The Revolution

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The Revolution is the American funk rock band best known as Prince’s backing group during his peak 1980s period, including the Purple Rain era.

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The Revolution canonical 25

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American funk rock band
Prince backing band
activePeriod early 1980s
late 2010s reunion period
mid 1980s
associatedWith Prince
backedArtistOnTour Around the World in a Day
surface form: Around the World in a Day Tour

Parade Tour
Prince
Purple Rain Tour
basedIn Minneapolis
surface form: Minneapolis, Minnesota
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
formedBy Prince
genre R&B
funk
funk rock
pop
rock
hasDiscographyEntry Around the World in a Day
Live recordings with Prince
Parade
Purple Rain
knownFor contributing to the Minneapolis sound
integrating rock, funk, pop, and R&B
tight live performances
languageOfWork English
member Bobby Z.
BrownMark
Dez Dickerson
Dr. Fink
Lisa Coleman
Mark Brown
Matt Fink
Prince
Wendy Melvoin
memberOfEra minneapolis sound
surface form: Minneapolis sound scene
notableAs Prince’s backing band during the Purple Rain era
notableSongPerformance Let’s Go Crazy
Purple Rain
When Doves Cry
notableWork 1999 (album, partial involvement)
Around the World in a Day
Parade
Purple Rain
surface form: Purple Rain (album)

Purple Rain
surface form: Purple Rain (film soundtrack)

Sign o’ the Times (some members contributed)
recordLabel Warner Bros. Records
reunionPurpose tribute performances to Prince
reunitedAfter Prince’s death in 2016

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Prince associatedBand The Revolution
Wendy Melvoin memberOf The Revolution
Lisa Coleman memberOf The Revolution
Prince Rogers Nelson memberOf The Revolution
1999 featuresBackingBand The Revolution
Parade partOfDiscographyOf The Revolution
Parade includesBackingBand The Revolution
Around the World in a Day producer The Revolution
When Doves Cry associatedAct The Revolution
Raspberry Beret performingBand The Revolution
I Would Die 4 U associatedAct The Revolution
The Artist associatedAct The Revolution
Sheila E. associatedAct The Revolution
The Time associatedAct The Revolution
Apollonia 6 associatedAct The Revolution
The Family associatedAct The Revolution
Madhouse associatedAct The Revolution
Wendy memberOf The Revolution
subject surface form: Wendy Melvoin
Wendy associatedAct The Revolution
subject surface form: Wendy Melvoin
Melvoin memberOf The Revolution
subject surface form: Wendy Melvoin
Wendy & Lisa associatedAct The Revolution
Prince and The Revolution formerName The Revolution
Prince and The Revolution hasPart The Revolution