<P> `` The Kid '' is the talented but troubled frontman of his Minneapolis - based band , The Revolution . To escape his difficult home life -- his father is verbally and physically abusive , and his mother is emotionally abusive -- he spends his days rehearsing and his nights performing at the First Avenue nightclub . First Avenue 's three house band slots are held by The Revolution , the flashy Morris Day and his group The Time , and Dez Dickerson and his group The Modernaires . Morris , aware that The Revolution 's guitarist Wendy and keyboardist Lisa are frustrated by the Kid 's unwillingness to play their compositions , lobbies Billy Sparks , the nightclub 's owner , to replace The Revolution with a girl group which Morris is already forming . He targets the Kid 's girlfriend Apollonia -- an aspiring singer and new arrival in Minneapolis -- to lead his group , and tries to persuade her that the Kid wo n't help her because he 's too focused on himself . She eventually joins Morris 's group , which Morris names Apollonia 6 . When she reveals her partnership to the Kid , he becomes furious and slaps her , as his father had struck him earlier . </P>
<P> `` The Kid '' is the talented but troubled frontman of his Minneapolis - based band , The Revolution . To escape his difficult home life -- his father is verbally and physically abusive , and his mother is emotionally abusive -- he spends his days rehearsing and his nights performing at the First Avenue nightclub . First Avenue 's three house band slots are held by The Revolution , the flashy Morris Day and his group The Time , and Dez Dickerson and his group The Modernaires . Morris , aware that The Revolution 's guitarist Wendy and keyboardist Lisa are frustrated by the Kid 's unwillingness to play their compositions , lobbies Billy Sparks , the nightclub 's owner , to replace The Revolution with a girl group which Morris is already forming . He targets the Kid 's girlfriend Apollonia -- an aspiring singer and new arrival in Minneapolis -- to lead his group , and tries to persuade her that the Kid wo n't help her because he 's too focused on himself . She eventually joins Morris 's group , which Morris names Apollonia 6 . When she reveals her partnership to the Kid , he becomes furious and slaps her , as his father had struck him earlier . </P>
what was the name of the club in purple rain
what was the name of the club in purple rain
First Avenue
First Avenue