◇ image via WikipediaPrince & The Revolution
Prince & The Revolution is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Sly Stone, Rick James and Bruce Springsteen. Those roots explain a lot about how Prince & The Revolution arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Prince and the New Power Generation, Prince, The Time, Sheila E. and Stevie Wonder, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Family, Paula Abdul, Mica Paris, The Time and Sheila E., where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Prince & The Revolution, reaching back through Sly Stone and forward to The Family. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Revolution is an American funk/pop rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1979 by Prince, serving as his live band and later as his studio band. The band's sound incorporated rock, funk, R&B, new wave, synthpop and psychedelia elements. Along with Prince's other projects, the Revolution helped create the Minneapolis sound. By the time of their 1986 breakup, the Revolution had backed Prince on two studio albums, two soundtracks and two videos.
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Prince & The Revolution connections
Prince & The Revolution grew out of Sly Stone, Rick James and Bruce Springsteen, shares an orbit with Prince and the New Power Generation, Prince, The Time and Sheila E., went on to shape The Family, Paula Abdul, Mica Paris and The Time. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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