Marilyn Manson And Twiggy Ramirez Reunite

Marilyn Manson and Twiggy Ramirez split during the early part of this decade, but now they've settled their difference and are reunited once again. Ramirez will join Manson on his Rape Of The World tour, and once again Jeordie White will use his created-for-Manson stage name.

In an interview conducted a few months back, in support of his Goon Moon project and album, White discussed the naming of the members of Manson. He used the same formula of picking a female icon and a serial killer. He talks about using ultra-thin model Twiggy.

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Jeordie White On Choosing Twiggy For Marilyn Manson

"I had to come up with a female icon and a serial killer for the last name. The first name, Twiggy, it was just a cool sounding name. No one had really used it then, and I thought she was an interesting.... The only person that could compete with Marilyn Monroe I thought would be her because she wasn't American, and she was just as powerful of an icon as Marilyn Monroe. So it was just kind of competing with the name Marilyn Manson -- both names..."

He then talked about choosing serial killer Richard Ramirez.

Jeordie White On Choosing Ramirez For Marilyn Manson

"..and when it came to Ramirez, he like Manson had ties to rock music. He had a theme AC/DC. Manson to The Beatles, Ramirez was to AC/DC, so there was that tie to music. I was trying to compete with Marilyn Manson for kind of the same thing that he had picked with that name."

Manson's Rape Of The World Tour will kick off in the U.S. Saturday, January 19th in Orlando, Florida. Chris Vrenna, Rob Holliday, and Ginger Fish will join Manson and Ramirez on the trek. Tim Skold has amicably left the band, and future projects between the two have not been ruled out. Ramirez was a main partner in the golden age of Manson, which included the albums Antichrist Superstar, Mechanical Animals, and Holywood.

Comments

[OzZY-RuLE5!!!!!]

i knew they would reunite. should be good to hear twiggy and manson working together on a studio album should be good.

[Beanie_Ben]

his old stuff is better, but i hope this brings it back to the days of antichrist superstar. saw him at d/l 07 and his performance was just lacklustre at best.

[Chimpy101]

Awesome

[TheStruction]

FINALLY! And hopefully he kicked out that goddamn Tim Skold on his bare ass. It would be nice if Pogo could come back aswell... Well, you can't have everything.

[IrishDude]

Werent they sueing each other at some point??

[samerika]

wow.....that's cool.

[Guitar_Jester]

That's ****ing awesome!

[areese82]

I've seen Jordie live twice, with APC and NIN. Never with Manson though.

[Aidy Damage]

Oh my God... I think I just died inside and rose up again! Best news EVER!

I can't believe this!

[travislausch]

What would be awesome is if they had Twiggy and John5 back in the band, then if Marylin decides to pull out all the stops and let them go nuts with the music. I'm a big fan of John5's abilities, and I'm saddened that he never got to use them much with Manson.

[SmileOfHavok]

travislausch wrote:

What would be awesome is if they had Twiggy and John5 back in the band, then if Marylin decides to pull out all the stops and let them go nuts with the music. I'm a big fan of John5's abilities, and I'm saddened that he never got to use them much with Manson.

Agreed, I was just about to say the same thing. John 5 is pretty awesome. I liked GAoG.

[skippy_moogoose]

seems like he's on guitar then
that's kool, gutted this happened AFTER I saw Manson on his UK tour....Twiggy is my fave member,after that daisy berkowtiz and john 5 tie,though John 5 is the better guitarist by a looooong way

saw him at d/l 07 and his performance was just lacklustre at best.

yea saw him at DL and he was rubbish, but he was amazing on his own tour, was like seeing a totally different band

[stumaster18]

Marilyn Manson = God

[Decembero]

^ I agree, Twiggy auditioned for the metallica bassist role, but he is definately better to be back with MM.

[pouyannassiri]

if they write an album together again it would be really cool!!! that album would be gold!

[Macabre_Turtle]

So, since Manson still has Rob Holiday....that means Twiggys on guitar this time around? Interesting...

[red157]

Well as long as he still has time for Goon Moon as that's (Caps for emphasis) THE BEST THING HE'S EVER DONE. His work with Chris Goss will always trump whatever he does with Manson.

[ibikinz]

nice.

[Rocktune90]

2008 is showing some good things I hope that more awesome stuff like this happens, thanks Twiggy for returning to manson

[blasphemus666]

YES!!! TWIGGY IS BACK!! hopefully he and manson will bring back the old stuff! to bad tim left though.

[OffspringPhreak]

Sweet, Antichrist Superstar and Holywood were my favorite Manson albums. Hopefully they'll work on the next MM album together too. I gotta see if they're doing a show near me.

[dethskar0]

^You're an idiot. Whether you like the music or not, they aren't the worst band ever. I don't even think the music is the best, but Manson is a lyrical genius. Better than any other lyricist of the modern age. And Marilyn Manson is the absolute best showman of anyone ever.

Anyway, I don't know how I feel about this. Tim Skold was definately a better guitarist, but the albums with Twiggy were generally better. I loved Tim's solos, but having Twiggy in the band should send it back to old-school Manson, instead of the slower, more classic rock sounding stuff he did with EAT ME, DRINK ME.

Checked.

[lizacula]

This excites me beyond everything else..
I went to a show in sydney last year and it was as spectacular as I expected, but I kept saying all it needed was twiggy to make it 100% perfect..

I'm so happy that they are getting back together.. I knew it would happen, but I'm glad it's happening now.!!!

I hope they can come back to australia.!!

[Mr. Altoid]

Even though Twiggy is back; I don't think MM can ever go back to the way it was.

[Mr. Altoid]

On second thought... maybe it can. >:]

[Twiggy81R]

This is the best news, music wise, I've heard in a few years!!!! Next to NIN coming to Richmond back on 2006.

[Phe4rTheGod]

hell yea...i hope to hear another portrait cd...

[twiggy94]

Oh my sweet goodness gracious.
I really hope they sit down and make a record!

[Bottle of Dirt]

Twiggy is one of the reason I started playing bass, I'm so glad he's back. Hopefully Manson will go back to the good old days now

[the_witch]

This is great news. I want Pogo back too :-(

[Punk-Goth-Angel]

now only john5 is missing and their are like in manson's best times again

[Amanon]

This is so f*cking cool! I`m so f*cking happy with it!
I just thought to contact Manson someway and tell him to reunite with Twiggy! And then this! This couldn`t be any better! And without Tim!

[Amanon]

I`M HAPPY!!!

[not_dead_enough]

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According to wikipedia, Rob Holliday has taken over Guitar.

[john5ramirez]

That's insanley cool.

[warlockking]

i wish they would get the line up from the portrait/smells like children/antichrist superstar era back. john 5 and tim skold are good, but those were the best albums.

[thereverendsoup]

The real talent in the band is back!