{{Short description|American band}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Unruly Child | origin = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | genre = AOR | years_active = 1991–1992, 1998–2003, 2010–present | label = Frontiers, Interscope | current_members = * Bruce Gowdy * Guy Allison * Jay Schellen * Larry Antonino }}
'''Unruly Child''' is an American hard rock and AOR-band, founded in 1991, with Marcie Free on vocals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unrulychild.net/Bio/Bio.html|title=Unruly Child Official Web site|access-date=22 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125011334/http://www.unrulychild.net/Bio/Bio.html|archive-date=25 January 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Bruce Gowdy and Guy Allison previously worked together in the progressive rock band World Trade, while Jay Schellen would later join the group as well.
Free died on October 24, 2025, at the age of 71.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Piner |first=Chris |date=October 27, 2025 |title=Rock Metal Icon Dead at 71 |url=https://americansongwriter.com/king-kobra-and-unruly-child-singer-marcie-free-dead-at-71/ |access-date=2025-11-30 |website=American Songwriter}}</ref><ref>[https://www.frazerfunerals.com/obituaries/Marcie-Michelle-Free?obId=46258386 Marcie Michelle Free]</ref>
==Band members== ===Principal members=== * Bruce Gowdy – guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, vocals (1991–1992, 1998–2003, 2010-present) * Guy Allison – keyboards, bass, drums, percussion, vocals (1991–1992, 1998–2003, 2010-present) * Jay Schellen – drums (1991–1992, 1998–2002, 2010-present) * Larry Antonino – bass (1991–1992, 2010–present)
===Former members=== * Marcie Free – lead vocals (1991–1992, 2010–2025; her death) * Kelly Hansen – lead vocals, guitar (1998–2002) * Ricky Phillips – bass (1998–2002) * Phillip Bardowell – lead vocals (2002–2003)
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== *''Unruly Child'' (1992) *''Tormented'' (1995) <small>as Marcie Free</small> *''Waiting for the Sun'' (1998) *''UCIII'' (2003) *''Worlds Collide'' (2010) *''Down the Rabbit Hole'' (2014) *''Can't Go Home'' (2017) *''Big Blue World'' (2019) *''Our Glass House'' (2020)
===Live albums=== *''Unhinged Live from Milan'' (2018)
===Compilation albums=== *''The Basement Demos'' (2002)
===Box sets=== *''Reigning Frogs – The Box Set Collection'' (2017)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{discogs artist|Unruly Child}}
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Category:Musical groups from Los Angeles Category:Musical groups established in 1991 Category:1991 establishments in California