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Missing Persons
Missing Persons came out of Los Angeles in the early 1980s with a sound that was all sharp edges and bright colours — twitchy synths, Warren Cuccurullo's angular guitar, Terry Bozzio's busy drumming, and Dale Bozzio's unmistakable yelping voice out front. Their alternative take on new wave made them one of the defining American bands of the early MTV era, with songs like "Words" and "Destination Unknown" still turning up wherever that decade's pop gets celebrated.
Start here
Spring Session M (1982). It's the band's debut and the record everything is built on — "Words," "Destination Unknown," and "Walking in L.A." are all here, and it captures their clipped, playful sound at its best.
Biography
Missing Persons is an American rock band founded in 1980 in Los Angeles by guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, vocalist Dale Bozzio and drummer Terry Bozzio. They later added bassist Patrick O'Hearn and keyboardist Chuck Wild. Dale's quirky voice and heavy makeup made the band a favorite on MTV in the early 1980s.
Cuccurullo, O'Hearn and the Bozzios had all worked in Frank Zappa's band in the 1970's before launching Missing Persons. The band's biggest hits were "Destination Unknown", "Words", "Walking in L.A.". Missing Persons broke up in 1986, and reformed several times.
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Studio albums
Discography
Official studio albums and EPs.
- 2023Hollywood LieAlbum
- 2021Rhyme & ReasonAlbum
- 2020DreamingAlbum
- 2014Missing in ActionAlbum
- 2008Live From The Danger Zone!Album
- 2007New Wave SessionsAlbum
- 1986Color in Your LifeAlbum
- 1984Rhyme & ReasonAlbum
- 1982Spring Session MAlbum
- 1980Missing PersonsEP
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