Missing Persons

Rating: 2 Stars The vintage New Wave/pop outfit Missing Persons circa 2009 is, well, missing persons: Co-founders Terry Bozzio (drums) and Warren Cuccurullo (guitar), and the rest of the original quintet. Except for statuesque, wild-maned, makeup-crazy 53-year-old singer (and one-time Playboy bunny and Hustler model) Dale Bozzio, who’s cobbled together a handful of hired guns for the current incarnation of the band. A proper reunion will likely never happen, as the once-married Bozzios are allegedly not on speaking terms anymore, and Cuccurullo – who played in Duran Duran for a long while before falling into a short-lived porno career a few years back – is now making his own music and running around as a 9/11 conspiracy theorist. A lot of weirdness, sure, but maybe that’s fitting for a group that originally came together, and formed its aesthetic, after its members all met while working with Frank Zappa. “Destination Unknown,” of course, is Missing Persons’ signature tune, and whatever’s left of their fan base will certainly enjoy hearing it tonight, even if it’s essentially being performed by a cover band. Source: Seattle Weekly A proposed 1994 Missing Persons reunion never came to fruition. In late 2000, Cuccurullo and Dale Bozzio again began discussing a Missing Persons reunion. In May 2001, after Warren’s split with Duran Duran, the new Missing Persons appeared, consisting of original members Warren, Dale and Terry. Joining them were Dale’s keyboardist, Ron Poster (jazz pianist and organist for the Boston Bruins home hockey arena) and Warren’s bassist, Wes Wehmiller (also formerly Duran Duran’s tour bassist from 1997-2001). The short-lived, official reunion consisted of promotional activities and three live performances in July 2001. Late 2002/early 2003 brought us “Missing Persons Featuring Dale Bozzio and Warren Cuccurullo.” Filling in were keyboardist Ron Poster, bassist Wes Wehmiller and drummer Joe Travers (formerly in Cuccurullo’s solo band and Duran Duran’s tour drummer from 1999-2001). This version of Missing Persons was featured on Access Hollywood (performing “Destination Unknown”) and did three live performances in February 2003, disbanding shortly thereafter. Since 1986, Warren Cuccurullo, Terry Bozzio, and Patrick O’Hearn have continued to support each others solo projects. From the late 1980′s through the 1990′s, Cuccurullo and Bozzio performed on some of O’Hearn’s albums. Recently, Patrick O’Hearn performed in a jazz fusion group called OUTtrio with Terry Bozzio, and Bozzio is featured on Warren Cuccurullo’s CD Playing in Tongues that was released in March, 2009. In 2006 a Missing Persons cover of “Into The Groove (Meeks Remix)” by Madonna appears on the tribute album “The World’s Greatest 80′s Tribute to Madonna” on Cleopatra Records. It is not actually Missing Persons but Dale Bozzio. Source and more information: Wikipedia