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 ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: 1984 was a strange time for American movie musicals. They weren’t exactly extinct; for the third year in a row, the Oscars found enough nominees to present an award for ...

“The Beautiful Ones” are about to look more beautiful than ever. On June 25, Warner Home Video will commemorate the 40 th anniversary of Prince’s “Purple Rain” with a rerelease of the breakthrough ...

Tell us what you really think Vincent! Opening July 27, 1984, “Purple Rain” became the surprise hit of the summer. Made in seven weeks for $7 million, the film directed by first- timer Magnoli went on ...

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 ...

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 ...