Gidget Gein (1969-2008)

Gidget Gein (1969-2008)

Bradley Mark "Brad" Stewart, known by his stage name Gidget Gein, was an American musician and artist. He was the second bassist and co-founder of the alternative metal band Marilyn Manson. His stage name references and dichotomies serial killer Ed Gein and the fictional 1960s surfer girl Gidget.

Gein was born and raised in Hollywood, Florida. His mother was a Roman Catholic schoolteacher and his father was a police officer. His parents divorced when he was the age of 3 and his mother remarried a few years later to a carny and a birthday clown who became Gein's step father. "He was like Krusty the Clown," describes Gein. "And he was a rampant alcoholic, so after these birthday parties, he would hang out with the parents and drink. Then he'd come home, reeking and smoking cigars in his clown makeup, drunk off his ass, busting shit, being nasty. That was a weekly occurrence."

As a child he attended Catholic school and his favorite movies were Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Achievements:

Discography:

With Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids

Grist-O-Line (1990)

Big Black Bus (1990)

After School Special (1991)

Lunchbox (1992)

Lunch Boxes & Choklit Cows (2004)

With Marilyn Manson

Portrait of an American Family (1994)

With the Dali Gaggers

Dali Gaggers, Just AdNauseam (1998)

Confessions of a Spooky Kid (1999)

Solo

Suspension of Disbelief (2007)

Law of Diminishing Return (2007)

Rig Demos (2007)

During the final few years of his life, he was very active in various film, art and musical projects. He acted in several independent films including The Three Trials, The Devil's Muse and others.[11] During this final period, he was at the forefront of the "UnPop and "GaGa" style art and fashion movements. His mixed media art was typically billed under his trademark GOLLYWOOD brand and featured various themes of blaxploitation, transgender people, and grotesque depictions of pop culture icons.[12] Examples of his art can still be found at the Hyaena Art Gallery in Burbank, Ca.