Missing Persons
Famed as much for their video-ready space age image as for their music, the Los Angeles-based new wave outfit Missing Persons formed in 1980, a year after the marriage of singer Dale Bozzio and her husband, drummer Terry. A one-time member of Frank Zappa's backing band, Terry Bozzio met the former Dale Consalvi (an ex-Playboy Bunny) at a Hollywood recording studio; after founding Missing Persons -- initially dubbed U.S. Drag -- the couple recruited fellow Zappa alumnus Warren Cuccurullo on guitar and Patrick O'Hearn on bass, and with classically trained keyboardist Chuck Wild in tow, they began playing area clubs.
In 1981, the band released its self-titled debut EP; after signing to Capitol, the label reissued the record in 1982, and the singles "Words" and "Destination Unknown" both nearly hit the Top 40. Their videos also helped Missing Persons find success on the fledgling MTV network, where Dale Bozzio's hiccuping voice and campy look (comprised of shocking-pink hair and sci-fi outfits capped off with Plexiglass bras) combined with the group's synth-driven songs to make them naturals for heavy rotation. Later in 1982, the group issued its first full-length album, Spring Session M (an anagram of their name), which launched the underground smash "Walking in L.A."
After 1984's Rhyme and Reason notched only a minor hit with the single "Give," Missing Persons enlisted Chic's Bernard Edwards to produce 1986's dance-pop effort Color in Your Life; the album stiffed, however, and both the band and the Bozzios themselves broke up. While Dale Bozzio issued one solo album on Prince's Paisley Park label, Terry Bozzio went on to work with Jeff Beck; Cuccurullo, meanwhile, joined Duran Duran, O'Hearn recorded several instrumental new age albums, and Wild composed music for films and television.
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Spring Session M.
Rock - Lançado por Capitol Records em 8 de out. de 1982
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The Best Of Missing Persons
Rock - Lançado por Capitol Records em 14 de out. de 2014
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Rhyme & Reason (Expanded Edition)
Rock - Lançado por CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) em 1 de fev. de 1984
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Color In Your Life
Rock - Lançado por CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) em 29 de jul. de 1986
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Missing in Action - Deluxe Edition
Rock - Lançado por Cleopatra Records em 1 de dez. de 2014
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Ultimate Hits (Re-Recorded / Remastered Versions)
Punk / New Wave - Lançado por Cleopatra Records em 1 de ago. de 2009
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Walking In L.A. - The Dance Mixes
Electronic - Lançado por Cleopatra Records em 7 de mar. de 2006
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Remixed Hits
Rock - Lançado por Cleopatra Records em 6 de out. de 1998
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Bette Davis Eyes
Pop - Lançado por Cleopatra em 1 de jan. de 2007
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Classic Masters
Rock - Lançado por Capitol Records em 1 de jan. de 2002
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Hollywood Lie
Rock - Lançado por Cleopatra Records em 10 de nov. de 2023
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Dreaming
Punk / New Wave - Lançado por Cleopatra Records em 20 de mar. de 2020
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A Night In San Francisco (Live)
Punk / New Wave - Lançado por Cleopatra Records em 1 de set. de 2023
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Words (Re-Recorded - Sped Up)
Rock - Lançado por Cleopatra Records em 10 de mai. de 2023
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Live in New York 1981 (Live: My Father's Place, Roslyn, Long Island 25 Aug '81)
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Air Cuts em 1 de jan. de 2017
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Words (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
Rock - Lançado por Cleopatra Records em 1 de ago. de 2009
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Last Christmas
Christmas Music - Lançado por Cleopatra Records em 25 de nov. de 2019
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Walking In L.A. (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
Punk / New Wave - Lançado por Cleopatra Records em 1 de ago. de 2009
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Destination Unknown (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
Rock - Lançado por Cleopatra Records em 1 de ago. de 2009
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Missing Persons - WLIR FM Broadcast My Father's Place Roslyn Long Island 25th August 1981 Part One.
Rock - Lançado por Guitar em 10 de out. de 2020
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Pure '80s Hits
Punk / New Wave - Lançado por Cleopatra em 1 de jan. de 2008
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