Missing Persons: Where Are They Now

Missing Persons: Where Are They Now?
by Cyndi Glass, © 1997+ Updated 9-18-07

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DALE BOZZIO
Dale's website: http://www.dalebozzio.org
Photo from Club Montage, San Diego's Hottest Party Arena

In 1988, Dale recorded a dance album under the name "Dale," titled Riot In English, which was released on Paisley Park records and included a song written by Prince. Her single/video, "Simon Simon," became a hit on the dance charts. She also appeared in the Zappa’s Universe concert in December 1991, where she performed a couple of songs from Joe’s Garage. Dale was featured in MTV’s It Came From The 80’s in 1996. She participated in the 2001 reunion and 2003 Missing Persons shows, but continues to tour sporadically on her own with hired musicians as "Missing Persons." Dale has remarried since the Bozzio divorce, and she lives in her native Boston with her husband and two children.

Photo contributed by Ramone Gonzalez. Here are some more photos of some fun stuff from the Dale Bozzio shows, also contributed by Ramone Gonzalez: Club 80's Backstage All-Access Pass * Club 80's Local Crew Pass * Dale at the Rhino Room * Dale at the Diablo, Sept. 11, 1999 * Dale at Brick By Brick, Aug. 14, 1999 * Dale at the Bluebird Theatre, Sept. 13, 1999

TERRY BOZZIO
(Photo from Terry's website http://www.terrybozzio.com)
Terry Bozzio is without a doubt one of the most talented drummers and musicians in the world, and he is recognized as a master in his field. Terry was hired immediately after the MP breakup by ex-Duran guitarist Andy Taylor, who was working on some solo songs. Terry contributed to several Andy Taylor videos/singles, including "Take It Easy," which was a #28 hit in the U.S. He also appeared in the video for Mick Jagger’s "Throwaway" and released an instructional videotape called Terry Bozzio: Solo Drums, the first of many to come. In 1989, Terry teamed up with Jeff Beck and Tony Hymas for an instrumental album, Jeff Beck’s Guitar Shop, which won a Grammy Award in 1990. He’s worked with Dweezil Zappa, Patrick O’Hearn, Steve Vai, the Lonely Bears, Polytown, and more, including three songs on Duran Duran’s Thank You album (1995). In 1995, Terry joined Jeff Beck for a U.S. tour, with Tony Hymas on keyboards and Pino Palladino on bass, reprising the Guitar Shop material. Terry is extremely busy these days giving instructional clinic performances and performing at music festivals all over the world. Terry’s fan club/website sells CD’s, bootlegs, posters, t-shirts, instructional tapes, and more. In 1998, he briefly joined The Knack, and he continues to record with various groups, including OuTrio (with Patrick O'Hearn). He participated in the 2001 Missing Persons reunion. Terry now lives in Austin, TX, is remarried and has one son.

WARREN CUCCURULLO
(Photo from Warren's website: http://www.cuccurullo.tv, used with permission)
After Missing Persons broke up, Warren worked on his Machine Language solo album, the Epidemics Do What You Do album, and Patrick O’Hearn’s River’s Gonna Rise album before taking a job with Duran Duran as a hired guitarist. Two albums and tours later, he was made an equal/full member of Duran Duran in June 1989 and stayed with them until 2001. Warren's contributions to Duran Duran were many, including not only his guitar wizardry but his talent, versatility, creativity, energy, persistence, home studio, production experience and prolific songwriting, and he was rewarded for that by sharing in their MTV Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003. He has released five solo albums (Thanks 2 Frank, Machine Language, Roadrage, The Blue and Trance-Formed), begun a few side projects with fellow Duran member Nick Rhodes, and worked on releasing Missing Persons archival material. In 2001, he announced that he had plans to reunite Missing Persons and was no longer in Duran Duran. From 1989-2001, he lived in Battersea, London, with a second home in Rio, Brazil (where his adopted son, Mayko, lives). Warren was the main force behind the Missing Persons reunion in 2001 and the shows in 2003, along with finding a record deal for the re-released CDs and Lost Tracks. Once that was completed, Warren began concentrating on his official website (music and adult videos), his Italian restaurant in Santa Monica (Via Veneto), and enjoying traveling for pleasure rather than touring. He currently lives in the Los Angeles area with his fiancée, Donna, and has removed all adult material from his site. Two solo projects are in the works...the CD N'Liten Up (inspired by a spiritual epiphany) and a new partnership with singer/songwriter Neil Carlill, called Chicanery.

PATRICK O’HEARN
(photo from Patrick's website: http://www.patrickohearn.com, used with permission)

Along with Terry, Patrick was hired by Andy Taylor when Missing Persons broke up. Patrick contributed to several Andy Taylor videos/singles played all the bass on Andy’s 1987 Thunder album and played bass for Andy's MTV New Year’s Eve concert as well as Andy’s 1987 tour. But Patrick had a solo career even before Missing Persons broke up - he had released his first solo album in 1985, and he continued releasing them, building a solid following in the New Age market that continues to the present day. He also has a steady career scoring films and televisions shows; some of his film credits are "Father of the Bride," "Silent Tongue," and White Sands," while his television credits include Barbara Walters specials, Falcon Crest, A Current Affair, A Case of Need (TV movie) and General Hospital (1992). Patrick did not participate in the July 2001 MP reunion. He did, however, collaborate with Terry Bozzio on OuTrio. After several years in Atlanta, Patrick now lives in North Carolina and continues to release solo albums, some of which include musical contributions by Warren and Terry.

CHUCK WILD
(photo from Chuck's website: http://www.liquidmindmusic.com, used with permission)

Chuck joined Missing Persons some time after their beginning and left in 1984, due to his wish to write his own material, and he has been doing it ever since, for a plethora of different musical artists and bands. In 1987, he composed music for eight episodes of ABC’s Max Headroom, and in 1989/90 he attended UCLA briefly to study film composing. After that, he composed "dramatic undertones" for the film The Panama Deception, which won an Oscar for best feature length documentary, and in 1992-94 he mixed the music for the TV series Bobby’s World. From May 1994 to April 1995 he worked with Michael Jackson doing sound programming, playing, and a small amount of arranging for two songs on Jackson’s HIStory album. In the fall of 1994, Chuck recorded his first album, Ambience Minimus, under the artist name "Liquid Mind." It and its follow-up albums are described by Chuck as "chill out music, no rhythm, nothing but slow liquidy sounds and pretty chords." Liquid Mind's music has been used many times on The Young and the Restless TV series as well as many other episodes of various television shows. Chuck did not participate in the July 2001 MP reunion. In January 2002, Chuck said, "Most of the last two years I've devoted to family matters (my Mom and Dad). Mom passed on at 92 in January 2001, and Dad is almost 93 and in good health. I commute to the Midwest, where Dad lives, every few weeks, so I've been traveling a lot since 1998. Also, on a non-musical front, I am an active investor, which also requires a bit of time each day to monitor. On the music front, the distribution on the Liquid Mind relaxation music albums has been increasing every year, and just this past fall added the Barnes and Nobles chain, as well as the existing 2500 new age book stores. I'm currently writing an extended piece for classical piano, delving back to my classical roots, and it's a lot of fun." Chuck lives and works in the Los Angeles area.

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