The Revolution is an American band formed in

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, Minnesota, in 1979 by

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, serving as his live band and later as his studio band. The band's sound incorporated rock,

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, R&B, funk, new wave and

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elements. Along with Prince's other projects, the Revolution helped create the

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. By the time of their 1986 breakup, the Revolution had backed Prince on two studio albums, two soundtracks and two videos. After making its studio album debut on ''

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'' (1982), the Revolution rose to international fame with '' Purple Rain'' (1984), which reached number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 and became certified 13× Platinum by the

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. Retrieved on December 15, 2008. The band achieved its second number-one ''Billboard'' 200 album with ''

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'' in 1985. They charted six top 10 singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, including three number-ones: " Let's Go Crazy", "

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" and "

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". The band officially disbanded in 1986 after the Hit n Run – Parade Tour, which supported ''

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'', the soundtrack for ''

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''. Following Prince's death in 2016, the band announced reunion shows. The Revolution has won three

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The pre-Revolution

When Prince formed his backing band after the release of his first album, influenced by

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, he created a multi-racial, multi-gendered

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. The band initially consisted of: *

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, and

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, and background vocals * Andre Cymone on

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* Bobby Z. on

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and

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*Gayle Chapman on keyboards *

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on keyboards Though officially unnamed, Prince experimented with the band acting as a

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known as The Rebels, recording material in 1979 in

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to get more music out. The recordings were a group effort with lead vocals by Cymone, Dickerson or Chapman. The project was shelved for unknown reasons, but two of the tracks were later re-recorded and given away by Prince: "You", became "U", and was released on

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's 1991 '' Spellbound'' album; while "

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" was released by both

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and Prince's later wife, Mayte Garcia. Paris rerecorded the song from scratch, which was released in 1991. Garcia's version, released in 1995, was rerecorded by Prince. On the next two tours following the Prince Tour, the band underwent two line-up changes. Gayle Chapman quit the band in 1980. The end came when she told Prince she needed more musical fulfillment and growth for herself, but Prince wanted her to commit to some short-noticed rehearsals instead. After a long conversation, Chapman quit the group to be replaced by Lisa Coleman. The following year, after the Dirty Mind Tour, bass guitarist André Cymone would leave the band. Cymone, whose family gave Prince a home after he left his father's house, left over a number of grievances with Prince—little input in the studio, he wasn't getting credit for his contributions to Prince's music, and in general his desire to start his own career—and would have bitter feelings toward Prince as he later claimed that Prince stole many of his ideas that were used for the Time and that he created the bassline for ''

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''s " Do Me, Baby". Ultimately, Cymone was replaced by Mark Brown, renamed

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by Prince. Coleman was usually only identified by her first name, while Fink started wearing

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on stage and became known as "Doctor" Fink. Fink originally wore a black- and white-striped prison jumpsuit. However, a member of Rick James' band was doing the same thing and not wanting to copy that, Prince asked Fink, "Do you have any other ideas?" Fink said, "What about a doctor's outfit?" Prince loved the idea, and thus was born Doctor Fink. From 1982 to 1983, when the band was almost identified as the Revolution, it consisted of: *

on lead vocals, guitar, and piano *

on guitar *

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on bass * Bobby Z. on drums and percussion * Lisa Coleman on keyboards and piano *

on keyboards * JJ on vocals The words "and the Revolution" can be seen printed backwards on the cover of his fifth album ''

''. The band members were curious as to if they were getting a real name, but Prince had held back from fully calling the group the Revolution partly because of Dez Dickerson's wishes to leave the band. When the 1999 Tour ended,

finally left the band for religious reasons and was replaced by Coleman's childhood friend

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. Prince told Dickerson that he needed three years from him, and Dickerson wasn't willing to commit. Prince told Dickerson he'd leave him on payroll and honor his contract, which Prince did. Dickerson went on to eventually work for independent Christian record label Star Song.

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shortly thereafter formed a special bond with Prince and greatly influenced his output during the rest of their tenure in the band. Prince's former mostly R&B/funk offerings would be more diversified with rock, pop, and classical music elements.

Prince and The Revolution

''Purple Rain'' (1984–1985)

Prince and The Revolution's best-selling album, '' Purple Rain'', produced by Prince and The Revolution themselves, peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 knocking

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's ''

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'' from the number one spot. Released at the end of June 1984, the album featured the singles "

", " Let's Go Crazy", " Purple Rain", " I Would Die 4 U", and " Take Me with U". All the singles had accompanying

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s (all of which included clips from their relative scenes in the movie) and all charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but the first four peaked within the top 10 while "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy" topped the chart. "

" would become the most successful single from ''Purple Rain'' at the time of its release on the pop charts, reaching number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 as well as the Dance and R&B chart. The song "Purple Rain" won two

for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Instrumental Composition Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television. The album spent 24 weeks at number one and would eventually be certified thirteen times platinum in the United States, six times platinum in Canada and two times platinum in the United Kingdom. ''Purple Rain'' would become the first official appearance of The Revolution. At the time of the release the band contained: *

on lead vocals, guitar, and piano *

on guitar and vocals *

on bass guitar and vocals * Lisa Coleman on keyboards, piano, and vocals * Matt "Doctor" Fink on keyboards and vocals * Bobby Z. on drums

Expansion (1985–1986)

They lasted as such through 1986's Hit n Run – Parade Tour. In 1985, members of the then soon-to-be-defunct R&B/pop group The Family (which, in turn, included former members of another disbanded Prince-associated group, The Time) joined The Revolution, along with people from Sheila E.'s band. The "Counter-Revolution" line-up: *

on lead vocals, guitar, and piano *

on guitar and vocals *

on bass guitar and vocals * Bobby Z. on drums * Lisa Coleman on keyboards, piano, and vocals *

on keyboards and vocals *

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on guitar *

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on backing vocals *

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* Matt "Atlanta Bliss" Blistan on

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* Jerome Benton, Wally Safford and Greg Brooks as dancers/vocalists/comic foils (known as The Bodyguards) For the Hit n Run – Parade Tour, the augmented Revolution with its several new members began to perform the

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y arrangements from the album, including the

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Unreleased Revolution album

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Dissolution

Prince did not want to see his band anymore and The Revolution were not happy with Prince's decision to include new band members. In a 2017 direct-to-

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interview (on

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's account), Wendy Melvoin remembers Prince rehearsing with all his new selections, and ignoring The Revolution by not looking at them. Brownmark, Wendy and Lisa threatened to quit. At one point, Prince dispatched Bobby Z. to the airport and literally caught Melvoin and Coleman before they boarded. Eventually all three were convinced to ride it out. Prince promised Brownmark a lot of money, but Brownmark settled for $3000 a week, a paltry sum based on other touring bands. He turned down a much more lucrative gig as bassist for

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, who was going on tour at that time. Brown has said that Prince never followed through on "all that money". But as the tour ended, on the final night in Yokohama, Japan, Prince smashed up all of his guitars after a final encore of "Purple Rain". Wendy looked round at the other members and she whispered (and they agreed),"It's over!". Shortly after the Parade Tour in October 1986, after all the tension between Prince, Wendy Melvoin, and Coleman due to his relationship with

, Prince invited Wendy Melvoin and Coleman to

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at his rented

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home and fired them both. Unhappy with their lack of credit and creativity, Wendy & Lisa went on to perform as a duo. Susannah ended up leaving the Revolution too, following a breakup with Prince, and performed for a time with Wendy & Lisa as a backup singer in their band. He then called Bobby Z. to tell him that he was being replaced by Sheila E, although he was kept on payroll for quite a few years after the fact, honoring Z's contract. Bobby Z released a solo album in 1989. Brownmark was asked to stay but quit. Although he said it was "partly out of loyalty to the others" and also because he was "unhappy with the direction of Prince's music at the time".

remained with Prince until 1991, when similar to the exit of

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from The Time, Matt Fink told Prince he wasn't available for two dates at the Rock in Rio festival, as he was busy producing for another band at the time, and found himself replaced by Tommy Barbarella. However, Fink also stated in a 2001 interview that he was tired of being in the band. When Prince filmed ''Graffiti Bridge'', Prince wanted Fink to "rehearse the band" and was told that "there wasn't really anywhere in the movie for him." After the ensuing Nude Tour, essentially a greatest hits-type tour, Fink left for a career writing music for video games, and working at K-Tel Records, based out of Minneapolis. Unlike his bandmates Fink did not immediately release any solo material, an album not being released until 2001.

Reunions

In 2000, Prince had a celebration concert in his hometown of

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, and asked if any former bandmates wished to perform. Dr. Fink, Bobby Z. and Brown Mark appeared and joined Prince on stage to perform the song "

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". On December 13, 2003, Sheila E. organized a concert for the charity 1st Annual Family Jamm, which featured several of Prince's protégés, including the entire Revolution, without Prince. They played six songs including "

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", " Purple Rain", and "

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". That next year, Wendy Melvoin performed a live rendition of '' Musicology'' track "Reflection" with Prince on

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television program. At the

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, a reformed Revolution once again backed Prince, as he reunited with Wendy, Lisa and Sheila E., while also featuring former

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member Morris Hayes and played " Te Amo Corazón" (from Prince's '' 3121'' album), " Fury" (also from ''3121''), "Purple Rain", and " Let's Go Crazy". Sheila E. played drums only on "Purple Rain", playing percussion for the rest of the songs. On February 19, 2012, The Revolution (without Prince) performed a reunion/benefit concert in Minneapolis at First Avenue, where the '' Purple Rain'' movie was filmed. Following the death of Prince on April 21, 2016, The Revolution announced that they were getting back together as a band. , they continue to perform Prince's songs live.

Personnel

;Current members *

–

, vocals (1983–1986, 2012, 2016–present) * Lisa Coleman – keyboards,

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s, vocals (1980–1986, 2012, 2016–present) *

– keyboards,

s, vocals (1979–1986, 2012, 2016–present) (continued to work with Prince until Nude Tour) *

–

, vocals (1981–1986, 2012, 2016–present) * Bobby Z. –

(1979–1986, 2012, 2016–present) ;Former members *

–

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, rhythm guitar,

(1979–1986; died in 2016) *

–

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(1979–1983) * André Cymone –

, backing vocals (1979–1981) *Gayle Chapman – keyboards, vocals (1979–1980) *

– rhythm guitar (1985–1986) (continued to work with Prince until Nude Tour) *

–

(1985–1986) (continued to work with Prince until ''Graffiti Bridge'' album and made a guest appearance on " Gett Off") * Matt "Atlanta Bliss" Blistan –

(1985–1986) (continued to work with Prince until ''Graffiti Bridge'' album) *

–

(1985–1986) * Jerome Benton –

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, vocals (1985–1986) *Wally Safford – dancer, vocals (1985–1986) (continued to work with Prince during ''Sign o' the Times'' era) *Greg Brooks – dancer, vocals (1985–1986) (continued to work with Prince during ''Sign o' the Times'' era)

Honors and awards

Prince & Revolution - First Avenue Stars

The Revolution has been honored with a star on the outside mural of the

nightclub First Avenue, recognizing performers that have played sold-out shows or have otherwise demonstrated a major contribution to the culture at the iconic venue. Receiving a star "might be the most prestigious public honor an artist can receive in Minneapolis," according to journalist Steve Marsh. The band's star is located to the immediate right of Prince's own star on the mural.

Discography

Studio albums

Soundtrack albums

Singles

Video albums

Tours

* Purple Rain Tour (1984–85) * Hit n Run – Parade Tour (1986)

Timeline

Notes

References

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The pre-Revolution

Prince and The Revolution

''Purple Rain'' (1984–1985)

Expansion (1985–1986)

Unreleased Revolution album

Dissolution

Reunions

Personnel

Honors and awards

Discography

Studio albums

Soundtrack albums

Singles

Video albums

Tours

Timeline

See also

Notes

References