Re Styles
Re Styles (born Shirley Marie Macleod, 3 March 1950 – 17 April 2022) was a singer, designer and actor best known as a member of The Tubes.
Styles has been said to have been born in either The Netherlands [1] or in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, U.S.A.[2] Her parents were Duncan A. Macleod and Shirley L. Macleod; her father died fighting in Korea in 1951.[3]
Styles grew up in Seattle, attending
; sources differ on whether this occurred before or during her time in The Tubes.She met The Tubes in 1975; the group had just completed its debut album. She became their costume designer, and then danced onstage at their live shows, and also became the band's co-lead vocalist alongside Fee Waybill. She also entered into a relationship with the band's drummer Prairie Prince.
Jane Dornacker, who also toured with The Tubes at this time, co-wrote the group's first hit single, "Don't Touch Me There", which was recorded as a duet between Styles and Waybill. "Prime Time", from the fourth Tubes album Remote Control was also similarly a duet.
Styles was a prominent member of The Tubes when the group appeared in the 1980 film Xanadu however she left shortly afterwards. Waybill later told Classic Rock magazine that by this time Styles was 'in bad shape... she didn't really want to tour anymore. So she kind of left the band at that point... She was really a talented girl.'[1]
Following her time in The Tubes, Styles worked as a landscape gardener in Seattle, as well as a home remodeller, party planner, and flower arranger. She died in her sleep following a stroke.
References
- ^ a b Kielty, Martin (April 23, 2022). "The Tubes' Re Styles Dead at 72". Ultimate Classic Rock.
- ^ a b c "Re Styles – Prairie Prince".
- ^ ‘Bodies of State War Dead in S. F.’ Spokesman-Review 16 October 1951 p. 2
- ^ Francisco, The Duggan Welch Family San. "Obituary for Shirley Marie Macleod | The Duggan Welch Family San Francisco". Obituary for Shirley Marie Macleod | The Duggan Welch Family San Francisco.
- ^ "La montaña sagrada". July 11, 1975 – via IMDb.