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Missing Persons

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Missing Persons' Neon Zappa Origins
Explore, with essential songs, how Missing Persons fused Frank Zappa-trained virtuosity with Los Angeles' neon new wave in the '80s, influencing MTV sound and even future acts like Duran Duran.
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