Ziggy Marley

He appeared in the film Shark Tale as a Rasta jellyfish. Although Dale still often performs under the Missing Persons name with hired touring players, the band has declared that there will be no further reunions. A solo album, Dragonfly was released on April 15, 2003. A TV appearance and three successful shows were put on in late 2002 and early 2003 (with drummer Joe Travers standing in for Terry Bozzio), but finally Cuccurullo declined to participate any further. Ziggy had become politically active by this time, working with the United Nations and creating a record label called Ghetto Youth United. Two attempted additional concerts were cancelled at the last minute when first Terry and then Dale left the project. As the 1990s continued, the Melody Makers' sales slowly declined, beginning with Joy and Blues (1993), Free Like We Want to Be (1995) and Fallen Is Babylon (1997). The new Missing Persons, consisting of original members Warren Cuccurullo and Dale and Terry Bozzio, with new keyboardist Ron Poster and bassist Wes Wehmiller, did some promotional activities and live performances in July of 2001, but the reunion did not last long.

The album was critically and popularly successful, as was One Bright Day (1989) and Jahmeyka (1991). In May of 2001, he formally left Duran Duran (who were planning a reunion with their own original guitarist and drummer). The band's label, EMI, wanted to market Ziggy as a solo act, and so the Melody Makers moved to Virgin Records, where they recorded Conscious Party (1988, produced by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth). In December of 2000, Cuccurullo again began discussing a Missing Persons reunion with Dale Bozzio, and this time it seemed more likely to come to fruition. Their debut LP was Play the Game Right, which was a very pop-oriented album, earning Ziggy some derision from critics. There were two releases in 2002: Classic Remasters is a compilation of remastered tracks and dance mixes issued by Capitol Records, and Lost Tracks is another collection of old and new MP live tracks issued by One Way Records. His father, Bob, died in 1981. Rhyme and Reason and Color In Your Life were finally issued on CD in 2000.

The Melody Makers, as the group came to be known, played occasionally for several years, including at their father's funeral. This was followed up by a compilation of modern remixes of classic MP tracks, Missing Persons Remixed Hits (1999). In 1979, Ziggy and his siblings, Cedella, Stephen and Sharon, made their recording debut with their father, "Children Playing in the Streets". This resulted in the release of Late Nights Early Days in 1998, a live concert recorded in 1981, with the added 1980 studio track "Action/Reaction". Ziggy was born David Marley but nicknamed in reference to British glam rocker David Bowie and his 1972 album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Beginning in 1997, Cuccurullo began a campaign to get some of the early Missing Persons material reissued. He learned how to play guitar and drums from his father, a legendary roots rock reggae singer. A proposed 1994 Missing Persons reunion never came to fruition.

Ziggy Marley (October 17, 1968) is a Jamaican musician, the oldest son of Rita and Bob Marley. Wild is a composer of New Age and meditation music under the name Liquid Mind. of The Chieftains and Ziggy Marley covering Bob Marley's "Redemption Song". O'Hearn has had a thriving solo career as a very popular composer of ambient instrumental music. Cuccurullo went on to perform as guitarist for Duran Duran for over a decade, as well as record several solo albums. In the 1990s he recorded several albums and toured as a solo drummer, and created several instructional videos.

Terry Bozzio played as a sessions drummer and sideman with numerous big acts through the 1980s, at the same time as he worked at developing his solo career. Some commentators have argued that Dale Bozzio's lack of stage personality ultimately resulted in the decline of the group's early popularity, many also regard Missing Persons as her finest work, despite her later scoring minor success as a solo performer, including a top 40 hit with the song "Simon oh Simon", written and produced by Prince. The band followed up with the more conventional Color In Your Life in June 1986, but almost before the promotional tour could begin, increasing tensions between Terry and Dale Bozzio led to the end of the tour, the band, and the couple's marriage. The experimental album Rhyme and Reason (1984) was not a great success, and Capitol was not happy about the direction the band was taking.

Missing Persons appeared at the three-day Southern California concert, the US Festival in May 1983, along with Berlin, The Pretenders, U2, David Bowie, and many more. The music video for "Words" used unusual (albeit primitive by today's standards) visual effects, making it popular with the suits (who in those days still wore T-shirts) at the fledgling cable TV channel MTV. The singles "Mental Hopscotch", "Destination Unknown," "Walking in L.A.," "Words," and "Windows" all met with success. With label support, the re-released EP sold another 250,000 units, and the new album Spring Session M went gold.

Two years of hard work led up to a signing with Capitol Records in 1982. "Mental Hopscotch" was a #1 record on local radio station KROQ, and the self-promoted EP ended up selling 7,000 copies. live music crowd. They toured, promoted the EP, appeared in the movie Lunch Wagon, and became a must-see band among the L.A.

In 1980 they recorded a 4-song EP entitled Missing Persons, in Zappa's brand-new UMRK studios; the recording was financed by Cuccurullo's father. They went on to add yet another Zappa alumnus, bassist Patrick O'Hearn, as well as keyboardist Chuck Wild. The band was founded in 1980 by guitarist Warren Cuccurullo and vocalist Dale Bozzio (who were working together contributing to Frank Zappa's album Joe's Garage), after convincing her husband, former Zappa drummer Terry Bozzio, that they could make it on their own. Missing Persons were a band who played a blend of New Wave music and electronic pop rock, with a musical sensibility which set them apart from many other early 80's groups who latched onto the Blondie-style line up of radio friendly, white, accessible pop punk.

Color in Your Life (1986). Rhyme & Reason (1984). Spring Session M (1982). Missing Persons [EP] (1982).