Reports are coming in that former Marilyn Manson band member Brad Stewart (a.k.a. Gidget Gein) has died. His body was apparently found at his Burbank home yesterday (Thursday, October 9). An overdose is suspected to be the cause of death, but the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office isn't issuing any details until his family have been notified.
Stewart played bass with Manson from 1989 through 1993. He was fired from the band, and was replaced by Twiggy Ramirez, however his influence remained apparent in Manson's style and music.
Stewart moved to New York in 1996, pursuing art and music through his own band, Gidget Gein & the Dali Gaggers. He returned to Florida in 2000 (he was born and raised in Hollywood, FL), and took a job as a "bag boy" with the South Florida Medical Examiner. In 2004 he moved to Los Angeles, resuming his career as an artist under the GOLLYWOOD moniker.
Represented by UnPop Art, on their site Gidget lists "Drivers in Florida. Overweight dead people. Decomposing Dead people" and "Being on call" as his pet peeves, and says one of his long-term goals was "Going out in a blaze of glory on a wave of mutilation."
R.I.P.
Image courtesy of UnPop Art.
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