# Unruly Child

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{{Short description|American band}}
{{More citations needed|date=October 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Unruly Child
| origin          = [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), California, U.S.
| genre           = [AOR](/source/Album-oriented_rock)
| years_active    = 1991–1992, 1998–2003, 2010–present
| label           = [Frontiers](/source/Frontiers_Records), [Interscope](/source/Interscope_Records)
| current_members = * [Bruce Gowdy](/source/Bruce_Gowdy)
* [Guy Allison](/source/Guy_Allison)
* [Jay Schellen](/source/Jay_Schellen)
* Larry Antonino
}}

'''Unruly Child''' is an American [hard rock](/source/hard_rock) and [AOR](/source/Album-oriented_rock)-band, founded in 1991, with [Marcie Free](/source/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](/source/Bruce_Gowdy) and [Guy Allison](/source/Guy_Allison) previously worked together in the progressive rock band [World Trade](/source/World_Trade_(band)), while [Jay Schellen](/source/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](/source/Bruce_Gowdy) – guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, vocals (1991–1992, 1998–2003, 2010-present)
* [Guy Allison](/source/Guy_Allison) – keyboards, bass, drums, percussion, vocals (1991–1992, 1998–2003, 2010-present)
* [Jay Schellen](/source/Jay_Schellen) – drums (1991–1992, 1998–2002, 2010-present)
* Larry Antonino – bass (1991–1992, 2010–present)

===Former members===
* [Marcie Free](/source/Marcie_Free) – lead vocals (1991–1992, 2010–2025; her death)
* [Kelly Hansen](/source/Kelly_Hansen) – lead vocals, guitar (1998–2002)
* [Ricky Phillips](/source/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}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Musical groups from Los Angeles
Category:Musical groups established in 1991
Category:1991 establishments in California

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