Artist
Missing Persons
Missing Persons is a new wave artist from San Francisco, CA formed in 1980. 42 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
New Wave · San Francisco, CA · Best new wave albums
- 42
- Releases
- 1982–2026
- Active years
- 1980
- Formed
Discography
21
Most popular
Spring Session M
1982 · 14 tracks
The Best of Missing Persons
1990
Rhyme & Reason
2019
Late Nights Early Days
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Lost Tracks
-
Maximum Exposure (Live at Irvine Meadows, 10/5/1984)
2026
Ready or Not (Live)
2025
Live In Santa Clarita, CA - October 10, 1982
2024
A Night In San Francisco (Live)
2023
Hollywood Lie
2023
Missing Persons Live (Live)
2020
In Concert (Live)
2020
Dreaming
2020
Color In Your Life
2019
Live From America
2019
Missing in Action - Deluxe Edition
2014
Pure '80s Hits
2008
Classic Masters
2008
New Wave Sessions (2023 Edition)
2007
Remixed Hits
2006
Walking In L.A. - The Dance Mixes
2006
Singles & EPs
21Walking In LA (Live at Irvine Meadows, 10/5/1984)
Single · 2026
Here And Now
Single · 2026
Destination Unknown (Live at Irvine Meadows, 10/5/1984)
Single · 2026
Mental Hopscotch (Re-Recorded)
Single · 2025
Windows (Re-Recorded)
Single · 2025
Hollywood Nightmare
Single · 2025
I Like Boys (Re-Recorded)
Single · 2025
Mental Hopscotch (Live 1982)
Single · 2024
Style
Single · 2024
Last Christmas (Gothmas mix)
Single · 2024
Because Of You I'm Crying
Single · 2023
Ice Blue Eyes (Single Edit)
Single · 2023
Destination Unknown (Live)
Single · 2023
Destination Unknown (Re-Recorded - Sped Up)
Single · 2023
Incense and Peppermints
Single · 2020
Last Christmas
Single · 2019
Ultimate Hits (Re-Recorded / Remastered Versions)
Single · 2009
Words (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
Single · 2009
Destination Unknown (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
Single · 2009
Walking In L.A. (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
Single · 2009
Bette Davis Eyes
Single · 2007
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About
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 hsuband, 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. Spring Session M
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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." Rhyme & Reason 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.
Missing Persons in brief
- How many Missing Persons releases are on Riffiter?
- 42 releases are catalogued, spanning 1982 to 2026.
- When was Missing Persons formed?
- Missing Persons formed in 1980, in San Francisco, CA .
- What genre is Missing Persons?
- Missing Persons is catalogued under New Wave.
- What is the most recent Missing Persons release on Riffiter?
- Walking In LA (Live at Irvine Meadows, 10/5/1984), released in 2026.