Wendy & Lisa: Biography

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• Vanity
• Apollonia
• Sheila E.
• Morris Day
• The Time

• Le Rock
• The Beatles
• Funkadelic
• Jimi Hendrix
• Sly & the Family Stone
• David Bowie
• Brian Eno

• Charles & Eddie
• The Pussycat Dolls

• Tchad Blake
• Michael Penn
• Doyle Bramhall II
• Prince
• Sheryl Crow
• Neil Finn
• Bobby Z

• Wendy Melvoin
• Lisa Coleman

Formed:

Jan 1, 1986

Genres:

Rock Music, Singer/Songwriter Rock Music, Dance Pop Music, Adult Alternative

Decades Active:

1980's|1990's|2000's

Artistic Quality

Low

Ratings Guide

When Prince broke up the Revolution in 1986, guitarist Wendy Melvoin and keyboardist Lisa Coleman, friends since childhood, decided to team up for a new musical project. The two had grown up together in Los Angeles, where both of their fathers were session musicians and encouraged their musical development from a young age. Coleman joined the Revolution in 1979 for Dirty Mind, and Melvoin signed on in 1984; in addition to their instrumental skills, the two also provided some of Prince's arrangements. Wendy and Lisa played almost all of the instruments on their self-titled debut and co-wrote most of the material with ex-Revolution drummer Bobby Z. After backing Joni Mitchell on Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm in 1988, the duo added Melvoin's twin sister Susannah and recorded Fruit at the Bottom, a song cycle about the ups and downs of romance. Several more family members joined up for the widely varied Eroica, which mixed Wendy Lisa's disparate influences (funk, jazz, dance, pop, rock); k.d. lang also contributed vocals. Eroica followed in 1990, and though the duo were less busy during the decade, they returned in 1998 as the Girl Bros.

- Steve Huey, All Music Guide