Dale Bozzio

Cleopatra Records’ twice monthly Pirate Radio Cleopatra is back with a new Vintage Interviews special, this time featuring Missing Persons vocalist Dale Bozzio.

Still active more than 40 years after Missing Persons erupted onto the scene with a seemingly endless succession of monster hit singles, Dale reflects not only upon that band’s success, but also her earlier career alongside Frank Zappa – a friendship, she tells us, that began when she broke into one of his live shows in 1972.

She discusses, too, the demands placed upon the band by the fast-changing nature of the early 1980s music scene… Missing Persons were part of that generation for whom simply making records and playing concerts was only the beginning. Now, she laughs, they were expected to be movie stars as well, as MTV rose to prominence, and video established itself as the industry’s promo tool of choice.

Still touring and recording, still appearing under the Missing Persons name, Dale was long ago proclaimed an 80s legend. Her recent recordings, however, prove that she is so much more, and alongside such first-time-around-ers as “Destination Unknown,” “Walking In L.A.” and “Words,” we also hear energetic cuts from the albums New Wave Sessions (2007), Missing In Action (2014), Dreaming (2020) and Hollywood Lie (2023), and some startling cover versions, too.

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Launched in fall 2024, some two dozen episodes of Pirate Radio Cleopatra are now available, including the marathon four part Gothic Top 100, the Reggae Top 25 and specials dedicated to Thor, Melanie and Pat Travers.

In addition, Pirate Radio Cleopatra will be hitting the road next month., as the Pirate Radio Cleopatra Roadshow touches down at Rainbow Records in Newark, Delaware, on Sunday October 5.