Missing Persons and Tommy Tutone bring back memories of ‘80s music when they perform Sept. 30 at John Ascuaga’s Nugget.

Missing Persons’ glam-trash looks and multi-colored big hair helped define the new wave generation.

After having worked with Frank Zappa, drummer Terry Bozzio, guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, bassist Patrick O’Hearn, keyboardist Chuck Wild and singer Dale Bozzio (Terry’s then-wife) formed the band in 1980.

With its blend of pop music, synthesizer and power guitar, Missing Persons’ songs had a distinct sound. Mix in Dale Bozzio’s hiccuping vocals, striking looks and space-age attire, and the band had a successful formula for heavy video rotation on fledgling MTV, according to All Music Guide.

Even in its short-lived career, the band claimed major hits with “Words,” “Walking in L.A.,” “Destination Unknown” and “Mental Hopscotch.”

Missing Persons released three albums — “Spring Sessions M,” “Rhyme and Reason” and “Color In Your Life” — before disbanding in 1986, according to All Music Guide. It also marked the end of the Bozzios’ marriage.

By the late 1990s, Dale Bozzio was leading Missing Persons without her former bandmates. In 2001, she briefly reunited with her ex-husband and Cuccurullo for a series of Missing Persons concerts, according to her Web site.

Dale Bozzio and her version of Missing Persons appeared on NBC’s “Hit Me Baby One More Time” in 2005. The show brought together ’80s artists to play their biggest hits and a current chart topper, with the studio audience voting for its favorite.

She is working on a five-song CD, according to her Web site.

In 1982, one-hit wonders Tommy Tutone scored with “867-5309” (also known as “Jenny”), which is now a staple on many new wave compilations albums. After releasing three albums, the band couldn’t duplicate its success and broke

up in 1984, according to All Music Guide.

Lead vocalist and guitarist Tommy Heath formed a new Tommy Tutone lineup in 1998. He recently recorded an acoustic version of the song for “80s Hits Stripped,” an all-star compilation album.

“The true test of a song’s endurance comes when you can play it around a campfire solely on acoustic guitar,” Heath said in the Business Wire. “This new take on ‘Jenny’ has fingersnaps, fake Irish drums and sound effects.”

The song still has an effect on fans.

“Even if they can’t get the numbers straight,” Heath said in his biography, “they tell me that was their personal anthem for the ’80s.”

The tune is having a second life as a popular ringtone on cellular phones, according to the Business Wire.