Ginger Fish

Ginger Fish
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Background information
Birth name	Kenneth Robert Wilson
Also known as	Kenny Wilson
Born	September 28, 1966 (age 43); Framingham, Massachusetts
Genre(s)	Industrial metal, Alternative metal, Rock
Occupation(s)	Drummer
Instrument(s)	Drums, Piano
Years active	1995–present
Label(s)	Interscope, Nothing
Associated acts	Marilyn Manson, Martyr Plot

"Ginger" redirects here. For the painting, see Ginger (painting).

Kenneth Robert Wilson (born September 28, 1965), better known by his stage name Ginger Fish, is a professional musician. He is the live drummer of industrial metal band Marilyn Manson and his side project Martyr Plot. His stage name is formed from the names Ginger Rogers and Albert Fish. He's been described by Manson as "the quietest and most dangerous of us all, a ticking time bomb gingerly waiting a cataclysmic explosion". Manson's also named Ginger as "the strangest and quietest person in the band". Ginger doesn't drink or do drugs, a rather uncommon feat for members of the band.

Biography

Having played drums since he was in second grade, Wilson eventually went to the University of Nevada Las Vegas to study music; during that time he played with several underground bands from the area. The band Marilyn Manson had already agreed to replace their current drummer at the earliest opportunity. Ginger learned the drums off of the first album, Portrait of an American Family, and was ask to join the band in march of 1995. Despite constant band member changes, Ginger is only the second drummer for the band, not counting a previously used drum machine; his playing can be heard on Smells Like Children and every subsequent Manson album, except Eat Me, Drink Me, where Manson decided to use a drum machine. He was temporarily replaced by Chris Vrenna for a year when in 2004 during the Viva Comet Awards a head injury left him unable to tour; however, he remained a member of Marilyn Manson. While Manson was on tour, Ginger started a side project. Rumors of Ginger not returning to Marilyn Manson were squashed after he performed This Is Halloween on the Tonight Show with the rest of the band. Though he did not appear on Eat Me, Drink Me, he did a remix for the track Putting Holes in Happiness, on which his piano playing can be heard.

Career

In music

Ginger can be heard on Smells Like Children and every subsequent Manson album until and including The Golden Age of Grotesque (2003). On the Guns, God and Government tour in 2001, he broke his hand and collar bone while the band was destroying the stage at the end of a concert. However, he still played with one hand for the rest of the tour. He was temporarily replaced by Chris Vrenna for a whole year when in 2004 during the Viva Comet Awards a head injury left him unable to tour; however, he remained a member of Marilyn Manson.

Fish did not contribute to Marilyn Manson's sixth studio album, Eat Me, Drink Me however, because he was not available during the haste-yet-steady writing and recording process of the album. Despite this, he still remained part of the band, performing drums during the 2007-2008 Rape of the World tour.

During the production of The High End of Low, Fish played the piano on "Into The Fire", however Chris Vrenna played drums on the whole album itself.