as Twiggy Ramirez, circa 'Mechanical Animals'

Jeordie Francis White (born June 20, 1971), better known by his former pseudonym Twiggy Ramirez, was the bassist for Marilyn Manson from 1994 until 2002 (after which point he abandoned the pseudonym). A Florida native, White grew up on Star Wars and heavy metal. White 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. 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. Several months later, White joined A Perfect Circle, the project of Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan and former Nine Inch Nails 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 annual drug-induced communal project The Desert Sessions.

White recently assisted in the production of Nine Inch Nails' forthcoming album, With Teeth, and he will be touring with them to support the album. Jeordie also has his own project with desert-mainstay Chris Goss called Goon moon. Guitarist Dave Catching is also involved along with Hella drummer Zach hill.

Trivia

While in Marilyn Manson, Jeordie played a four string Gibson Thunderbird IV Reverse bass. He often played the vintage basses of other famous rock bassists that had been given to him by them. An example of this can be see in the video for "The Dope Show"; the bass Jeordie is playing is actually one that belonged to Kiss bassist Gene Simmons.

When Jeordie performed as Twiggy in Marilyn Manson his hair was usually mistaken to be dreadlocks. In reality, Twiggy's hairstyle was created by tiny braids , which he would often remove after concert tours. Using nothing but braids and hairspray to obtain his now famous gothic do, Jeordie would sometimes spend a couple of hours before a show or photo shoot messing his braids up and spraying them into place, sometimes including hair elastics. During Mechanical Animals, famed Hollywood hairstylist Alex Dizon gave Jeordie the uniquely feminine style pictured in the photo above.

Jeordie has stated in interviews, that, since his departure from Marilyn Manson, he prefers not to be called Twiggy.

Jeordie has said that if he hadn't turned out as a musician he would most likely be working as a prostitute.

Filmography

• Lost Highway (1997)
• Some Kind of Monster (movie) (2004)

Discography

• A New Hope (Amboog-A-Lard, 1992)
• 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)
• Thirteenth Step (A Perfect Circle, 2003)
• Volumes 9 & 10 of The Desert Sessions (2003, Ipecac/Rekords Rekords)
• eMOTIVe (A Perfect Circle, 2004)
• With Teeth (Nine Inch Nails, 2005)
• i got a brand new egg layin' machine (Goon Moon, 2005) (suicide squeeze records)