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Marcie Free, Powerhouse Voice of King Kobra, Signal and Unruly Child, Dies at 71

The death was confirmed by Unruly Child drummer Jay Schellen in a Facebook post.

Overview

  • Schellen paid tribute to Free as “a marvel to behold” with “a voice that had no limits and no equal.”
  • No cause of death has been made public.
  • Free sang lead on King Kobra’s mid-1980s albums Ready to Strike and Thrill of a Lifetime, later recording with Signal and releasing solo work.
  • Reports note she came out as a trans woman in 1993, and coverage citing Wikipedia says she later described the transition as essential yet harmful to her career relationships.
  • Unruly Child reunited after its 1990s split, issuing a 2010 album on Frontiers and subsequent releases in 2014, 2017, 2019 and 2020.