In December of 1984, UK Heavy Metal magazine, Kerrang featured Prince on its cover, and along with a centrespread entitled Rain Dance published a 3 page article.
"there was that time when we stuck Prince on the cover of KERRANG! and everyone and their fuckin’ dog in the metal/rock world had a hairy baby in disgust and outrage, and I sat at my desk/drawing board chuckling into my bottle of Mescal, cunningly disguised as a bottle of Perrier water, as I had been one of the gang who persuaded the powers that be to go with it, and I still stand proud with my head held high that I did! For fucks sake Prince fuckin’ rocked hard at that time."
Krusher Joule
Art Director KERRANG! 1983 - 1992. BBC GLR presenter 1988- 1991. ITV NOISY MOTHERS co-presenter 1989 - 1995. Compère MONSTERS OF ROCK 1994, 95, 96.
Prince has never been embraced by rock fans, critics, or radio stations. For instance, Planet Rock has never broadcast a Prince track, while artists such as Neil Young and Bowie are regularly featured.
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