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Move over [[James Brown]], there's a new sex machine in town, and his name's Prince.
'''Prince Rogers Nelson''' (June 7, 1958-April 21, 2016), generally known simply as
Known as a [[I Am the Band|multi-instrumentalist]] who can play several instruments pretty epically (keyboards, synthesizers, guitar, bass, drums, drum machine) and a highly idiosyncratic (sometimes bordering on [[Control Freak]]) songwriter, Prince had a future rock star's obligatory chaotic childhood and parent separation, though his mother has stated he only had "normal disagreements" with his father, and other people have suggested it wasn't anywhere near as bad as depicted in ''Purple Rain'' or songs like "Papa" (food for thought: Prince also co-wrote several songs with his father John L. Nelson). After running away from home and staying with his neighbours (where he met future bandmate André Cymone), Prince entered his first band in the early [[The Seventies|seventies]], playing piano and guitar. A demo recorded in 1976 brought the attention of a few major record labels, and he wound up signing with Warner Bros. Records because they offered him the most creative freedom ([[Hilarious in Hindsight|commence laughter]]). His first two albums for the label, ''For You'' and ''[[Self-Titled Album|Prince]]'', were full of rather generic, disco-influenced R&B.
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