Name derived from Twiggy, a model, and Richard Ramirez, a convicted serial killer)[1] is a musician and currently the bassist for Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle and Goon Moon.
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[edit] Biography
White is perhaps most popular for his previous role as the bassist and composer for Marilyn Manson, and is thought to have been responsible for the band's success. A New Jersey native, he moved to Florida, where he grew up on "Star Wars and heavy metal". He has three younger brothers, Westly, Dustin and Ayden. His mother Dana was formerly a cage dancer for such bands as the Ramones, giving Jeordie famous musical contact. He ended his long time musical partnership with Manson on May 29, 2002. It has been said that White quit the band in order to preserve his friendship with Manson rather than quarrel over the band's creative direction, and thought that it was becoming too much of a routine. After departing the band, he played two live shows with California punk metal band Mondo Generator, and auditioned for the role of second guitar in Queens of the Stone Age, which he lost to Troy Van Leeuwen of A Perfect Circle. He also auditioned for a spot in Metallica, where he is briefly seen in their documentary, Some Kind of Monster. Several months later, White joined A Perfect Circle, the project of Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan and former Tool guitar tech Billy Howerdel as a full member of the band on bass guitar. White later joined Queens of the Stone Age front man Josh Homme on the ninth and tenth volumes of Homme's music project The Desert Sessions.
White assisted in the production of Nine Inch Nails' album, With Teeth, and toured with them during 2005-06 to support the album. Jeordie also has his own project with desert-mainstay Chris Goss called Goon Moon, an underground "stoner rock" band. Guitarist Dave Catching is also involved along with Team Sleep/Hella drummer Zach Hill.
Jeordie White worked with Goon Moon in 2005 and released the album I GOT A BRAND NEW EGG LAYIN' MACHINE, recorded at Rancho De La Luna, Prescription and Regime Studios. Jeordie features as a band member under the name Twiggy Ramirez. There will be an official album of Goon Moon coming out next year.
[edit] Trivia
- White was previously a guitarist of Fort Lauderdale, FL thrash metal band Amboog-a-Lard. He is featured on their debut album and played a number of live shows, leaving the band in 1993. Amboog-a-lard's music and White's appearance while in the band are quite unlike that of his time in Marilyn Manson.
- He met Marilyn Manson while working in a used records store in a Florida strip mall, when the two realized they had much in common. Jeordie however did not finally join until Gidget Gein (former bassist of Manson) was hospitalized from drug overuse.
- While in the band Marilyn Manson, White played a lot of vintage bass guitars. He has used a four string Gibson Thunderbird IV Reverse bass, but he often played the vintage basses of other famous rock bassists that had been given to him. An example of this can be see in the videos for "The Dope Show" and "Coma White"; the bass White is playing is actually one that belonged to KISS bassist Gene Simmons. This was the Gibson RD Artist, in black, which was made throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and a bass from Nikki Sixx (of Mötley Crüe). This is his favorite as Mötley Crüe is one of his greatest inspirations.
- White has stated in interviews, that, since his departure from Marilyn Manson, he doesn't mind people calling him "Twiggy" but prefers to be called by his real name, because Twiggy Ramirez was a character, and he has since dropped that persona.
- White appeared on an MTV Cribs episode in 2001.
- White used to be in a speed metal cover band called The Ethiopians. White mentions that Metallica's Trapped Under Ice was one of the songs they covered.
- During a recent Nine Inch Nails chat, White said that despite reports stating that he and Manson still remain good friends, they rarely speak to each other.
- White appeared as a radio DJ on the 'Queens of the Stone Age' album 'Songs for the Deaf'.
[edit] Filmography
- Dead To The World (1996)
- Lost Highway (1997)
- God Is In The TV (1999)
- Some Kind of Monster (2004)
- Backstage Pass 3: Uncensored! (2005)
[edit] Discography
- A New Hope (Amboog-A-Lard, 1993)
- Portrait of an American Family (Marilyn Manson, 1994)
- Smells Like Children (Marilyn Manson, 1995)
- Antichrist Superstar (Marilyn Manson, 1996)
- Dead Man on Campus Soundtrack ("I Only Want to Be With You" with Twiggy, 1998)
- Mechanical Animals (Marilyn Manson, 1998)
- The Last Tour On Earth (Marilyn Manson, 1999)
- Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) (Marilyn Manson, 2000)
- Guns, God and Government (Marilyn Manson, 2000)
- Volumes 9 & 10 of The Desert Sessions (2003, Ipecac/Rekords Rekords)
- Thirteenth Step (A Perfect Circle, 2003)
- eMOTIVe (A Perfect Circle, 2004)
- aMOTION (A Perfect Circle, 2004)
- I Got a Brand New Egg Layin' Machine (Goon Moon, 2005) (suicide squeeze records)
- Goal! Soundtrack ("Cast No Shadow (UNKLE Beachhead Mix)" Oasis, 2005)
- With Teeth (Nine Inch Nails, 2005)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- BaseTendencies - A Jeordie White/Twiggy Ramirez Fan site
- Nardwuar vs. Jeordie - Nardwuar hosts an audio interview with Jeordie White and Aaron North, currently of Nine Inch Nails
