Records that allowed him to recruit and produce other artists for the label.Īllegedly inspired by the 1980 film The Idolmaker, about the life of music promoter and producer Bob Marucci (the Svengali figure behind such 50s/early 60s teen idols like Fabian and Frankie Avalon), Prince decided to put together a poppy funk group that would serve as a pet project and an outlet for further material in the vein of his own early albums, while he himself went on to explore other genres and styles in his own career.Īfter Prince used a groove by his childhood friend Morris Day to create, ' Partyup', on his Dirty Mind album, he promised to give him a band with a contract in return. The band was assembled under a clause in Prince’s contract with Warner Bros.

Rocky Harris- Bass, replaced shortly after by Jerry Hubbard.

After 3 of the original members left the group in late 1983, a new The Time band was assembled by Prince around the remaining members. The band split once again shortly after.Īlbeit not enrolled in the original band, but as a valet/bodyguard for Morris Day, Jerome Benton soon became a full-time member of the band, when on the road.

The album was released under the new moniker The Original 7ven, as Prince owned the rights to the band name The Time. In October 2011 they released a new The Time album Condensate without any Prince input.

In 2008 The group did a live stint in Las Vegas with the original line-up. The original six members (plus Jerome Benton) reunited in 1990 but despite expectations, the reunion only brought moderate success. The band split in 1984 When Morris Day left. In 1983, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were fired from the band, after pursuing a career as producers. Vocalist Morris Day infused his cocky, swaggering personality into dance hits and the band managed to do something unique with Prince’s genre-busting innovations.īy 1982, the group had already established itself as one of the hottest bands working the live circuit. The Time is a funk and dance-pop ensemble formed in 1981 in Minneapolis from two Twin Cities funk units, Flytetyme and Enterprise. 1983 Gigolos Get Lonely Too (Warner Bros.2011 (as The Original 7ven) Condensate (Saguaro Road Records).Controversy Tour and 1999 Tour as support act.September 1981: Royal Oak, MI, USA - Royal Oak Music Theatre.

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