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Birth name | Jeordie Osbourne White |
Also known as | Twiggy Ramirez |
Born | June 20, 1971 |
Origin | Coral Springs, Florida |
Genre(s) | Thrash metal (early career) Alternative metal Industrial rock Alternative rock |
Occupation(s) | Singer Musician Bassist Guitarist Songwriter Programmer Producer |
Instrument(s) | Guitar Bass guitar keyboard |
Years active | 1989 – Present |
Label(s) | nothing Interscope |
Associated acts | Amboog-a-Lard Marilyn Manson Mrs. Scabtree A Perfect Circle Goon Moon Nine Inch Nails Melissa Auf der Maur The Desert Sessions |
Jeordie Osbourne White (born June 20, 1971), also known by his pseudonym Twiggy Ramirez (derived from Twiggy, a fashion icon, and Richard Ramirez, a convicted serial killer)[1] is a musician and currently a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist for Goon Moon. He was previously the bassist for A Perfect Circle and Nine Inch Nails (live only). He is also long-time bassist for Marilyn Manson (1993-2002; 2008-present). He has also contributed to the famed Desert Sessions recordings.
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Though born in New Jersey, he moved to Florida sometime during his childhood where by his own admission 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.
White has been romantically linked to famous women in music such as Courtney Love, Jessicka of Jack Off Jill and later of Scarling and Kate Moss. He is more famously referred to as the male Kinderwhore, however White adopted his "Twiggy Ramirez" look from his relationship with then girlfriend Jessicka and the Original male kinderwhore and original Marilyn Manson bassist Gidget Gein[2]
Early in his career, White was in a speed metal cover band called The Ethiopians covering songs such as Metallica's "Trapped Under Ice". Between 1989 and 1993 White played rhythm guitar, bass and provided backing vocals for Amboog-a-Lard.
White met Marilyn Manson in the early 1990s while working in a used records store in Broward Mall, Ft. Lauderdale. There the two realized they had much in common, but had yet to work on a musical endeavor. He became an honary spooky kid, and went by the groupie name Gordy White. In March 1993, White took part in Manson's side project Mrs. Scabtree.[3] Jeordie did not join Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids until Gidget Gein was ejected from the band by the manager in 1994, at the height of the band's popularity. Thus fans were introuduced to Twiggy as the original male kinderwhore and not Gidget(the true original male kinderwhore), for he never acknowledged that. White was given the Manson band member name Twiggy Ramirez, which was derived by taking the first name from English supermodel Twiggy and the surname from American serial killer Richard Ramirez. In 1998, White made a cameo in Monster Magnet's music video for "Space Lord". In 2001, White appeared on an MTV Cribs episode: the "Ozzfest Edition". White was an integral part of Marilyn Manson (both in the writing process and image) until 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 as bass player (after Jason Newsted's departure) in Metallica, which is documented briefly in their film, 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. He also contributed to Melissa Auf der Maur's solo debut.
White assisted in the production of Nine Inch Nails' album, With Teeth, and toured with them during 2005-06 to support the album and then again in 2007 for Year Zero. 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.
White has composed for an eclectic range of artists from fictional band Steel Dragon to Bif Naked to his namesake, model Twiggy Lawson with whom he recorded and produced a duet. In 2005, White worked with Goon Moon and with them released the EP I Got a Brand New Egg Layin' Machine, recorded at Rancho De La Luna, Prescription and Regime Studios. The band released their first full-length album "Licker's Last Leg" in May 2007.
White appeared on the UNKLE album War Stories playing bass and synths on the track "Burn my Shadow".
On January 9, 2008 Marilyn Manson posted a bulletin on MySpace confirming that Twiggy Ramirez had rejoined the band in place of the recently departed Tim Skold. This has also been confirmed through a post on the Goon Moon Myspace and official Marilyn Manson website. He is currently working with Manson on their seventh studio album, confirmed by Manson in the Steppin' Out magazine and the Goon Moon myspace. However, he is still a member of Goon Moon and will continue working with them after the release and touring of the seventh album.
While in Marilyn Manson, Jeordie used the following basses, among many things, showing a strong preference for Gibson instruments, and basses used by his classic rock mentors:
Since parting ways with Manson in 2002, Jeordie has taken up the following models of bass as his favourites:
In addition to the aforementioned bass guitars, Jeordie has used numerous other brands and models of electric and acoustic guitar in writing and recording for each band he's been involved with.
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NAME | White, Jeordie |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | White, Jeordie Frances |
SHORT DESCRIPTION | Singer, Musician, Bassist, Guitarist, Songwriter, Programmer, Producer, |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1971-6-20 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Coral Springs, Florida |
DATE OF DEATH | |
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