Prince and the Revolution have rejoined forces.

That's according to Prince and the leader of the seminal Minneapolis funk-pop group that, in no uncertain terms, changed the face of rock in the '80s and hence.

Although fans of Prince have long been accustomed to his habit of unleashing surprising batches of work at a moment's notice, few were prepared for the announcement the Purple One made Wednesday that he is gearing up to release a new album of material with his 1980s backing band, the Revolution.

"Prince and the Revolution R releasing a new album on NPG [Records]," the notice read, referring to his record label. "Songs include things left unfinished when the band broke up in the '80s and several new cuts that Prince is putting 2gether using parts from many tunes."

Word of fresh tracks from the band with which Prince recorded his seminal Purple Rain (1984) -- the album that included songs from Prince's first movie -- surprised even those who at times have been close to the reclusive musician.

"That's news to me," said Alan Leeds, Prince's tour manager for the 1999 (1982) through Lovesexy (1988) albums and the manager of Paisley Park Records, the label Prince founded in the mid-'80s, through 1992. "As legend has it, he's got a vault full of wonderful old material," Leeds said Thursday (Oct. 1), "and any classic-era Prince material is interesting to hear."

The Revolution -- Wendy and Lisa (Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, guitar and keyboards, respectively), Bobby Z (percussion), Brown Mark (bass) and Matt Fink (keyboards), plus occasional collaborators Sheila E. on drums and Eric Leeds (Alan's brother) on sax -- accompanied Prince during the peak of the Minneapolis musician's fame and appear on Purple Rain, Around the World in a Day (1985), which featured the song "Paisley Park" (RealAudio excerpt), and Parade (1986). The group split up in '86 as Prince went on to experiment with sounds other than the funk-rock mix he took to the top of the charts.


































PSYCHE!!! This is from '98!!!!


April fools??

dude, it ain't april!

alexnevermind

that is just MEAN!!

This joke is by alexandernevermind and not by me !!!!!

I still think shit like this should be a banable offense.

holy shit, this wouldve stirred folk up here!!

LittlePill said:

Why banable?? All I did was post a legit news story, albeit an old story. I didn't make anything up, or lie, or anything! sheesh

Man, if this was the Gong Show you'd be SO gonged.

Oh man! You've only nearly given me a heart attack!

Not fair.
[This message was edited Wed Feb 18 14:27:10 2004 by PurpleKnight]

Wow, thanks a lot for that. That had me all excited.

Nice try, but I looked at the bottom of the post right away.

alexandernevermind said:

Because it's wrong to fool with people's emotions like that. You left me with a severe case of blueballs after I read that! Now you owe me a handjob!

yeah that was a pretty crappy post. i have learned by now (I'm new to this board) to scroll down and get the source before reading stuff like this. seems to have posted just to stir things up...esp since wendy is playing with him on the Travis Smiley show and a new album coming out. Nice to read...but it's old news (wasn't this an old Roadhouse post?) and just gets people going. hopefully rumors like this will be kept to a minimum in the next few months. If you meant it as an old news post you should say so in the title of the posting.

peas and b wild

I hate you...lol

Karma will get you for that.

Anxiety said:

gonged !!

You cunt! You had me so exited. That weren't nice - I could bite you, you

I think an album with Prince and the Revolution would be great!!!!! Wish it would happen. Some of the Greatest of his songs were with the Revolution, I hope is not only rumors but hope really does happen!

Spookymuffin said:

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OH MY GOD! I JUST HAD THE SAME FEELING I HAD THE DAY I HEARD ABOUT SIGN O' THE TIMES.


I TAKE IT THAT WAS BULLSHIT.

thebumpsquad said: