Today, Doctor Fink, who still rocks his trademark quirky doctor’s scrubs as the frontman of the Prince tribute band the Purple Xperience, preaches the gospel of Prince. But it would be cool if he reached out to the band or even thought about doing a special show to commemorate the release of Purple Rain.” Prince doesn’t have to go on a big reunion tour with the Revolution. “Bruce Springsteen got up there and admitted, ‘Yeah, we had some rough moments and yeah I disbanded the group for a long time.’ But yet Bruce had the balls to put it back together with those guys for one night and give them their recognition.
Street Band did at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,” he says of a possible reunion of Prince’s talented outfit that included Fink, drummer Bobby Z, guitarist Wendy Melvoin, fellow keyboardist Lisa Coleman, and bassist Brown Mark. “I just think it would be great for the Revolution to get back together much like how the E. But he’s not looking for a nostalgic payday. Indeed, as you shake your head in disbelief that today (June 25) marks the 30th anniversary of the classic rock-funk soundtrack to the Academy Award-winning film-a ballsy project that transformed Prince Rogers Nelson from platinum rude boy to global superstar-it should be noted that Fink was by the Minneapolis’ genius’ side almost from the beginning of his genre-blurring career. “For me, personally, I feel sad that he has kind of segregated himself from us,” he says of his former boss, the groundbreaking music visionary who shook up (and turned out) the world with his landmark 1984 release Purple Rain.Īs a former member of His Royal Badness’ backing band the Revolution, keyboardist Matthew Robert Fink still marvels at the cultural impact of the bombshell soundtrack. Doctor Fink has a message for Prince: it’s time for another Revolution.
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