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Missing Persons

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I've been dredging up a ton of 80's stuff for a young person recently, and this was one of them.

I'm also (and have been for years) so into what Aimee Mann put out, both while playing bass for 'til Tuesday and even after the switch to guitar (#sadbassists) toward the end of 'tT and in her solo work. Not a happy body of work on the whole, but it speaks to real life so much.
 
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...one of my favourite '80s bands. Hands down.

My friend turned me on to them...his thing was "Check out the drummer". Eventually, I figured out it was a guy that kicked ass with The Brecker Brothers Band (Heavy Metal Bebop) & Zappa.

How many of you know Ken Scott was their manager?
Scott is a well-known recording engineer (Beatles, Elton John, Bowie, Mahavishnu Orchestra, etc); his book is worth the read. There is a nice section on Missing Persons. Funny piece on Bobby Colomby (A& R guy) dissing Bozzio's effort to get the band signed to Colomby's label.
 
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Dr. Cheese said:
It was truly a sign of the Eighties that a great bassist like Patrick O'Hearn went 90+% synthesizers in this band. That said, I loved the album, Spring Session M.
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Me too, these guys nailed the New Wave formula and they hit it right in the sweet spot, when the punk influence had started to wane but before the late 80s cheese set in. I put The Fixx in the same category. The Cars looked good for a while there but eventually fell victim to the late 80s on "Heartbreak City" and everything after.

T_Bone_TL said:
I'm also (and have been for years) so into what Aimee Mann put out, both while playing bass for 'til Tuesday and even after the switch to guitar (#sadbassists) toward the end of 'tT and in her solo work. Not a happy body of work on the whole, but it speaks to real life so much.
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I drove around listening to "Everything's Different Now" on repeat in college. Loved it so much, still do. I also got into her next couple solo albums, the ones she released in the late 90s. "I'm With Stupid" was one of them. She is a great songwriter and a great musician.
 
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JimK said:
...one of my favourite '80s bands. Hands down.

My friend turned me on to them...his thing was "Check out the drummer". Eventually, I figured out it was a guy that kicked ass with The Brecker Brothers Band (Heavy Metal Bebop) & Zappa.

How many of you know Ken Scott was their manager?
Scott is a well-known recording engineer (Beatles, Elton John, Bowie, Mahavishnu Orchestra, etc); his book is worth the read. There is a nice section on Missing Persons. Funny piece on Bobby Colomby (A& R guy) dissing Bozzio's effort to get the band signed to Colomby's label.
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Reading your post I remembered vaguely that Bobby C. played those killer drums on the first Blood Sweat & Tears albums, when I looked it up it also mentioned that he played on Church of Anthrax, upon which I, as a casual John Cale fan who has performed In C ocassionally, realized I finally should give that one a listen. Wow, that is really interesting record. Besides production values, hasn't aged a bit. Thanks to @JimK and @Dr. Cheese for hipping me to that one serendipitously
 
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