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'''Marcie Free''', Born Mark Edward Free April 12, 1954. Lead singer of rock and roll bands known as King Kobra, Signal, and Unruly Child. Mark started singing professionally at the age of 19 while living in Flint, Michigan (1973). In 1975 Mark moved to Las Vegas, Nevada which eventually (in 1979) lead him to Los Angeles, CA where he met Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Beck, Bogart, Appice, Rod Stewart) in 1983. Together he and Carmine formed King Kobra and were signed to Capitol Records in 1984. King Kobra with Mark Free recorded two albums known as "Ready To Strike", and "Thrill of A Lifetime". Mark left King Kobra in November 1986 to pursue other musical interests. In 1987 Mark formed a band with Erik Scott, (bass guitar) Jan Uvena, (drums) and Danny Jacob (guitar) professionally known as Signal. Signal (EMI Records) recorded one album called, "Loud and Clear" released April 1989. The group disbanded soon after and Mark then joined up with Bruce Gowdy, (Stone Fury/World Trade) (guitarist) and Guy Allison (World Trade) (keyboards) and formed a group known as Unruly Child. Unruly Child signed with Atlantic/Interscope Records in 1991 and released their self titled record in 1992. Plagued with gender dysphoria all her life he/she bravely came out to the world as Marcie Free in 1993. In 1995 she retired from the music business after 20 years and moved back to Michigan to be close to her family. However she still sings professionally on the side and in September 2009 Bruce, Guy, and she reunited Unruly Child and signed a recording contract with an Italian label known as Frontiers Records. That album is planned to be released sometime in the early part of 2010.<ref>[http://www.melodicrock.com/interviews/marciefree.html MelodicRock.com Interviews: The History Of Mark Free<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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'''Marcie Free''', formerly known as '''Mark Free''', is a musician who was the lead vocalist for several [[AOR]] rock groups including [[King Kobra]] and [[Signal (American band)|Signal]]. She also had a brief solo career after Signal disbanded. Free underwent a [[sex change]] operation in the mid-1990s.<ref>[http://www.melodicrock.com/interviews/marciefree.html MelodicRock.com Interviews: The History Of Mark Free<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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Revision as of 05:31, 8 October 2009
Marcie Free, Born Mark Edward Free April 12, 1954. Lead singer of rock and roll bands known as King Kobra, Signal, and Unruly Child. Mark started singing professionally at the age of 19 while living in Flint, Michigan (1973). In 1975 Mark moved to Las Vegas, Nevada which eventually (in 1979) lead him to Los Angeles, CA where he met Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Beck, Bogart, Appice, Rod Stewart) in 1983. Together he and Carmine formed King Kobra and were signed to Capitol Records in 1984. King Kobra with Mark Free recorded two albums known as "Ready To Strike", and "Thrill of A Lifetime". Mark left King Kobra in November 1986 to pursue other musical interests. In 1987 Mark formed a band with Erik Scott, (bass guitar) Jan Uvena, (drums) and Danny Jacob (guitar) professionally known as Signal. Signal (EMI Records) recorded one album called, "Loud and Clear" released April 1989. The group disbanded soon after and Mark then joined up with Bruce Gowdy, (Stone Fury/World Trade) (guitarist) and Guy Allison (World Trade) (keyboards) and formed a group known as Unruly Child. Unruly Child signed with Atlantic/Interscope Records in 1991 and released their self titled record in 1992. Plagued with gender dysphoria all her life he/she bravely came out to the world as Marcie Free in 1993. In 1995 she retired from the music business after 20 years and moved back to Michigan to be close to her family. However she still sings professionally on the side and in September 2009 Bruce, Guy, and she reunited Unruly Child and signed a recording contract with an Italian label known as Frontiers Records. That album is planned to be released sometime in the early part of 2010.[1]
Discography
With King Kobra
- Ready to Strike (1985)
- Thrill of a Lifetime (1986)
With Signal
- Loud & Clear (1989)
With Unruly Child
- Unruly Child (1992)
- The Basement Demos (2003)
Solo (As Mark Free)
- Long Way from Love (1993)
Solo (As Marcie Free)
- Tormented (1996)