Gidget Gein

Bassist

Birthday September 11, 1969

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Florida

DEATH DATE Oct 8, 2008 (39)

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About

Famous as a founding member of Marilyn Manson's metal band, this bassist later established a music group called Gidget Gein and the Dali Gaggers.

Before fame

He released Grist-O-Line and Big Black Bus, his first two albums with Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, in 1990.

Trivia

He created his stage identity by combining the name of a female surfer character in a late 1950s novel with the name of real-life murderer Ed Gein.

Family life

Born Bradley Mark Stewart in Hollywood, Florida, he was raised in the Roman Catholic faith by a policeman father and a teacher mother.

Associated with

Fifteen years prior to his death of a heroin overdose, Gidget Gein was fired from Marilyn Manson's band because of his drug problems and was replaced by bassist Twiggy Ramirez.