26-531: [REDACTED] Look up npg in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. NPG may refer to: Music [ edit ] The New Power Generation , the former backing group of the musician Prince NPG Records , a record label of the musician Prince NPG Music Club , a website of the musician Prince Organisations [ edit ] Nageswar Patra Group , an Indian diversified company Nature Publishing Group ,
52-532: A US and European tour. The phrase "Welcome to the New Power Generation" was mentioned on the opening track of 1988's Lovesexy . New Power Generation was used for the first time as a band name in the 1990 film Graffiti Bridge , and a song entitled " New Power Generation " appeared on the accompanying soundtrack album . The New Power Generation debuted live during the Nude Tour in 1990 and on record on
78-484: A few songs have been made public through limited-release singles at concerts ("Peace" / "2045: Radical Man" and "The Daisy Chain" / "Gamillah") and through Prince's former official website, NPG Music Club . The songs were later included on the Prince albums The Slaughterhouse and The Chocolate Invasion . The band since has been a "revolving door" of musicians, who usually stay for a couple years before being replaced. It
104-523: A music battle for ownership of Glam Slam. After Aura gets hit by a car, the two rivals settle their dispute and join forces. According to Terry Lewis , the film was originally a vehicle for The Time , but "in the end the story got lost and it became a Prince picture. But that was cool. I think our rapport with Prince is better now than it's ever been, because there's a mutual respect in the air ... Plus we got to hang out for six months on somebody else's budget." Morris Day explained: "A sequel to Purple Rain
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156-467: A song title from Exodus ). In fact, a spoken outtake from Exodus mentions the upcoming album, indicating its planning stages. Prince features prominently on the cover and liner notes and provides lead vocals on all songs. Unlike the two previous releases, the album relies heavily on drum programming by Kirk Johnson and features input from Larry Graham and Doug E. Fresh . A fourth album, Peace , due to be released in 2001, never materialized and although
182-514: A subversive triumph, making records half-brilliant, half-quirky, managing the Minneapolis scene with the ghost hand of a funky Gatsby, deploying an army-harem of disciples and flashing a dazzle of guises unified in their harlequin outrageousness. By the very promiscuity of these bold strategies, he has inseminated the whole of pop. With Graffiti Bridge and its firm coalescence of his styles and concerns, Prince reasserts his originality — and does it with
208-533: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The New Power Generation The New Power Generation , also known as the NPG , was the backing band of musician Prince from 1990 to 2013. They were replaced by 3rdeyegirl as his backing band in 2013. In 2015, the New Power Generation reunited as Prince's backing band for his final studio album before his death, Hit n Run Phase Two . They reunited once again in 2017 for
234-552: Is often nebulous as to who is actually an 'official' member. In 2010, three former members of the original New Power Generation, drummer Michael Bland , keyboardist Tommy Barbarella and bass player Sonny T. , became members of Nick Jonas and the Administration (a side project of Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers ). In 2013, NPG singer Elisa Fiorillo (Dease) formed a duo with Nashville-based guitarist Tyler Reese, called
260-402: Is what it ended up being. And the role that The Time plays is, well, crooks. In Purple Rain we were small time crooks and now we've graduated to the big time. We own and control this area called Seven Corners – which is really four corners and four clubs – and everyone answers to us. It's really about the rivalry between us and The Kid ( Prince ), who is the picked-on, felt-sorry-for hero. But in
286-522: The Diamonds and Pearls Tour and was replaced by keyboardist Morris Hayes. When Prince began his formal dispute with Warner Bros. and changed his stage name to an unpronounceable symbol in 1993, the NPG became a side-project for Prince, allowing him to release music outside of his contract. The NPG's debut album, Goldnigga , featured Tony M. as lead vocalist/ rapper . The album relied heavily on rap, while
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#1732852673343312-476: The 1991 album Diamonds and Pearls . The band consisted of holdovers from the Nude Tour: Michael Bland (drums), Levi Seacer, Jr. (guitar), Rosie Gaines (keyboards and backing vocals), Tony M. (lead raps and dancing), Kirk Johnson (percussion and dancing), and Damon Dickson (dancing), along with two new members Tommy Barbarella (keyboards) and Sonny T. (bass). Rosie Gaines left the band after
338-449: The Dease & Reese Project, and in 2014 released the album Life in 20 (REMU Records). Fiorillo continued to perform with Prince. The NPG collaborated with Prince once more in 2015 on what would be his last studio album, Hit n Run Phase Two . After Prince's untimely death in 2016, the band reunited in 2017 and 2019 for a US and European Prince tribute tour. This is the discography of
364-407: The New Power Generation, credited as a separate entity from Prince. Band Members: Graffiti Bridge (film) Graffiti Bridge is a 1990 American rock musical drama film written, directed by, and starring Prince in his third and final major theatrical film role. It is a standalone sequel to his 1984 film Purple Rain . Like its predecessor, it was accompanied by a soundtrack album of
390-583: The Temple ". Despite the film receiving lukewarm responses from audiences, the accompanying album fared much better. Although there were many tracks, the following were selected for the album to appear in listed order within the film (although several appear in shorter and re-arranged lengths): The film was nominated for five Golden Raspberry Awards including Worst Picture , Worst Actor (Prince), Worst Director (Prince), Worst Screenplay (Prince), and Worst New Star (Ingrid Chavez). Despite media hype of it being
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442-434: The album, they were left out of the final release, and the focus was more on funk. In 1996, longstanding members Michael Bland, Tommy Barbarella, and Sonny T. were fired and a new band was formed for touring. Guitarists Kat Dyson and Mike Scott, along with bassist Rhonda Smith joined Morris Hayes and Kirk Johnson, who re-joined the band to play drums. In 1998, another NPG album was released titled Newpower Soul (modifying
468-442: The band as well. Given an expanded role in the band was dancer Mayte Garcia who provided backing and Spanish vocals. This incarnation released Exodus in 1995. Prince again took a role behind the scenes, adopting the guise of the masked "Tora Tora" and performing lead vocals on several tracks, sometimes with an altered voice. His participation in this version of the NPG was much more apparent. Although several raps were recorded for
494-476: The corresponding original soundtrack received widespread critical acclaim with glowing reviews from Rolling Stone ' s Paul Evans, Entertainment Weekly 's Greg Sandow, and the Chicago Tribune 's Greg Kot , the latter stating that the album was "a sprawling, wildly diffuse statement on love, sin, sex and salvation that ranks with his best work." In his review, Evans wrote that Prince ... has mustered
520-463: The ease of a conqueror. In 1991, Prince was quoted as saying "(It was) one of the purest, most spiritual, uplifting things I've ever done. It was non-violent, positive and had no blatant sex scenes. Maybe it will take people 30 years to get it. They trashed The Wizard of Oz at first, too." The title "Graffiti Bridge" comes from a now torn-down bridge located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota . The bridge
546-452: The end he gets the girl and he beats us with a ballad . He changes our hearts and minds and makes us into good, church-going individuals with a song [laughs]." Filming took place primarily at the soundstage inside of Paisley Park , and at locations around Minneapolis . Graffiti Bridge is tied into the album of the same name , which spawned the chart-making singles " Round and Round " and " New Power Generation ", as well as " Thieves in
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#1732852673343572-574: The music itself was reminiscent of the 1970s funk . Prince participated heavily in writing and performing the music, while Tony wrote and performed raps. Prince provided co-lead vocals on two songs, "Black M.F. in the House" and "Johnny", and the two were often performed by him in his own concerts and after shows. A reduced NPG returned to the Prince fold when he began performing under the symbolic moniker in early 1994, backing him on The Gold Experience . The rappers and dancers were let go, and Levi Seacer left
598-771: The other two clubs in the Seven Corners area, which are Melody Cool and the Clinton Club. Needing to pay the mayor of Seven Corners $ 10,000, Morris attempts to extort The Kid – by threatening to take full ownership of Glam Slam. Making matters more interesting is the arrival of Aura, an angel sent from Heaven to sway both Morris and The Kid into leading more righteous lives – while dealing with their attraction to her. As The Kid continues to resist him, Morris begins to embarrass him via performances with his band , to steal The Kid's customers. Losing clientele and having his club defamed by Morris's henchmen, The Kid decides to challenge Morris to
624-545: The same name . The plot continues with The Kid, living a future life as an upbeat performer and co-owner of a club, Glam Slam, which was willed to him from Billy, who owned the First Avenue Club in the first film. Solitary and lovelorn, he spends his personal time composing songs, and writing letters to his deceased father. The other co-owner who was included in the will is Morris ( Morris Day ), his rival who now also owns his own club, Pandemonium, while desiring to control
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676-442: The sequel to the massively successful Purple Rain , it was a commercial and critical failure and was included on several Worst of 1990 movie lists. Graffiti Bridge currently holds an 18% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 28 reviews, with an average rating of 3.7/10. Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 36 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews. However,
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