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 drummer husband Terry. A onetime 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 alumni 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. TODAY : Dale Bozzio ( Lead Singer and Founding member ) continues to tour the states with his new line up of Missing Persons Performing her Greatest Hits for audience's around the world " Destination Unknown, Words, Here & Now, Give, Walking In L.A., I Can't Think About Dancin, Windows MISSING PERSONS will be one of the main bands featured in (August 2008's) highly anticipated tours “ Lost 80's Live” along with WHEN IN ROME , DRAMARAMA, REAL LIFE , ANIMOTION and Many Others! NEW CD OUT NOW: Dale Bozzio & Missing Persons, LIVE FROM THE DANGER ZONE BUY MISSING PERSONS CD'S NOW, VISIT AMAZON.COM OR CLICK ON THIS LINK REVIEW: One of the early New Wave's most accomplished musical outfits, Missing Persons began life, appropriately enough, as a live band. And though one might think that Dale Bozzio's unorthodox vocals (she wished to be an actress, but Frank Zappa enjoyed her hyper-Bostonian accent enough to put her unusual vocal talents to work on several LPs) could not hold up during a live performance, those signature growls, chirps and hiccups were ideally suited to the live venue. But whatever one may think of Dale's vocal talents, former touring guitarist Warren Cuccurullo and now legendary drummer Terry Bozzio (also Zappa alumni, and Dale's then-husband) possessed more than enough experience, and talent, to ground the synth-driven band in solid rock-n-roll virtuosity. Indeed, as many fans and New Wave connoisseurs are aware, this band really could play. "'Live from the Danger Zone" is yet another fine, live performance from Missing Persons, a must-have pendant to the Cuccurullo-produced 'Late Nights, Early Days' of the mid-'90s) and something of a must-have since it contains four tracks from the band's second album effort, 'Rhyme and Reason,' an elegant, somewhat groundbreaking collection of synth-y, jazz-y tunes that many fans consider MP's finest recorded moment. As many insiders know, that album's studio sessions placed an incredible strain on the Bozzio marriage, with Terry, and to some extent Warren, demanding of Dale take after take in order to coax her range into deeper territory. The boot-camp tactics worked, and 'Rhyme' clearly differs from its certified gold predecessor, 'Spring Session M,' via a more controlled, and at times sultrier, approach to Dale's quirky vocal styling. Dale shines throughout " Live from the Danger Zone," rarely missing a beat and confidently reinterpreting those grueling hours in the studio for an appreciative live audience. 'All Fall Down' is the stand out, and comes across as surprisingly contemporary and 'now.' But then, all the tracks are winners and the several years it took for Dale Bozzio procure this rare soundboard recording are well worth it: " Live from the Danger Zone" truly delivers the thrills.