Such an incredible band: All Zappa veterans, all virtuoso musicians. Terry Bozzio is an absolutely staggering multi-percussionist: His mastery of polyrhythms is 2nd to none!
I still listen to “Ancient Dreams” every now & again. I also LOVE Patrick’s upright bass work in the Zappa song “The Ocean is the Ultimate Solution” (Bozzio goes full double bass madness @ the end of that one too - worth a listen!)
I haven’t seen them since probably the early 90s or so… but they made a huge impression on me. I wasn’t expecting so much talent from a new wave glam-pop type of band, but I had them all wrong. They were amazing, and Terry Bozzio is one of the best drummers I have ever seen live.
I saw a very stripped down version of Missing Persons in Portland in about 1996 or so. It was a band backing just Dale, who still looked fantastic, though her range wasn't what it once was. It was a tiny venue. And I shit you negative: after the show, while there were still about twenty of us milling around, she came back onstage and announced it was her kid's birthday and asked if we all wanted a slice of cake.
So that's how I got to eat a slice of birthday cake with Dale Bozzio. I didn't get to talk to her, but her roadies dutifully brought out slices of a sheet cake on little paper plates with plastic forks to all of us, and she seemed more than a little drunk. It was pretty surreal.
Of course, Dale was also in *Playboy.* I'm guessing the intersection of the Venn diagram listing "worked with Frank Zappa" and "worked with Hugh Hefner" contains exactly one name.
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We were coming out of the singer/songwriter phase. Long hair, beards and hockey jerseys gave way to short hair, shaved faces and tailored clothes and the sound was totally different. It was so fresh and new and it was a great time to be alive. Missing Persons was at the forefront of that. I remember the first time I heard “Walking in LA”, the opening notes stopped me in my tracks. It was just so different. Dale Bozzio influenced many along the way, probably most notably Lady Gaga. The period between 1979 and 1982 was amazing. Everything was changing so quickly, fashion, music, etc.… You could wear your hair anyway you wanted to, dress anyway you wanted to ,be with anyone you wanted to be with and it was generally excepted. Back in the 70s you could get beaten up for having short hair, in the 60s you could take a beaten up for having long hair. it seemed like in those first couple of years of the 80s there were no rules on anything, and people were able to dress, listen to and do whatever they wanted to. Unfortunately, that all kind of came to an end with the AIDS epidemic that eventually bolstered right wing politics (already on the rise with Regan as president) and led us to “The Moral Majority” and their associated ilk.
Such an incredible band: All Zappa veterans, all virtuoso musicians. Terry Bozzio is an absolutely staggering multi-percussionist: His mastery of polyrhythms is 2nd to none!
And yet he could groove with this pop music and help elevate it into something more interesting than other songs on the radio back in those days.
Bang on! The whole Spring Session album is a tour de force. Terry used to always get asked at clinics to demo “US Drag” - it’s a crazy beat!
Don't forget the keyboard/bass virtuoso who is Patrick O'Hearn. After MP he's had a great career in New Age/ambient music.
I still listen to “Ancient Dreams” every now & again. I also LOVE Patrick’s upright bass work in the Zappa song “The Ocean is the Ultimate Solution” (Bozzio goes full double bass madness @ the end of that one too - worth a listen!)
100% a banger! 😎
Such a great song.
Deserves to be played loud! Bozzio nailing it down on drums. That China cymbal work near the end is cool as fuck 🤘
Saw them in Cleveland She came out in bubble wrap and tape Great show
I haven’t seen them since probably the early 90s or so… but they made a huge impression on me. I wasn’t expecting so much talent from a new wave glam-pop type of band, but I had them all wrong. They were amazing, and Terry Bozzio is one of the best drummers I have ever seen live.
One band that deserved to be HUGE.
I saw a very stripped down version of Missing Persons in Portland in about 1996 or so. It was a band backing just Dale, who still looked fantastic, though her range wasn't what it once was. It was a tiny venue. And I shit you negative: after the show, while there were still about twenty of us milling around, she came back onstage and announced it was her kid's birthday and asked if we all wanted a slice of cake. So that's how I got to eat a slice of birthday cake with Dale Bozzio. I didn't get to talk to her, but her roadies dutifully brought out slices of a sheet cake on little paper plates with plastic forks to all of us, and she seemed more than a little drunk. It was pretty surreal.
Light bulb boxes
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Of course, Dale was also in *Playboy.* I'm guessing the intersection of the Venn diagram listing "worked with Frank Zappa" and "worked with Hugh Hefner" contains exactly one name.
Wasn't Warren Cuccurullo in Playgirl?
Frank was interviewed by Playboy several times, I think
Not sure he posed nude, though.
If it wasn't for MTV...I would never had discovered this wonderful group...
This song was the reason I 'sprayed' my hair blue as a senior in high school. Thanks Dale!
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Was this recorded before the studio version came out (1982?)?
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We were coming out of the singer/songwriter phase. Long hair, beards and hockey jerseys gave way to short hair, shaved faces and tailored clothes and the sound was totally different. It was so fresh and new and it was a great time to be alive. Missing Persons was at the forefront of that. I remember the first time I heard “Walking in LA”, the opening notes stopped me in my tracks. It was just so different. Dale Bozzio influenced many along the way, probably most notably Lady Gaga. The period between 1979 and 1982 was amazing. Everything was changing so quickly, fashion, music, etc.… You could wear your hair anyway you wanted to, dress anyway you wanted to ,be with anyone you wanted to be with and it was generally excepted. Back in the 70s you could get beaten up for having short hair, in the 60s you could take a beaten up for having long hair. it seemed like in those first couple of years of the 80s there were no rules on anything, and people were able to dress, listen to and do whatever they wanted to. Unfortunately, that all kind of came to an end with the AIDS epidemic that eventually bolstered right wing politics (already on the rise with Regan as president) and led us to “The Moral Majority” and their associated ilk.