Gidget Gein
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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 dichotomises serial killer
Ed Gein
and the novel Gidget
.
A bit further on in his life in the mid 80s, he would be seen as a popular clothing model and local band member while enjoying his leisure time as an effective South Florida band heckler.
.
As the band became more infamous after dropping the "Spooky Kids" title in 1992, Gidget's personality was becoming more chaotic through extensive drug use, increasing bisexual public displays of affection, and other various acts of debauchery. In October 1993, Reznor agreed to rework the production on Marilyn Manson's album, taking them and their tapes to The Record Plant in Los Angeles. On the Christmas Eve of 1993, when finding himself in a hospital bed after a heroin overdose, Gidget discovered through Federal Express, that his services were "no longer needed" by Marilyn Manson. He was replaced by Jeordie White, now known as Twiggy Ramirez. Noticeably, most of Jeordie White’s signature early “Twiggy Ramirez“ look, down to the multi colored dreadlocks, was taken directly from White’s girlfriend at the time Jessicka
(Jack Off Jill
) and Gein himself. After writing a great arsenal of music for the band, Gein claimed to see a substitution of his style and personality inserted into Marilyn Manson albums for years to come. Earlier songs Gidget had written such as "She's Not My Girlfriend" would be retitled with different lyrics as the song "1996".
Gidget's path of indulgence would continue for years after his departure from the band. He moved to New York in 1999, befriending many artists and characters over the next few years. As his own art and ideas began to gather, he formed a group called Gidget Gein and the Dali Gaggers with guitarist Al B. Romano
which featured various fun displays of degenerate art
, ideas, and post-punk styled songwriting. By examining the flyers, lyrics, and propaganda in the Dali Gaggers, it is evident that Gidget was a major influence in the earlier Marilyn Manson newsletters, flyers, and song writing. Before the release of the Dali Gaggers only album Confessions of a Spooky Kid, the temptation of the New York city party scene proved to be too strong for Gein and he headed back to Florida in order to kick his drug addiction for good.
Once back in Florida, Gidget began work for the south Florida medical examiner as a "Bag Boy". Over years of retrieving and cleaning up after the deceased, Gidget continued to gather extreme experiences and ideas for more and more art. His experiences at the medical examiner's office have been documented in various international magazines and spurred early production of a motion picture based on this period of his life. Over time his arsenal of art and ideas began to outweigh his position as a Bag Boy and Gidget found a friendship with the freshly announced UNPOP art movement and, surprisingly, a collaboration with Marilyn Manson and Asia Argento in a music video for the song "(s)AINT", which was later banned by Manson's record label Interscope Records.
Leaving Florida behind in 2004 and taking his collection with him, Gidget began to execute art and fashion shows in Hollywood, California, under the organised name GOLLYWOOD. His creation of sculpture, bedroom and bathroom suites, clothing, themed music, and books continued to develop in Hollywood in association with his fans, associates and close friends.
, Stewart died of a heroin overdose on October 8, 2008 at 9:30PM - as cited by the Los Angeles County Coroners office, at a friend's home in Burbank, California
. His body was found on the following day.
At the time of his death, he was recording an album with record producer Dave Jerden
, in a television deal with Roxane Davis for "Bag Boy" and had been contracted to publish his art.
visited a Los Angeles morgue. Her visit was one of the stipulations attached to her March 2007 DUI arrest, in order to see a dead celebrity and get the point across about drug and alcohol abuse. Stewart's body was lying at the morgue that Khloe visited.
On December 8, 2008, a memorial benefit at the Dragonfly in Los Angeles
, featured Gein’s art and an array of friends and fans performing in his honor. The guest list included Ego Plum, Kim Fowley
, ex Courtney Love
, guitarist Lisa Leveridge, Jessicka
, Allen Wrench, Lenora Claire, Courtney Cruz, Ramzi Abed
, Brian Clark (co-founder of UnPop art movement to which Gein belonged), Bill Schafer of Hayena Gallery,(his art representative),Damian Crowley, Hollie Stevens, and drag queens Squeaky Blonde and Fade-Dra. Funds raised from the gathering will buy Gein a memorial plaque at Hollywood Forever cemetery (his ashes are with his mother in Florida, his homestate).
A commemorative tribute was filmed on October 9, 2010 at the horror convention 'Spooky Empire', based in Orlando, Florida. Participants included Al B. Romano
, Billy Baker, Parris Mayhew, Mike Merryfield, CC Manded and Petey Mongelli. The 9-part compendium was filmed by the Film Director/Artist/Musician Cynosure
and is respectively owned by Cynosure Enterprises. The film closes with Gein's memorial plaque, embellished with the slogan, 'Luv is GG'.
United States
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musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and artist. He was the second bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
and co-founder of the alternative metal
Alternative metal
Alternative metal is a genre of alternative rock and heavy metal that gained popularity in the early 1990s. Most notably, alternative metal bands are characterized by heavy guitar riffs and experimental approaches to heavy music.-Origins:...
band Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson (band)
Marilyn Manson is an American metal band from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Formed in 1989 by Brian Warner and Scott Putesky, the group was originally named Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids with their uniquely theatrical performances gathering a local cult following in the early '90s. This attention...
. His stage name references and dichotomises serial killer
Serial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
Ed Gein
Ed Gein
Edward Theodore "Ed" Gein - July 26, 1984) was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety after authorities discovered Gein had exhumed corpses from local graveyards and fashioned trophies and keepsakes...
and the novel Gidget
Gidget
Gidget is a fictional character created by author Frederick Kohner in his 1957 novel, Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas. The novel follows the adventures of a teenage girl and her surfing friends on the beach at Malibu. The name Gidget is a portmanteau of "girl and midget"...
.
Early life
Bradley Stewart was born in Hollywood, Florida. He was born to a Catholic school teacher mother and police officer father. As his biological mother and father began to separate, Bradley's early childhood character was molded through an acid-fallout host of 1970s kid shows, AM-radio, and drive-in movies, while learning to play guitar through a Catholic priest.A bit further on in his life in the mid 80s, he would be seen as a popular clothing model and local band member while enjoying his leisure time as an effective South Florida band heckler.
Career
Gein's character, style, and reputation at this point had become the prototype for what young Brian Warner would adapt into a Marilyn Manson ideal. As they became closer friends, Bradley and Brian's personalities expressed themselves through fun ideals in Gidget Gein and Marilyn Manson. The personal stylings, influences, and experiences of each member would showcase as Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids to the south Florida music scene and eventually gain the attention of a newly successful Trent ReznorTrent Reznor
Michael Trent Reznor is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer, and leader of industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. Reznor is also a member of How to Destroy Angels alongside his wife, Mariqueen Maandig, and Atticus Ross. He was previously associated with bands Option 30,...
.
As the band became more infamous after dropping the "Spooky Kids" title in 1992, Gidget's personality was becoming more chaotic through extensive drug use, increasing bisexual public displays of affection, and other various acts of debauchery. In October 1993, Reznor agreed to rework the production on Marilyn Manson's album, taking them and their tapes to The Record Plant in Los Angeles. On the Christmas Eve of 1993, when finding himself in a hospital bed after a heroin overdose, Gidget discovered through Federal Express, that his services were "no longer needed" by Marilyn Manson. He was replaced by Jeordie White, now known as Twiggy Ramirez. Noticeably, most of Jeordie White’s signature early “Twiggy Ramirez“ look, down to the multi colored dreadlocks, was taken directly from White’s girlfriend at the time Jessicka
Jessicka
Jessicka Addams is an American singer and artist. Best known by her stage name Jessicka, she was the front woman of Florida based band Jack Off Jill and current front for the Los Angeles based band Scarling.-Early life:Jessicka grew up in the town of Sunrise, Florida...
(Jack Off Jill
Jack Off Jill
Jack Off Jill was an American alternative rock band from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, founded in 1992 by Jessica Fodera, Tenni Arslanyan, Robin Moulder, and Michelle Oliver. Though these four young women were the initial founders, twelve members rotated through the group in its lifespan, including...
) and Gein himself. After writing a great arsenal of music for the band, Gein claimed to see a substitution of his style and personality inserted into Marilyn Manson albums for years to come. Earlier songs Gidget had written such as "She's Not My Girlfriend" would be retitled with different lyrics as the song "1996".
Gidget's path of indulgence would continue for years after his departure from the band. He moved to New York in 1999, befriending many artists and characters over the next few years. As his own art and ideas began to gather, he formed a group called Gidget Gein and the Dali Gaggers with guitarist Al B. Romano
Al B. Romano
Al B. Romano, born April 23, 1965 in Yonkers, New York is a musician. At age 14 he was taught guitar by Leslie West of Mountain.-Musical career:...
which featured various fun displays of degenerate art
Degenerate art
Degenerate art is the English translation of the German entartete Kunst, a term adopted by the Nazi regime in Germany to describe virtually all modern art. Such art was banned on the grounds that it was un-German or Jewish Bolshevist in nature, and those identified as degenerate artists were...
, ideas, and post-punk styled songwriting. By examining the flyers, lyrics, and propaganda in the Dali Gaggers, it is evident that Gidget was a major influence in the earlier Marilyn Manson newsletters, flyers, and song writing. Before the release of the Dali Gaggers only album Confessions of a Spooky Kid, the temptation of the New York city party scene proved to be too strong for Gein and he headed back to Florida in order to kick his drug addiction for good.
Once back in Florida, Gidget began work for the south Florida medical examiner as a "Bag Boy". Over years of retrieving and cleaning up after the deceased, Gidget continued to gather extreme experiences and ideas for more and more art. His experiences at the medical examiner's office have been documented in various international magazines and spurred early production of a motion picture based on this period of his life. Over time his arsenal of art and ideas began to outweigh his position as a Bag Boy and Gidget found a friendship with the freshly announced UNPOP art movement and, surprisingly, a collaboration with Marilyn Manson and Asia Argento in a music video for the song "(s)AINT", which was later banned by Manson's record label Interscope Records.
Leaving Florida behind in 2004 and taking his collection with him, Gidget began to execute art and fashion shows in Hollywood, California, under the organised name GOLLYWOOD. His creation of sculpture, bedroom and bathroom suites, clothing, themed music, and books continued to develop in Hollywood in association with his fans, associates and close friends.
Death
After some years of sobrietySobriety
Sobriety is the condition of not having any measurable levels, or effects from, alcohol or other drugs that alter ones mood or behaviors. According to WHO "Lexicon of alcohol and drug terms..." sobriety is continued abstinence from alcohol and psychoactive drug use...
, Stewart died of a heroin overdose on October 8, 2008 at 9:30PM - as cited by the Los Angeles County Coroners office, at a friend's home in Burbank, California
Burbank, California
Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States, north of downtown Los Angeles. The estimated population in 2010 was 103,340....
. His body was found on the following day.
At the time of his death, he was recording an album with record producer Dave Jerden
Dave Jerden
Dave Jerden is an American record producer, engineer and mixer who mostly works with artists in the alternative rock, punk rock and metal genres....
, in a television deal with Roxane Davis for "Bag Boy" and had been contracted to publish his art.
Aftermath
On October 15, Khloe KardashianKhloe Kardashian
Khloé Kardashian Odom is an American businesswoman, television personality, radio host, socialite, and model...
visited a Los Angeles morgue. Her visit was one of the stipulations attached to her March 2007 DUI arrest, in order to see a dead celebrity and get the point across about drug and alcohol abuse. Stewart's body was lying at the morgue that Khloe visited.
On December 8, 2008, a memorial benefit at the Dragonfly in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, featured Gein’s art and an array of friends and fans performing in his honor. The guest list included Ego Plum, Kim Fowley
Kim Fowley
Kim Vincent Fowley is an American record producer, impresario, songwriter, musician, film maker, and radio actor. He is best known for his role behind a string of novelty and cult rock pop singles in the 1960s, and for managing The Runaways in the 1970s...
, ex Courtney Love
Courtney Love
Courtney Michelle Love is an American rock musician. Love is the lead vocalist, lyricist, and rhythm guitarist for alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989, and is an actress who has moved from bit parts in Alex Cox films to significant and acclaimed roles in The People vs...
, guitarist Lisa Leveridge, Jessicka
Jessicka
Jessicka Addams is an American singer and artist. Best known by her stage name Jessicka, she was the front woman of Florida based band Jack Off Jill and current front for the Los Angeles based band Scarling.-Early life:Jessicka grew up in the town of Sunrise, Florida...
, Allen Wrench, Lenora Claire, Courtney Cruz, Ramzi Abed
Ramzi Abed
Ramzi Abed is the founder of "Bloodshot Pictures" and also the founding member of the electronic group, Elektracity.-Biography:...
, Brian Clark (co-founder of UnPop art movement to which Gein belonged), Bill Schafer of Hayena Gallery,(his art representative),Damian Crowley, Hollie Stevens, and drag queens Squeaky Blonde and Fade-Dra. Funds raised from the gathering will buy Gein a memorial plaque at Hollywood Forever cemetery (his ashes are with his mother in Florida, his homestate).
A commemorative tribute was filmed on October 9, 2010 at the horror convention 'Spooky Empire', based in Orlando, Florida. Participants included Al B. Romano
Al B. Romano
Al B. Romano, born April 23, 1965 in Yonkers, New York is a musician. At age 14 he was taught guitar by Leslie West of Mountain.-Musical career:...
, Billy Baker, Parris Mayhew, Mike Merryfield, CC Manded and Petey Mongelli. The 9-part compendium was filmed by the Film Director/Artist/Musician Cynosure
Cynosure
Cynosure is a fictional pan-dimensional city that exists within the First Comics multiverse. It is described as floating in a "bubble" in the "pan-dimensional vortex." Because of its unique situation, Cynosure is an important center of multi-versal commerce and much of the city's government is...
and is respectively owned by Cynosure Enterprises. The film closes with Gein's memorial plaque, embellished with the slogan, 'Luv is GG'.
Influence
Long Island born artist, Tabula Massy of the group Electric Caves cites Gidget as an influence to his work. The two first met as friend's during Gidget's stint in NY with the Dali Gaggers. The song 'Gidget Gein' off the album Solace Furnace Transformation is dedicated to him, and features a shot of Gidget in the beginning of the music video.Discography
- Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, Grist-O-Line (1990)
- Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, Big Black Bus (1990)
- Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, After School Special (1991)
- Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, Lunchbox (1992)
- Marilyn MansonMarilyn Manson (band)Marilyn Manson is an American metal band from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Formed in 1989 by Brian Warner and Scott Putesky, the group was originally named Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids with their uniquely theatrical performances gathering a local cult following in the early '90s. This attention...
, Portrait of an American FamilyPortrait of an American FamilyPortrait of an American Family is the debut full-length studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released on July 19, 1994 in the US through Nothing and Interscope Records. It was produced by the band's frontman and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails...
(1994) - Dali Gaggers, Just AdNauseam (1998)
- Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, Lunch Boxes & Choklit CowsLunch Boxes & Choklit CowsLunch Boxes & Choklit Cows is a compilation album of previously unreleased demo tracks recorded in the early 1990s by Marilyn Manson...
(2004) - Gidget Gein, Suspension of Disbelief (2007)
- Gidget Gein, Law of Diminishing Return (2007)
- Gidget Gein, Rig Demos (2007)
Filmography
- God Is in the TVGod Is in the TVGod Is in the T.V. is a VHS release by Marilyn Manson. It compiles all of the band's music videos up until 1999. Also featured is exclusive footage cut from "The Dope Show" video and an hour of live and backstage footage from the Rock is Dead tour....
(1999) (V) .... Himself - Demystifying the Devil: Biography Marilyn Manson (2000) .... Himself
- Marilyn MansonMarilyn Manson (band)Marilyn Manson is an American metal band from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Formed in 1989 by Brian Warner and Scott Putesky, the group was originally named Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids with their uniquely theatrical performances gathering a local cult following in the early '90s. This attention...
- (s)AINT (2003) - The Three Trials (2006)
- The Devil's Muse (2007) .... Detective Jeffrey Mourir
- In a Spiral State (2008) .... Avi