Michael Bland

Acting

Michael Bland

Born 1969-03-14

Michael Bland (born March 14, 1969) is best known as a drummer for Prince starting in 1989. He was with Prince during The New Power Generation era and played with him live and on albums for seven years. From 1995 to 1997, Bland, along with Sonny Thompson, recorded and played live with French pop star France Gall—they appear on one studio album and two live albums. In 2010, Bland became a member of Nick Jonas and the Administration (a side project of Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers) along with other former members of The New Power Generation, bass player Sonny T. and keyboardist Tommy Barbarella.

Acting credits

Graffiti Bridge poster
5.1

It's got that Purple Rain feeling through and though. And it's got The Kid, too! For the first time since Purple Rain, Prince is back as The Kid. And where he goes, there's music! With Thieves in the Temple, New Power Generation, Elephants and Flowers and more red-hot Prince tunes from the Platinum-selling Graffiti Bridge soundtrack. What time is it? Party time! Morris Day and the Time play Release It, Shake! and more. And you'll also see and hear George Clinton, Tevin Campbell, Robin Power, Mavis Staples and other hot performers, too. Graffiti Bridge is where the movie meets the music. Cross over on it now.

Graffiti Bridge

1990

3 Chains o' Gold poster
4.8

In Egypt, princess Maytes father is assassinated by seven men, leaving her with the sacred three chains of gold. She decides to seek out the help of Prince in USA, and sends him a tape of her dancing. Prince immediately falls in love with her, but is frightened by the commitment. He tries to escape through having sex with others, but his heart isn't in it. His heart belongs to Mayte...

3 Chains o' Gold

1994

Slave Trade: How Prince Remade the Music Business poster
6.3

In the mid-1990s reports emerged that Prince had fallen into dispute with his record company. Having signed what was ostensibly a new, 100 million dollar contract just a couple of years before, Prince was now demanding - not unreasonably to most commentators - control of his masters and the freedom to release what he wanted when he wanted. After a bitter war of words, during which the star scrawled Slave across his cheek whenever he appeared in public and routinely dissed his label, the parties finally settled and Prince henceforth was free to take full control of his music and the way it was sold to consumers. Prince approached this task with devastating foresight as he routinely created new marketing concepts which, with time, became the norm across the music world.

Slave Trade: How Prince Remade the Music Business

2014

Prince and the N.P.G.: Diamonds and Pearls Video Collection poster
7.2

Prince and the new power generation music video

Prince and the N.P.G.: Diamonds and Pearls Video Collection

1992

Prince & The New Power Generation: Live at Glam Slam poster
7.3

Organized and recorded on very short notice, Live At Glam Slam provides fans with the opportunity to experience Prince and the NPG at the peak of their powers. Arranged to preview the Diamonds And Pearls Tour, this intimate January 11th performance finds Prince & The New Power Generation tearing through songs from the recently released Diamonds And Pearls album at breakneck pace.

Prince & The New Power Generation: Live at Glam Slam

1992

Prince and the New Power Generation: Gett Off poster
8.0

A collection of music videos from Prince and the New Power Generation

Prince and the New Power Generation: Gett Off

1991

Prince: The Beautiful Experience poster
NR

This promotional movie for 1-800-NEW-FUNK features a collection of unreleased music videos and live performances from the artist.

Prince: The Beautiful Experience

1994

Prince: Love 4 One Another poster
NR

A television special produced for VH1

Prince: Love 4 One Another

1996

Prince: The Sacrifice Of Victor poster
8.0

Available for The 1st Time! Exclusive footage taken from one of Prince and the N.P.G.'s infamous aftershow parties! Act II Aftershow - Bagley's Warehouse, London : 8th September 1993 (am)

Prince: The Sacrifice Of Victor

1994

Prince: The Undertaker poster
7.5

This recording was made in a continuous single live-in-the-studio pass in collaboration with NPG drummer Michael Bland and bassist Sonny T. Prince originally intended to give this live CD away free with 1,000 copies of Guitar Player magazine in 1994, but he was reportedly barred by Warner Bros. from doing so. A video recording of the performance was released in Europe (on VHS and Laserdisc) with small edits throughout the performance and "Dolphin" replaced by the audio track from the official video of the song from The Gold Experience.

Prince: The Undertaker

1993

Prince: The Ryde Dyvine poster
NR

An ABC TV Special that aired on December 19th 1992

Prince: The Ryde Dyvine

1992

Prince - Live in La Coruna 1990 poster
8.0

Prince concert at Estadio Santa María del Mar, La Coruña, Spain on 29 July 1990 for the Nude Tour.

Prince - Live in La Coruna 1990

1990

Prince in Japan '90 poster
9.0

Prince performs live at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on August 31, 1990. Originally broadcast on Japanese television.

Prince in Japan '90

1990