Ginger Fish
{{short description|American drummer}}
{{other people||Ken Wilson (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ginger Fish
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|caption = Fish performing with Rob Zombie in 2014
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| birth_name = Kenneth Robert Wilson
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| genre = {{hlist|Industrial metal|alternative metal}}
| instrument = Drums
| years_active = 1995–present
| current_member_of = Rob Zombie
| past_member_of = {{hlist|Marilyn Manson|Martyr Plot|Powerman 5000}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.gingerfish.net}}
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Kenneth Robert Wilson,{{Cite web|date=February 24, 2011|title=Marilyn-Manson-Schlagzeuger verlässt die Band|url=https://www.rockhard.de/artikel/marilyn-manson-schlagzeuger-verlaesst-die-band_143796.html|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Rock Hard|language=de}} better known by his stage name Ginger Fish, is an American musician best known for playing drums for Marilyn Manson from 1995 to 2011.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=MJ8sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cP0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3646,9027441&dq=ginger-fish&hl=en|title=Marilyn Manson Drummer Injured at Concert|date=November 29, 2000|newspaper=Lakeland Ledger|access-date=February 4, 2010}} Like Marilyn Manson, which combines the names of an iconic beauty with a notorious criminal, his name combines those of Ginger Rogers and Albert Fish.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=8FoNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=km8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6273,842022&dq=ginger-fish+albert-fish&hl=en|title=A label whether it fits or not |date=December 23, 1998|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=February 4, 2010}}
He is now the drummer for Rob Zombie after previously joining him on a series of warm up dates in February 2011.{{cite news|url=http://spookshowinternational.blogspot.com/2011/02/another-new-zombie.html|title=Another New Zombie? |date=February 7, 2011|publisher=Spookshow International|access-date=February 7, 2011}}
Early life
Ginger Fish was born Kenneth Robert Wilson. He is a graduate of Chaparral High School in Paradise, Nevada.{{cite news|last1=Santiago|first1=Brianna|title=13 celebrities you didn't know graduated from L.V. high schools|url=http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/jun/19/12-celebrities-you-didnt-know-graduated-las-vegas-/|access-date= June 19, 2015|newspaper=Las Vegas Sun|date=June 19, 2015}}
Career
Wilson is most notable for being the longtime drummer for Marilyn Manson but has played drums for his own band Martyr Plot, and played piano with Powerman 5000 on their album Tonight the Stars Revolt!. In 2011, Wilson joined Rob Zombie on drums for the February US Warm up tour dates while regular drummer Joey Jordison was in the UK with his own band the Murderdolls. As Rob Zombie said on his website: "Ginger is helping us out with some warm up gigs before we rejoin with Joey Jordison over in England for our next tour."
Since 2010, Wilson has also been doing a number of VJ DJ sets at various clubs around the US.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/vjgingerfish?sk=info#!/pages/VJ-Ginger-Fish/119218944768210 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729150917/http://www.facebook.com/vjgingerfish?sk=info%23!/pages/VJ-Ginger-Fish/119218944768210 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 29, 2012 |title=Kenneth Wilson |publisher=Facebook |access-date=October 15, 2011 }}
On February 23, 2011, Wilson announced his departure from Marilyn Manson.{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2011-02-23 |title=Drummer GINGER FISH Quits MARILYN MANSON |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/drummer-ginger-fish-quits-marilyn-manson/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Goodwyn |first=Tom |date=2011-02-24 |title=Marilyn Manson drummer Ginger Fish quits after 15 years in singer's band |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/marilyn-manson-72-1298641 |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} On April 22, 2011, Wilson was announced as the permanent drummer for Rob Zombie.{{Cite web |title=Rob Zombie Announces New Drummer |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/rob_zombie_announces_new_drummer.html |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=www.ultimate-guitar.com |language=en}}
Discography
Marilyn Manson
- Smells Like Children (1995)
- Antichrist Superstar (1996)
- Remix & Repent (1997)
- Mechanical Animals (1998)
- The Last Tour on Earth (1999)
- Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) (2000)
- The Golden Age of Grotesque (2003)
- Lest We Forget: The Best Of (2004)
- The High End of Low (2009)
Rob Zombie
Filmography
- Marilyn Manson: Coma White (1999)
- Rob Zombie: Ging Gang Gong De Do Gong De Laga Raga (2015)
- Rob Zombie: The Zombie Horror Picture Show (2014)
References
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Category:American heavy metal drummers
Category:Marilyn Manson (band) members
Category:Drummers from Florida
Category:20th-century American drummers
Category:American male drummers