Signal was an American AOR band that released one album, Loud & Clear, in 1989. The band featured Mark Free as lead singer. They recorded "Loud & Clear", one of the biggest albums in the melodic rock scene. Signal is a pioneer band of modern AOR.
Signal was hard to form. It originally started as a Peter McIan project with Erik and Mark as co-writers. Signal was a project also put together by Baker and producer Peter McKeown. The latter was fired before the project commenced recording, Kevin Elson coming in to produce the album and ex-KING KOBRA vocalist MARK FREE was enrolled through mutual acquaintance Judithe Randall, another songwriter.
It evolved over a two to three year period between late 1987 and 1990. It was originally called The Fugitive Kind. The name Signal was given by Ron Fair who had taken over the A & R duties at E.M.I. after our original A & R rep Bruce Dickinson left the label. He got the idea when he went into his bathroom one day and saw the bottle of mouthwash on the back of his toilet. Mark (Marcie) Free had tried for years to get everyone in the band to agree on a name. They had come up with literally hundreds of names.
Since leaving KING KOBRA, Mark had been involved in an abortive early line-up of BLUE MURDER in Vancouver before heading back to Los Angeles. Involving himself in what would become SIGNAL, his vocals becoming the last part of a jigsaw that saw him in a 'band' comprised of guitarist Danny Jacob, ex ALICE COOPER bassist Erik Scott and former ALICE COOPER and ALCATRAZZ drummer Jan Uvena.
By this time Mark Free had met the ex WORLD TRADE duo of Bruce Gowdy and Guy Allison and would promptly form UNRULY CHILD, with the rest being very much interesting history (Free now wishes to be known as a woman, MARCIE FREE).
Danny Jacob re-appeared on former HOUSE OF LORDS vocalist JAMES CHRISTIAN's 'Rude Awakening' solo album in 1995, which also featured a few songs co-written by one Mark Baker, who had also gained credits on the HOUSE OF LORDS 'Demons Down' album.
Band Members
Mark Free (vocals)
Danny Jacob (guitar)
Erik Scott (bass/keyboards)
Jan Uvena (drums)
Discography
Loud and Clear 1990
Live 1993
Walking Away From The Machine 2006
Official Website: http://www.myspace.com/signalfans & http://www.marciefree.com/
Signal was hard to form. It originally started as a Peter McIan project with Erik and Mark as co-writers. Signal was a project also put together by Baker and producer Peter McKeown. The latter was fired before the project commenced recording, Kevin Elson coming in to produce the album and ex-KING KOBRA vocalist MARK FREE was enrolled through mutual acquaintance Judithe Randall, another songwriter.
It evolved over a two to three year period between late 1987 and 1990. It was originally called The Fugitive Kind. The name Signal was given by Ron Fair who had taken over the A & R duties at E.M.I. after our original A & R rep Bruce Dickinson left the label. He got the idea when he went into his bathroom one day and saw the bottle of mouthwash on the back of his toilet. Mark (Marcie) Free had tried for years to get everyone in the band to agree on a name. They had come up with literally hundreds of names.
Since leaving KING KOBRA, Mark had been involved in an abortive early line-up of BLUE MURDER in Vancouver before heading back to Los Angeles. Involving himself in what would become SIGNAL, his vocals becoming the last part of a jigsaw that saw him in a 'band' comprised of guitarist Danny Jacob, ex ALICE COOPER bassist Erik Scott and former ALICE COOPER and ALCATRAZZ drummer Jan Uvena.
By this time Mark Free had met the ex WORLD TRADE duo of Bruce Gowdy and Guy Allison and would promptly form UNRULY CHILD, with the rest being very much interesting history (Free now wishes to be known as a woman, MARCIE FREE).
Danny Jacob re-appeared on former HOUSE OF LORDS vocalist JAMES CHRISTIAN's 'Rude Awakening' solo album in 1995, which also featured a few songs co-written by one Mark Baker, who had also gained credits on the HOUSE OF LORDS 'Demons Down' album.
Band Members
Mark Free (vocals)
Danny Jacob (guitar)
Erik Scott (bass/keyboards)
Jan Uvena (drums)
Discography
Loud and Clear 1990
Live 1993
Walking Away From The Machine 2006
Official Website: http://www.myspace.com/signalfans & http://www.marciefree.com/
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