Jeordie White

Jeordie White

Jeordie Osbourne White (born June 20, 1971 in New Jersey ), also known by his stage name Twiggy Ramirez , is an American musician and guitarist and bassist in the American alternative band Marilyn Manson since his return in 2008 . He played with the bands A Perfect Circle , Nine Inch Nails and leads the music project Goon Moon with Chris Goss . His stage name is made up of the icon Twiggy and the serial killer Richard Ramírez .

biography

Jeordie White was born on June 20, 1971 in New Jersey to a dancer. He grew up in simple circumstances with his mother and his three younger brothers Ayden, Dustin and Westly.

On October 20, 2017, he was accused of domestic violence and rape by his ex-girlfriend Jessicka Addams , with whom he was dating until 1994. She also stated that she was not White's only victim, as several women had contacted her who had also been abused by him.

Career

Marilyn Manson

White met Brian Hugh Warner , the lead singer of Marilyn Manson, in 1989 at a Fort Lauderdale mall . Since he was still in the band Amboog-A-Lard at that time , in which he played rhythm guitar and won a prize for it, he did not switch to Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids. When Warner threw the then bassist Gidget Gein from the band in 1994 due to his heroin addiction before the release of the first album Portrait of an American Family , he was replaced by Jeordie White.

He left the band on May 29, 2002 because the stay had become too routine for him and he wanted to venture into new musical territory. In an interview, White said he and Warner are still friends, but they are now going their separate ways.

On January 9, 2008, the band confirmed on their official website that Jeordie White had rejoined the band. From January 19 to March 2, 2008, White took part in Marilyn Manson's Rape-of-the-World 2008 tour.

After being charged with rape and domestic violence in October 2017, Marilyn Manson announced the split from White.

A perfect circle

After leaving, he first played in the punk band Mondo Generator and applied for the band Queens of the Stone Age as a rhythm guitarist. Troy Van Leeuwen , who previously played in A Perfect Circle, got the job and White applied to the band.

Together with the band he recorded the two albums Thirteenth Step and eMOTIVe . On the following tours, White took up his post as bassist.

Goon moon

At the same time - after White's departure from Marilyn Manson in May 2002 - there was a collaboration with the singer Chris Goss of Master of Reality , who was also a producer on Queens of the Stone Age and Kyuss . Together with Goss and some guest musicians - including drummer Josh Freese , who had already played drums for A Perfect Circle and Nine Inch Nails - the album I Got a Brand New Egg Layin 'Machine was recorded in 2005 and the two years later CD Licker's Last Leg . The band only played in smaller clubs within the USA and gave only a few concerts.

Nine inch nails

White took part in the production of Nine Inch Nails' fifth album With Teeth and supported the band on the following tour. Also on the album Year Zero , which came out in 2007, White worked with and took part in the tour for it. After the last concert on September 18, 2007 in Hawaii , Honolulu , Reznor stated that the band was separating from the current line-up and that they would go their separate ways in the future.

Trivia

• After leaving Marilyn Manson, White applied to the band Metallica for the post as bassist, which can be seen on the DVD Some Kind of Monster . In a later interview, White said he only applied to fulfill his teenage dream. However, he was glad not to have been accepted because he was not happy.

• In 1996, White had with Warner made a guest appearance in the film Lost Highway by David Lynch .

• White played bass and synthesizer in the song 'Burn My Shadow' on the album War Stories by the British music group UNKLE .

• Even before the founding of Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, White and Warner had a musical project called Mrs. Scabtree in 1993 that they performed with.

• While the then bassist Gidget Gein was still in the band, White replaced him temporarily as bassist during his absence.

• White's preferred instruments are the Gibson Thunderbird IV, with which he played a large part of all shows for Marilyn Manson, and the Fender Precision Bass , which was mostly used on tours with Nine Inch Nails and A Perfect Circle.

• White names Paul McCartney and Gene Simmons as the bassists who influenced him the most .

Web links

• Jeordie White in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Althea Legaspi: Twiggy Ramirez Issues Statement Following Rape Accusation, Marilyn Manson Split. In: Rolling Stone . Rolling Stone, LLC, October 26, 2017, accessed July 9, 2018 (American English). 
2. ↑ Elyse Wanshel: Marilyn Manson bassist Twiggy Ramirez Accused Of Rape By Ex-Girlfriend. In: Huffpost . Oath Inc. , July 9, 2018, accessed October 23, 2017 (American English). 
3. ↑ Biography (English)
4. ↑ Twiggy again with Marilyn Manson
5. ↑ Dan Aquilante: DOPE SHOW FOR THE EARS. New York Post, January 31, 2008, accessed January 5, 2009 . 
6. ↑ Goon Moon Interview with Chaos Control (English)
7. ↑ Jeordie White on auditioning for Metallica (English)
8. ↑ JEORDIE WHITE COMPLETES THE CIRCLE ( Memento from September 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )