in memory of singer Marcie Free/Mark Free

in memory of singer Marcie Free/Mark Free

October 23, 2025: RIP Marcie Free/Mark Free (April 12, 1954 – October 23, 2025) (singer for King Kobra)

Wikipedia shows:

Marcie Michelle Free (born Mark Edward Free; April 12, 1954 – October 23, 2025) was an American rock singer, best known as the lead singer of King Kobra, Signal and Unruly Child ... Free came out as a trans woman in November 1993. Free experienced gender dysphoria prior to her transition and changed her name to Marcie Michelle Free. Free stated that prior to her transition, she struggled with self-harm ideation and that transitioning was a "[decision] between life and death," but "very rewarding," and that "[if she] would've continued [her] life as Mark [she] would have died for sure" ... Free experienced alcoholism but became sober around 2008, crediting her "close personal relationship with God" for her sobriety.

KING KOBRA - "Hunger" (Official Video)