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'''Gidget Gein''' (born Bradley Stewart on September 11, 1969 in Hollywood, Florida) is an American musician and artist. He was the second bassist for alternative rock band [[Marilyn Manson (band)]], during which time his [[stage name]] was created through the fusion of the names of [[Gidget]] (a TV character) and [[Ed Gein]] (a notorious American serial killer).
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{{Musician
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| Name                = Gidget Gein
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| Img                = Gein.jpg
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| Img_capt            = Gidget Gein attending an art exhibition in 2007.
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| Img_size            = 250
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| Background          = non_vocal_instrumentalist
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| Birth_name          = Bradley Mark Stewart
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| Alias              =
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| Born                = September 11, 1969 in Hollywood, Florida
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| Died                = October 8, 2008 in Burbank, California (age 39)
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| Origin              =
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| Instrument          = Bass guitar, guitar, vocals
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| Genre              = Alternative metal, industrial rock, experimental
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| Occupation          = Artist, musician, songwriter, poet, artist
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| Years_active        = 1990–2007
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| Label              = Transparency, Scorpian Rising, Empire MusicWerks, Use Once and Destroy, [[Interscope Records|Interscope]], [[Nothing]], WYNF, Beat Up Your Mom
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| Notable_instruments =
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| Associated_acts    = UNPOP Art, [[Gidget Gein and the Dali Gaggers]], [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]], [[Insanity Assassin]]
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| URL                = {{WebArchive | 20110210040314 | http://www.spiritofgein.com | Spirit of Gein }}
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}}
  
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==History==
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'''Bradley Mark Stewart''' (born September 11, 1969 and died on October 8, 2008), better known by his stage name '''Gidget Gein''', was a professional musician. Gein played bass in [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] from 1990 until he was fired in 1993. His stage name was formed from the names ''Gidget'' and Ed ''Gein''.
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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.
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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. His 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 and the Spooky Kids to the south Florida music scene and eventually gain the attention of a newly successful [[Trent Reznor]].  
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== Biography ==
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Bradley Mark 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 a host of 1970s kid shows, AM-radio, and drive-in movies, while learning to play guitar through a Catholic priest.
  
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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 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 Christman 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, of Miami death metal band [[Amboog-a-Lard]].
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In the mid 80s he would meet a young Brian Warner and Scott Putesky and together the trio would go on to create [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids]]. As they became closer friends, Bradley and Brian's personalities expressed themselves through the characters of Gidget Gein and Marilyn Manson and formed the basis of the band's ideals and style. The band gained a cult following in the south Florida music scene and eventually gained the attention of a newly successful [[Trent Reznor]].
  
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After writing a great arsenal of music for the band, Gein then saw a substitution of his style and personality inserted into Marilyn Manson albums for years to come. Earlier songs Gidget had written like "She Isn't My Girlfriend" would be retitled with different lyrics as the song "1996". This pattern in his old band would continue and the colorful, spooky-cartoon, and psychedelic elements and ideas that Gidget represented in Marilyn Manson would eventually become more of a gothic revision for audiences.  
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As the band gained notoriety after dropping the "Spooky Kids" title in 1992, Gein's personality was becoming more chaotic through extensive drug use. The band signed a record deal and began writing and recording their first studio album [[Portrait of an American Family]], for which he wrote 7 songs and played all bass. Despite this, Gein was fired from the band after a heroin overdose that landed him in the hospital in December of 1993. Gein would be replaced by Jeordie White, now known as [[Twiggy Ramirez]], of Miami death metal band [[Amboog-a-Lard]] who's look was influenced by a combination of, his then-girlfriend, [[Jessicka]] and Gein himself. Gein would later appear in the unauthorized documentary, [[Demystifying the Devil]] in which he set the record straight about his departure from the band.
  
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Gidget's path of indulgence would continue for years after his departure from the band. He moved to New York in 1996, befriending many artists and characters over the next few years. As his own art and ideas began to gather, he formed a group called the Dali Gaggers which featured various fun displays of degenerate art, ideas, and post-punk styled songwriting ("This is not a band. This is libel, slander, and defamation of character" -GG). 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.  
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As his own art and ideas began to gather, Gein moved to New York in 1996 and formed [[Gidget Gein and the Dali Gaggers]]. In 1998 they completed their first album, ''Just AdNausem'', which was given a limited release of 1000 copies. In 2000 this album would get a wider release after being remastered and retitled as "Confessions of a Spooky Kid", though by this time the group disbanded.
  
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Once back in Florida, Gidget begun 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.
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Taking a break from the music scene, Gein returned to Florida and worked for the south Florida medical examiner retrieving and cleaning up after the deceased. Through these experiences Gein gathered ideas for more and more art and eventually found a place in the freshly announced UNPOP art movement.
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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]].
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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 continue to develop in Hollywood in association with his fans, associates and close friends.
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Leaving Florida behind in 2004 and taking his collection with him, Gein began to execute art and fashion shows in Hollywood, California under the organised name GOLLYWOOD. During this time he joined the band People and also record new solo material.
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Also around this time Gein appeared to have made amends with Marilyn Manson when he made a cameo appearance in the music video for [[(s)AINT]] as a crossdresser. Gein's sculpture, "In Case of Emergency Break Heart" was also featured in the video.
  
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==Trivia==
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On October 9, 2008, Gidget Gein was found dead, at 39 years old, from a heroin overdose in his Burbank home. To honor him, a tribute show was played at the Viper Room in Los Angeles featuring Al B Damned (of the Dali Gaggers), Mike Starr (of Alice in Chains) and [[Sara Lee Lucas]]. Al B Damned also released all of Gein's music to his official website to be downloaded for free.
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* Gein dated actress Asia Argento. His current girlfriend is International Fetish model Courtney Cruz.
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* Gein appears in the VH1 series Driven Marilyn Manson, first shown on Feb 12, 2002.
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==Discography==
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== Discography ==
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*[[Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids]], ''[[Grist-O-Line]]'' - (1990)
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=== Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids ===
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*[[Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids]], ''[[Big Black Bus]]'' - (1990)
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* ''[[Big Black Bus]]'' (1990)
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*[[Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids]], ''[[After School Special]]'' - (1991)
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* ''[[Grist-o-Line]]'' (1990)
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*[[Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids]], ''[[Lunchbox (cassette)]]'' - (1992)
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* ''[[Lunchbox (demo)|Lunchbox]]'' (1991)
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*[[Marilyn Manson (band)]], ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]'' - ([[1994]])
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* ''[[After School Special]]'' (1991)
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*Gidget Gein & the Dali Gaggers, ''[[Confessions of a Spooky Kid]]'' - (2000)
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* ''[[Live as Hell]]'' (1992)
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*[[Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids]], ''[[Lunch Boxes & Choklit Cows]]'' - (2004)
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* ''[[The Family Jams]]'' (1992)
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* ''[[Refrigerator]]'' (1993)
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* ''[[Lunch Boxes & Choklit Cows]]'' (2004)
  
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==Filmography==
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=== Marilyn Manson ===
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*[[God Is in the TV]] (1999) (V) .... Himself
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* ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]'' (1994)
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*Demystifying the Devil: Biography Marilyn Manson (2000) .... Himself
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*[[Marilyn Manson(band)]] - (s)AINT (2005)
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=== Gidget Gein and the Dali Gaggers ===
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*Black Dahlia (2006) .... Detective Jeffrey Mourir
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* ''Just AdNauseam'' (1998)
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* ''Confessions of a Spooky Kid'' (2000)
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=== Gidget Gein ===
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* ''Suspension of Disbelief'' (2007)
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* ''The Law of Diminishing Returns (2007)
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== Filmography ==
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* ''[[God Is in the T.V.]]'' (1999)
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* ''[[Demystifying the Devil]]'' (2000)
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* ''The Devil's Muse'' (2007)
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* ''In a Spiral State'' (2009)
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== Trivia ==
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* Gein dated actress and director Asia Argento. Argento also directed the video for [[(s)AINT]] in which Gein makes a cameo. The first version of his sculpture "In Case of Emergency Break Heart", an edition of three, also makes an appearance in the video.
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* Gein appears in the VH1 series special ''Driven: Marilyn Manson'', first shown on February 12, 2002.
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* Gein was responsible for coining the nickname "Pogo" for [[Stephen Bier]], then known as Madonna Wayne Gacy. He also dubbed [[Fred Streithorst]] with the pseudonym Sara Lee Lucas.<ref>''[[Demystifying the Devil]]''. Chris Nicholas. October 17, 2000.</ref>
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.gidgetgein.com/ Official Site]
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* [http://www.myspace.com/gidgetgein Official MySpace website]
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* [http://www.myspace.com/Dalidaggers Myspace Profile]
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[[Category:Band members]]
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[[Category:Deceased people]]
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[[Category:Males]]
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[[Category:Musicians]]

Latest revision as of 16:16, 23 January 2024

Gidget Gein
Gidget Gein attending an art exhibition in 2007.
Gidget Gein attending an art exhibition in 2007.
Background information
Birth name Bradley Mark Stewart
Born September 11, 1969 in Hollywood, Florida
Died October 8, 2008 in Burbank, California (age 39)
Genre(s) Alternative metal, industrial rock, experimental
Occupation(s) Artist, musician, songwriter, poet, artist
Instrument(s) Bass guitar, guitar, vocals
Years active 1990–2007
Label(s) Transparency, Scorpian Rising, Empire MusicWerks, Use Once and Destroy, Interscope, Nothing, WYNF, Beat Up Your Mom
Associated acts UNPOP Art, Gidget Gein and the Dali Gaggers, Marilyn Manson, Insanity Assassin
Website Web archive: Spirit of Gein


Bradley Mark Stewart (born September 11, 1969 and died on October 8, 2008), better known by his stage name Gidget Gein, was a professional musician. Gein played bass in Marilyn Manson from 1990 until he was fired in 1993. His stage name was formed from the names Gidget and Ed Gein.

Biography[edit]

Bradley Mark 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 a host of 1970s kid shows, AM-radio, and drive-in movies, while learning to play guitar through a Catholic priest.

In the mid 80s he would meet a young Brian Warner and Scott Putesky and together the trio would go on to create Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids. As they became closer friends, Bradley and Brian's personalities expressed themselves through the characters of Gidget Gein and Marilyn Manson and formed the basis of the band's ideals and style. The band gained a cult following in the south Florida music scene and eventually gained the attention of a newly successful Trent Reznor.

As the band gained notoriety after dropping the "Spooky Kids" title in 1992, Gein's personality was becoming more chaotic through extensive drug use. The band signed a record deal and began writing and recording their first studio album Portrait of an American Family, for which he wrote 7 songs and played all bass. Despite this, Gein was fired from the band after a heroin overdose that landed him in the hospital in December of 1993. Gein would be replaced by Jeordie White, now known as Twiggy Ramirez, of Miami death metal band Amboog-a-Lard who's look was influenced by a combination of, his then-girlfriend, Jessicka and Gein himself. Gein would later appear in the unauthorized documentary, Demystifying the Devil in which he set the record straight about his departure from the band.

As his own art and ideas began to gather, Gein moved to New York in 1996 and formed Gidget Gein and the Dali Gaggers. In 1998 they completed their first album, Just AdNausem, which was given a limited release of 1000 copies. In 2000 this album would get a wider release after being remastered and retitled as "Confessions of a Spooky Kid", though by this time the group disbanded.

Taking a break from the music scene, Gein returned to Florida and worked for the south Florida medical examiner retrieving and cleaning up after the deceased. Through these experiences Gein gathered ideas for more and more art and eventually found a place in the freshly announced UNPOP art movement.

Leaving Florida behind in 2004 and taking his collection with him, Gein began to execute art and fashion shows in Hollywood, California under the organised name GOLLYWOOD. During this time he joined the band People and also record new solo material.

Also around this time Gein appeared to have made amends with Marilyn Manson when he made a cameo appearance in the music video for (s)AINT as a crossdresser. Gein's sculpture, "In Case of Emergency Break Heart" was also featured in the video.

On October 9, 2008, Gidget Gein was found dead, at 39 years old, from a heroin overdose in his Burbank home. To honor him, a tribute show was played at the Viper Room in Los Angeles featuring Al B Damned (of the Dali Gaggers), Mike Starr (of Alice in Chains) and Sara Lee Lucas. Al B Damned also released all of Gein's music to his official website to be downloaded for free.

Discography[edit]

Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids[edit]

Marilyn Manson[edit]

Gidget Gein and the Dali Gaggers[edit]

  • Just AdNauseam (1998)
  • Confessions of a Spooky Kid (2000)

Gidget Gein[edit]

  • Suspension of Disbelief (2007)
  • The Law of Diminishing Returns (2007)

Filmography[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • Gein dated actress and director Asia Argento. Argento also directed the video for (s)AINT in which Gein makes a cameo. The first version of his sculpture "In Case of Emergency Break Heart", an edition of three, also makes an appearance in the video.
  • Gein appears in the VH1 series special Driven: Marilyn Manson, first shown on February 12, 2002.
  • Gein was responsible for coining the nickname "Pogo" for Stephen Bier, then known as Madonna Wayne Gacy. He also dubbed Fred Streithorst with the pseudonym Sara Lee Lucas.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Demystifying the Devil. Chris Nicholas. October 17, 2000.

External links[edit]

Members of Marilyn Manson
Current Marilyn Manson
Former Olivia Newton Bundy • Zsa Zsa Speck • Gidget Gein • Sara Lee Lucas • Daisy Berkowitz • Zim Zum • John 5 • Mark Chaussee • Tim Skold • Madonna Wayne Gacy • Rob Holliday • Wes Borland • Andy Gerold • Ginger Fish • Chris Vrenna • Fred Sablan • Twiggy
Associated performers
Current Paul Wiley • Juan Alderete
Former Jason Sutter • Spencer Rollins • Daniel Fox • Tyler Bates • Gil Sharone • Brandon Pertzborn
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