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Michael Bland

drummer aka Michael B.

From
Minneapolis, United States
Since
1969–present
Releases
2

About

Michael Bland (born March 14, 1969) is an American musician 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.

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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 & 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. He worked with Vulfpeck playing drums on "Hero Town," which was released October 2017.

From Michael Bland on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Discography

Albums 1
EPs 1

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Instrumental supporting musician

Also known as

Michael B.

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Identifiers

IPI
00224155301
IPI
00343343386

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.