Gordon Stevenson
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Gordon Stevenson was an artist, musician and filmmaker.
Born in Dublin, Georgia
, he attended Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida
, where he met Arto Lindsay
in the 1970s. Following a move to New York, he married Mirielle Cervenka, also known as "Spike" (older sister of Exene Cervenka
of the band X), and became the bass player for Lydia Lunch
's band Teenage Jesus and the Jerks between November 1977 to June 1978, one of several No Wave
bands featured on the album No New York
. TJ&TJ also released on Charles Ball's Lust/Unlust label, and toured England.
Stevenson also directed the film Ecstatic Stigmatic in 1980.
Stevenson died in the early 80s, an early casualty to the AIDS epidemic, not too long after his wife, Mirielle, was killed in an auto accident while visiting her sister in Los Angeles.
His brother, Davey Stevenson, was the bass player in the early 1980s Athens, Georgia
band Limbo District, which included Craig Woodall, Jerry Ayers, Marguerita Bilbao, Dominique Amet, Tim Lacy and Kelly Crow. Davey Stevenson also died of AIDS, in the early 1990s. Both Gordon and Davey are buried in Dublin, Georgia.
Baltimore
-based actress Cookie Mueller
wrote about Gordon Stevenson, and quotes a personal letter from him written during his illness, in Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black, published by Semiotext(e) after her death, also from AIDS, in 1989.
Born in Dublin, Georgia
Dublin, Georgia
Dublin is a city in Laurens County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 16,201. The city is the county seat of Laurens County.-History:The original settlement was named after the city Dublin, Ireland....
, he attended Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida
St. Petersburg, Florida
St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. It is known as a vacation destination for both American and foreign tourists. As of 2008, the population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau is 245,314, making St...
, where he met Arto Lindsay
Arto Lindsay
Arthur Morgan Lindsay is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He is a 1974 graduate of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida....
in the 1970s. Following a move to New York, he married Mirielle Cervenka, also known as "Spike" (older sister of Exene Cervenka
Exene Cervenka
Exene Cervenka is an American writer, musician and artist, most famous as the co-lead vocalist of the Los Angeles punk rock band X.-Career:...
of the band X), and became the bass player for Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch is an American singer, poet, writer, and actress whose career was spawned by the New York No Wave scene...
's band Teenage Jesus and the Jerks between November 1977 to June 1978, one of several No Wave
No Wave
No Wave was a short-lived but influential underground music, film, performance art, video, and contemporary art scene that had its beginnings during the mid-1970s in New York City. The term No Wave is in part satirical word play rejecting the commercial elements of the then-popular New Wave genre...
bands featured on the album No New York
No New York
No New York is a compilation album released in 1978 by Antilles Records under the curation of producer Brian Eno. Although it only contained songs by four different artists, it is considered by many to be the definitive single album documenting New York City's late-1970s No Wave...
. TJ&TJ also released on Charles Ball's Lust/Unlust label, and toured England.
Stevenson also directed the film Ecstatic Stigmatic in 1980.
Stevenson died in the early 80s, an early casualty to the AIDS epidemic, not too long after his wife, Mirielle, was killed in an auto accident while visiting her sister in Los Angeles.
His brother, Davey Stevenson, was the bass player in the early 1980s Athens, Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Athens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...
band Limbo District, which included Craig Woodall, Jerry Ayers, Marguerita Bilbao, Dominique Amet, Tim Lacy and Kelly Crow. Davey Stevenson also died of AIDS, in the early 1990s. Both Gordon and Davey are buried in Dublin, Georgia.
Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
-based actress Cookie Mueller
Cookie Mueller
Dorothy Karen "Cookie" Mueller was an underground American actress, writer and Dreamlander, who starred in many of filmmaker John Waters' early films, including Multiple Maniacs,...
wrote about Gordon Stevenson, and quotes a personal letter from him written during his illness, in Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black, published by Semiotext(e) after her death, also from AIDS, in 1989.