"Michael Bland" is best known as a drummer for Prince (musician)/Prince starting in 1989. He was with Prince during The New Power Generation era and played with him live and on albums for 7 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.

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We did [the reunion concert] without a lot of expectations. It was just for fun with a little bit of terror mixed in. If I don't ever pick up a guitar again, I'll always look at [that concert] as one of the greatest things I've ever done.

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The guitar I now have is permanently out in my house, which my wife loves. But now my kids are interested in it. They definitely thought the old man was much cooler once I started playing again.

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