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The Revolution was an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979 by Prince. Although widely associated with rock music, the band's sound incorporated pop, funk, R&B and hard rock elements. Before their official break-up, The Revolution had released two studio albums, two soundtracks, and two videos. The band is known for its many members, varied in race and gender. The Revolution rose to international fame in the mid-1980s with ''Purple Rain'', selling over 16 million albums in the United States alone.〔(RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Prince ). Retrieved on 2008-12-15.〕 The band achieved two number-one ''Billboard'' 200 albums (''Purple Rain'' and ''Around the World in a Day''), six top ten singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, and won three Grammy Awards. The band officially disbanded in 1986 after the Hit n Run – Parade Tour, which supported ''Parade'', the soundtrack for ''Under the Cherry Moon''. ==Early years== When Prince formed his backing band after the release of his first album, he followed in the footsteps of one of his idols, Sly Stone by creating a multi-racial, multi-gendered musical ensemble. The band initially consisted of: *Prince on lead vocals, guitar, and piano *Dez Dickerson on guitar *André Cymone on bass guitar *Bobby Z. on drums & percussion *Gayle Chapman on keyboards *Matt Fink on keyboards Though officially unnamed, Prince experimented with the band acting as a side project known as The Rebels, recording material in 1979 in Colorado, just as a side project 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, however two of the tracks would later be re-recorded and given away by Prince. "You", became "U", and was released on Paula Abdul's ''Spellbound'' album while "If I Love U 2nite" was released by both Mica Paris and Prince's later wife, Mayte Garcia. Paris rerecorded the song from scratch. Garcia's version was rerecorded by Prince. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Revolution (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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