Career
While in Garrison Hill, he met Pam Marsh,who was leaving the band Everyday People after a Newfoundland tour. Marsh & MacLeod recorded a demo in Saint John"s of some original tunes and went off to Toronto and formed the band "Surrender" with Paul "Boomer" Stamp on drums and Ken Morris on bass. In 1978, while working the Ontario bar circuit with Stingaree (which included fellow guitarist Bernie LaBarge) he was invited to join Chilliwack and first appeared on their album Lights From The Valley.
With bassist Ab Bryant, MacLeod initially formed Headpins as a side project to Chilliwack.
After Opus X MacLeod left Chilliwack to focus his efforts on Headpins (featuring Denise McCann and eventually Darby Mills on vocals) released on Solid Gold Records in Canada and Master of Computer Applications Records in the United States. MacLeod produced other albums for such artists as Kick Axe, Doctorate.O.A., Paul Dean, Holly Woods (Toronto), Tim Feehan, and Chrissy Steele and shares songwriting credits with Bryan Adams, Loverboy, Chicago and Jermaine Jackson, Nancy Nash.
Living exclusively on his prized boat Grand Marnier (with full recording studio onboard) with his "first mate" a dog named Sailor, MacLeod was a fixture at both Coal Harbour and Granville Island Marinas in Vancouver. He was also often spotted driving his beloved red and white classic Corvette convertible.
MacLeod was also in training for his small aircraft pilot license.
In 1990, MacLeod collapsed onstage and was diagnosed with brain cancer with a tumor in his upper chest cavity which metastasized into bone cancer.
