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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wendy and Lisa are a pop music duo
comprised of musicians
Lisa Coleman
(keyboards, vocals) and
Wendy Melvoin
(guitar, vocals and occasionally on bass)
that formed in the mid 1980s.
The two were childhood friends,
both from musical families
which often performed together;
Wendy's father,
Mike Melvoin,
was an in-demand session musician
and was president of the National Academy
of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS)
in the 1980s, while Lisa's father,
Gary Coleman (not the actor)
was also an in-demand session musician
for jazz artists.
The "EVIL" Gary Coleman.
~The Revolution~
In 1980, Lisa Coleman replaced
Gayle Chapman in Prince's
touring band.
Coleman was well-liked by Prince
and was asked to contribute vocals
to several tracks over his next few albums.
In 1983, Dez Dickerson
left the band due
to religious conflicts.
Coleman suggested Melvoin as a replacement.
Prince accepted Melvoin into the band
as they began to record Purple Rain.
The film and album were a phenomenon,
catapulting himself and the newly
named The Revolution as superstars.
Prince's personal life also became intertwined
with Melvoin's,
when he began dating her twin sister
Susannah.
The team of Coleman and Melvoin
worked extremely well together.
Prince saw this and tapped their talents
for the albums following Purple Rain.
Their influence was particularly heard
on several tracks on the Parade album,
the soundtrack to Prince's film
"Under the Cherry Moon".
Despite their growing contributions,
the duo felt they were not getting the
recognition and credit they deserved.
During 1986 Wendy and Lisa became
increasingly disillusioned with Prince's
decision to expand the Revolution with
non-musicians,
such as Wally Safford and
Gregory Allen Brooks,
and Prince's increasing machismo
that these new members brought with them.
Unhappy and vocal about their feelings,
they were eventually convinced to remain
with the band and to go on tour that year
with the "Hit and Run" shows.
However, Prince felt spurned and by the
end of the tour he had already decided
he would dissolve The Revolution
once the tour was complete.
Hence, by October 1986,
Coleman and Melvoin
were fired by Prince
(along with Bobby Z),
disrupting the "Dream Factory"
project that was already completed
and effectively dissolving The Revolution.
~Contributions~
Prince cultivated a number of artists
who were eventually labeled "proteges".
These artists, often female artists but
occasionally bands -like The Family,
usually contributed vocals to music that
Prince had written music and lyrics for
and produced.
Because of their sometimes outlandish
onstage appearances, the duo of
"Wendy and Lisa"; (much like Sheila E. )
are often miscategorized as being part
of Prince's "protege harem."
~Vanity~
~Prince's Girls~
~Apollonia~
~Jill Jones~
Her New single-
"Some One To Jump Up"
Out Now!
~Sheila E.~
It is important to note that,
like Sheila E.,
Melvoin and Coleman were clearly
professional musicians in their own right.
Regardless of critical assessments of either
Wendy and Lisa's or Prince's
work, the duo definitely had an influence
and impact on Prince's sound.
The pop/blue eyed soul/funk hybrid
can be heard on Purple Rain,
"Around the World in a Day"
and "Parade" .
Their influence is also extremely prominent
on a number of unreleased songs
recorded together with Prince
during 1984, 1985 and 1986,
during which they would either co-write
material, co-produce and co-compose.
Prince would often create the basic tracks
and leave it to the female duo to finish,
adding their own unique embelishments
along the way.
Prince's music after their
departure became significantly more
funk-driven, while their pop/R&B hybrid
can be heard clearly on their first few albums.
~On their own~
The next year, the duo released an album
simply entitled Wendy and Lisa
with Columbia Records.
The lead single, "Waterfall"
received some airplay, and the music video
was played on MTV and VH1.
The album was a moderate success,
but did not approach the sales figures of
The Revolution.
The sound was a continuation
of the pop/dance/R&B fusion that had been the
hallmark of their work with Prince;
many Prince fans that were more fond
of his funkier music did not follow the duo's work.
They released a follow up album,
"Fruit At the Bottom",
which was not a commercial success.
After a few years,
the duo signed with Virgin Records
(already their label in Europe)
and released
Eroica,
an album with a more alternative rock feel.
They had a minor radio and dance club
hit with the single "Strung Out".
In 1991, Virgin UK released
"Re-mix-In-a-Carnation" ,
a selection of club mixes from
the first three albums as remixed
by producers like
The Orb,
William Orbit,
and Nellee Hooper.
In the mid-Nineties,
Wendy and Lisa worked on
several movie projects
with record producer Trevor Horn,
including session work with Sea
and vocals on the soundtrack for "Toys"
and their first scoring work,
for "Dangerous Minds".
During this period, they worked
to record a full length
album under Horn's production,
however the project (sometimes mistakenly
called
"Friendly Fire"
by fans and bootleggers)
has never been released.They are also responsible for the
music for several television shows in production,
including the award winning-
"Heroes"
and
"Crossing Jordan",
both on NBC.
~Girl Bros.
and beyond~
Feeling confined by the
"Wendy and Lisa"
moniker, the duo enlisted alternative producer
Tchad Blake
(Soul Coughing, Cibo Matto)
and released a CD in 1998
under the name "Girl Bros" .
Their sound had begun to evolve
on "Eroica" and while Girl Bros
was still pop/funk based,
it also could be categorized as alternative music.
Melvoin and Coleman
have made numerous contributions
to film scores and to television themes
(for example, they wrote theme music
and background scores for TV-shows
such as
Crossing Jordan,
Carnivale
and their newest venture
The Bionic Woman
& Heroes ).
Their latest film score was for
"Something New",
released in February 2006.
As sessionists and producers,
they have also appeared,
together or separately,
on albums by Sheryl Crow,
Eric Clapton,
Neil Finn,
Joni Mitchell,
Me'shell Ndegeocello,
Michael Penn,
Liz Phair,
Seal,
Lisa Marie Presley,
Shenkar,
and Victoria Williams,
to name a few.
They have been frequent collaborators
with k.d. lang,
whom they first worked with during "Eroica";
they have played on all of her subsequent albums.
In 2005, Wendy Melvoin
produced the first commercial album by The Like.
Melvoin's brother-in-law Doyle Bramhall II
is another frequent collaborator;
Wendy and Lisa performed on his first
and second albums (producing the first)
in addition to performing alongside him on
several other artists' sessions.
In the summer of 2005,
Wendy and Lisa performed live as "Pacifico"
in a supergroup band that also included
Bramhall,
Susannah Melvoin,
drummer Abe Laboriel, Jr.,
and hip hop writer/producer
Mike Elizondo, Jr.
(better known for his work with Eminem and 50 Cent).
The set of shows at Hollywood's "Largo"
was marked by special guest performances
which included Coleman's sister
Cole Ynda, singer Nikka Costa, and Eric Clapton.
Another supergroup,
Funksway,
is featured in the 2006 music documentary
"Before the Music Dies."
That incarnation replaces
Abe Laboriel, Jr. with The Roots'
?uestlove and adds Erykah Badu.
In addition to their featured performance in the movie,
the group played a live set during the 2006
South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas
to celebrate the film's world premiere.
The duo's somewhat erratic relationship
with Prince
has continued;
in 2006, the duo accompanied Prince
on-stage during his performance
at the
2006 Brit Awards
in London,
where they performed such songs as
"Fury" and "Purple Rain".
It was the first time in 20 years that the
three had played together in front of a
live audience
(Sheila E. also joined the band on-stage).