Twiggy

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Jeordie Osborne White (born June 20, 1971), also known by his former pseudonym Twiggy Ramirez (derived from Twiggy, a model, and Richard Ramirez, a convicted serial killer) is a musician and currently the bassist for Nine Inch Nails and Goon Moon. He was previously the bassist for A Perfect Circle and Marilyn Manson. He has also regularly contributed to the famed Desert Sessions recordings.

Biography

White is perhaps most popular for his previous role as the bassist and composer for Marilyn Manson. A New Jersey native, he moved to Florida, where he grew up on "Star Wars and heavy metal music". 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 Marilyn 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 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 David Catching is also involved along with Team Sleep/Hella drummer Zach Hill.


Jeordie White worked with Goon Moon in 2005 and with them released the album I Got a Brand New Egg Layin' Machine, recorded at Rancho De La Luna, Prescription and Regime Studios.

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.
  • White was the foremost composer in the Marilyn Manson(Band) band up until his departure. Some of his most notable compositions are The Beautiful People, The Dope Show, and Disposable Teens each of which has had considerable chart success.
  • On the recording of the Marilyn Manson(Band) song The Dope Show, Jeordie plays all instruments except drums. He has said it only took 15 minutes to compose the song.
  • White claims to have once masturbated with pizza dough when working at a Florida pizza shop as a teenager.
  • He met Marilyn Manson while working in a used records store in a Florida shopping mall, where the two realized they had much in common. Jeordie however did not finally join until Gidget Gein was ejected from the band due to substance abuse.
  • White has been romantically linked to several famous women in music such as Courtney Love from Hole, Sean Yseult from White Zombie, Donita Sparks from L7 and Jessicka of Jack Off Jill, Scarling.
  • Often referred to as the male Kinderwhore, White adopted his "Twiggy Ramirez" look from his relationship with Jessicka (Jack Off Jill) and a desire to ridicule Courtney Love, with whom he has also been romantically involved.
  • 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.
  • On one of Manson's videos, Twiggy can be seen sucking Manson's penis during a performance of My Monkey.
  • 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.Template:Fact
  • White appeared on an MTV Cribs episode: the "Ozzfest Edition" 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'.
  • Since Autumn of 2006, Jeordie has been photographed on occasion with Marilyn Manson again, signaling perhaps a resolution of any differences they had and perhaps a collaboration on Manson's forthcoming sixth studio LP release, set for release in North America in 2007. Jeordie, one to self-contradict like Manson, has stated he is willing to work with the shock rocker again, and other times, says he will not.Template:Fact
  • Jeordie is good friends with Noel Gallagher of the band Oasis. The two often write music and spend time together in Los Angeles.
  • Jeordie's favorite television program is Saturday Night Live. In a 2004 interview on Canadian music channel MuchMusic with A Perfect Circle (APC), White shamelessly quoted SNL numerous times, often incorporating snippets from Will Ferrell sketches. He has also performed the song Fred's Got Slacks which was part of a Will Ferrell sketch, live with APC. In this impromptu performance, Jeordie played an improvised bass riff for it, as well as sang its vocals. For many, this was the first and only time to hear Jeordie sing.
  • Jeordie is an avid fan of Star Wars and often makes memorabilia purchases relating to his obsession with it on eBay.
  • White has modeled for Manson's Los Angeles goth couturier, Terri King]] during fashion shows in that city in 2000 and 2001.
  • When in Marilyn Manson(Band) Jeordie, like the other members, had numerous personalized official guitar picks for concert tours. Among the phrases featured on his have been "AIDS Clown", "Coke Whore", "Twiggy", "Base Tendencies", and "Fag Bassist". These picks are relatively rare and sometimes featured on eBay, but often their authenticity is questionable and many for sale are mere reproductions of what his actual picks looked like and said.
  • White prefers to refer to himself as "guitarist", not a "bassist".
  • Jeordie has composed for an eclectic range of artists from Bif Naked to his namesake, model Twiggy Lawson with whom he recorded, produced, and wrote a duet.
  • Jeordie wrote the song (lyrics and music) Blood Pollution for the band Steel Dragon, used in the American film Rockstar.
  • He owns over 100 basses and guitars and says his personal favorite is a Gibson Thunderbird IV Reverse, in green, given to him by Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe which was used on that band's Shout at the Devil tour.
  • Despite leaving the band Marilyn Manson(Band), White's primary source of income is his regular pay-out of royalties from his interest in the rights to nearly every Manson song. By virtue of two publishing companies set up to handle his rights (Blood Heavy Music and Dinger & Ollie Music, each administered by EMI Music Publishing), White receives twice the amount of money he normally would for his contributions, many of which were substantial to start with. The one song which has garnered White more income than any other he's worked on is The Dope Show, Manson's best-selling single and also one of that band's few to chart at Number 1.

Preferred Equipment

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:

  • 1974 Gibson Ripper L9-S Bass (vintage, as seen in The Dope Show video; a gift from Gene Simmons who wrote and recorded with the same instrument on KISS's Destroyer album; he donated this bass to the Hard Rock Cafe in Ottawa, Canada. It is among their most popular pieces of memorabilia on display))
  • 1977 Gibson RD Bass (vintage, as seen in the Dope Hat and Coma White videos; sold to a fan through a mutual friend of Jeordie and Manson in 2005 via eBay)
  • 1992 Gibson Thunderbird IV Reverse (seen in the Disposable Teens video; used extensively in live performances from 1998-2002; in 1999, while on Manson's Rock Is Dead tour, Jeordie was honoured with the Gibson Thunderbird IV Reverse Goth Edition—a sleek, ebony-coloured bass in the Thunderbird IV Reverse style, featuring a silver, Gothic-style cross in place of the famous Thunderbird logo—which was made custom for him and still sold today; regardless of version, this model bass is Jeordie's longtime favourite)
  • BC Rich Warlock Platinum Bass (seen in the Rock Is Dead video; used extensively in live performances from 1998-1999, notably during the first live performance of The Dope Show on the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards)
  • Gibson EB-0
  • Gibson EB-1
  • Gibson Nikki Sixx Signature Bass
  • Rickenbacker Bass

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.

Filmography

Discography

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