'He was a huge fan' – How Prince became the patron of the psychedelic underground

One of the unlikely byways of Prince’s career was his interest in the LA scene called the Paisley Underground – and it was his patronage that made the Bangles stars“He was a distant figure,” Michael Quercio of the Three O’Clock told me of his single encounter with Prince, his label boss, and a man he believes had been inspired by the music he and a handful of other bands had been making in Los Angeles in the early 80s. “We met him once. He had opened up the...

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