Prince on the custom motorcycle featured in Purple Rain. Wendy Melvoin, guitarist for Prince’s genre-bending band The Revolution, remembers one of their most iconic songs started with an idea — and a ...

Prince was arguably the most gifted musician of the second half of the last century, but he didn’t make it easy to be a fan. He’d charged headlong to the top of the charts and pop culture with a ...

Purple Rain,” the movie, is an odd one. Fronted by a first-time actor and marred by misogyny and violence, it ultimately succeeds thanks to one of the greatest rock music soundtracks in history.

Before social media, the film Purple Rain gave audiences a peek into Prince's musical life. Band members say the true genesis of the title song... 40 years after 'Purple Rain,' Prince's band remembers ...

Wendy Melvoin, guitarist for Prince's genre-bending band The Revolution, remembers one of their most iconic songs started with an idea — and a challenge — from the boss himself. Prince broached the ...

Prince on the custom motorcycle featured in Purple Rain. Wendy Melvoin, guitarist for Prince's genre-bending band The Revolution, remembers one of their most iconic songs started with an idea — and a ...

Wendy Melvoin, guitarist for Prince’s genre bending band The Revolution, remembers one of their most iconic songs started with an idea — and a challenge — from the boss himself. Prince broached the ...