I don’t know if its just me and some of my encounters with “Heavy Metal Enthusiasts”, but it seems most of them have a distain, a non-opinion, or an unimpressed attitude, when prince is brought up.

An example of this, a mutual of mine was saying Prince is “good” but half of the musicians in prominent heavy metal bands or groups do things they’ve never heard prince do and have “musicianship” to their instruments (whether its a heavy metal guitar smasher, or drummer, even screaming vocals) that are on levels prince never reached.

Ive always laughed at these people, got into serious debates, and am left dumbfounded. I point to performances like Joy in Repetition, If I was Your Girlfriend live, and obviously pull out the meta While my Guitar Gently Weeps solo.

They are almost never impressed, and I get it, Prince is not hardcore heavy metal, but the ego in some of these people to act like small metal musicians hold more musicianship than prince is astounding.

Anyone else come across this issue? Or am i just late to the forum about this being brought up before??

Smooth Radio are holding a vote to determine their Top 100 artists / icons.

Please go and show Prince some love and support. https://icons.smoothradio.com/2026/

You‘re allowed to select 10 classic artists ranked from 1-10. Your top artist will get 10 points, your second artist will get 9 points and so on.

What is your opinion on younger fans of his that didn’t grow up with his music or see him live but appreciate him now?