Here's another interesting case. In 1990, Prince started forming a new backing band for himself, after the Revolution imploded in 1986 and his newer, untitled backing band was starting to wear thin. He christened them the New Power Generation and their members are:

* Levi Seacer, Jr. - rhythm guitar (1991-1993)
* Kat Dyson - rhythm guitar (1996-1997)
* "Rev." Michael Scott - rhythm guitar (1997-2001, 2004, 2006)
* Sonny T. - bass (1991-1996)
* Rhonda Smith - bass (1996-2004)
* Tommy Barbarella - keyboards (1991-1996)
* Michael Bland - drums (1991-1996)
* Kirk Johnson - percussion, backing vocals, drums, drum machine programming (1993-2000)
* Tony M. - rapping (1991-1993)
* Mayte Garcia - backing vocals (1992-1996)

Of course, there are plenty more members, but these are the ones that appeared on the albums accredited solely to them. Prince, like The Time, wrote nearly all of their music, but the band actually played their own instruments. Prince deliberately introduced the NPG's work as a separate entity by releasing his own song "Pink Cashmere" the same day that NPG's debut album ''Goldnigga'' came out. However, Prince being Prince, he took up the name Tora Tora so he could contribute to the NPG's second album, ''Exodus''. The band was ultimately dismantled in 1996, where Prince retained the name but hired entirely new musicians. For this second iteration, he included himself in the NPG and took over for lead vocal duties. His likeness appearing on the cover of ''Newpower Soul'' cemented this notion. While the band has not recorded any further albums, they remained Prince's backing band until 2012, contributing a lot musically to his live show.

Discography:
* ''Goldnigga'' (1993)
* ''Exodus'' (1995)
* ''Newpower Soul'' (1998)
* "Peace" and "The Daisy Chain" singles (2001)

!New Power Generation provides examples of:
* AndYouWereThere: Invoked by Sonny in the closing minute of ''Exodus''.
* ConceptAlbum: ''Goldnigga'' loosely based itself around phone calls between members. For example, in one segue it's mentioned that "the record company" wants a song with a positive message, and another band member responds by saying he's got a new song to try out. Cue said song. ''Exodus'' goes into full blown concept with 12  of its 21 tracks containing SpokenWordInMusic. On this album, the band show up at a nightclub only for them to be playing "ladies night" fare. After the band kicks out the DJ and plays their own music, the DJ gets back at the instigator Sonny by introducing him to two women who will poison him later via a bowl of soup. The soup makes him dream he and the band are in the future taking over a spaceship from a guy who wants to use his "endorphinmachine" to take over the world. Then [[AllJustADream Sonny wakes up]].
* EpicRocking: "Johnny" and "The Exodus Has Begun", amongst others.
* FaceOfTheBand: Played with. Tony M. was lead for the first album, followed by Sonny, then by Prince, who put his face on the cover of ''Newpower Soul''.
* NWordPrivileges: ''Goldnigga''.
* PaperThinDisguise: Prince calling himself Tora Tora in order to sing lead vocals on ''Exodus''. It didn't fool anyone.
* RevolvingDoorBand: The list above provides only half of the people who have been part of the NPG.
* SpokenWordInMusic: Some on ''Goldnigga'' and tons on ''Exodus''. The latter features additional skits unrelated to the shoestring plot in which Sonny watches television; the show he's watching is a skit within a skit by Prince and each one goes on for three minutes a piece (but are surprisingly funny.)
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Apollonia played Prince's girlfriend in ''PurpleRain'' and the entire band made [[TheCameo a cameo]]. An album, ''Apollonia 6'', followed in 1984 but by this point Prince lost interest in his GirlGroup, which probably explains why he allowed more input from others - ''Apollonia 6'' featured backing vocals from Wendy and Lisa and Jill Jones, but even this couldn't save the album from even weaker material than before and even more over-the-top "explicit" lyrics that stumbled bravely into Narmland, as seen by the hilariously stupid "Sex Shooter" and the also hilariously stupid HotForStudent song "Happy Birthday Mr. Christian". You know you're in a bad position when what's most notable about your album is what songs ''didn't'' make it - reportedly, Prince had considered "Manic Monday", "17 Days", "The Glamorous Life" and his duet with Apollonia, "Take Me With U", for inclusion before coming to his senses and giving them to TheBangles, himself, Sheila E. and himself again (on the ''PurpleRain'' soundtrack) respectively.

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