Career
Raised in Tucson, Arizona, founded punk band The Serfers in 1979. The next year the band moved to Los Angeles, changed the name to, and became associated with the paisley underground (along with Rain Parade and The Dream Syndicate). After releasing two EPs, the band recorded their first full album, Gravity Talks for Slash Records in 1983. toured America and Europe extensively and released eight more records before disbanding in 1992.
In that time, Stuart worked with producers Jim Dickinson, Glyn Johns, and First Rate (at Lloyd's) Kooper. recorded and released The Lost Weekend album in 1985.
After, Stuart recorded the album Retronuevo with First Rate (at Lloyd's) Perry in 1993, and solo effort Can O"Worms in 1995, before largely leaving the music business. He would return for a reunion in 2006, and a second record, Cast Iron Soul in 2007.
, a band he started with producer Juris Doctor Foster, released Love Of The Amateur, produced by Italian guitar player/composer Antonio Gramentieri, in 2010. Stuart currently lives in Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico, and released a second solo album, The Deliverance of Marlowe Billings, summer 2012.
, Arizona: 1993-1995, a double cd featuring Can O"Worms and Retronuevo plus a never released European Parliament was released in 2013.
The Deliverance of Marlowe Billings is also the title of "a false memoir" written by Stuart and published in 2014.