I'm 26, and I've been a fan my entire life.

I'm 20. My parents occasionally listened to him when I was a kid.

I'm 22 and obsessed with prince the first albums I bought was the hits and b-sides, purple rain and batman all at once. At the moment my favourite albums are love symbol and lovesexy but that always changes. But the thing that really got me into prince originally was the bonus DVD of batman which had the prince videos.

18 years old here!
Prince is my favourite music to listen to, I got hooked on the Purple Rain & Dirty Mind albums, & it just escalated from there really. All my friends make fun of me for liking Prince, but it's their loss

I'm 29 so I guess that just about counts! Most folks my age don't seem to understand it.

Im 33, and I know thats over 30, but I discovered him when I was 15 and was hardcore by the time I turned 18. In fact it was while I was 18/20 that I was most hardcore about him (1994/97), kind of went off him for a while, but got back into him when I was 28 and have never looked back.
I say stick to your guns as you younger fans are the next generation to carry the cult of Prince onwards.

I'm 28, been a hard-core fan for the past 15 years.

I'm 21 and I love everything about his music. I really love how he's passionite about how he creates such amazing music and I thank him for inspiring me to write my own songs.

22 here

I'm into my 29th year and I have been listening to Prince since I was 11. Wow, I didn't even realize that its been that long. The first album that got me hooked was the Batman soundtrack because I loved the movie. Wow, again 18 years, man.

Although I'd never describe myself as a "fam" or feel hurt when someone mocks his purple weirdness or anything about him, I would describe my approach to his music as "hardcore". Whenever I find something I don't have on CD/LP/tape, I have to buy it, no matter what the price or whether I know that stuff by heart.

Just turned 30 in January but he's been my favorite artist since I was 18 when I discovered him.

Yes there are fans under age 30

ME!!!!

17 in da house!
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DarlingNikki1025 said:

Prince is lucky 2 have U.

DarlingNikki1025 said:

ME! ME! ME! IM 19

just turned 21...i am definitely a hardcore fan..my parents didn't listen to Prince at all as far as i know..at least not around me..i didn't know anything about prince till high school when a friend of mine told me how great he was..he knew because his father is a hardcore fan..however I didn't become hardcore till about 3 years ago..then I just started listening to and buying everything

22 and do'nt think there's been a day since I was 17 that I havent listened to a prince track.

I don't mean any harm, but what would draw anybody to Prince under 30? You guys were not old enough to remember when the world had "SUPERSTARS" like Prince and Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen (I think I spelled my mans last name wrong), hell even Madonna. Any of us who were around during those days witness greatness as it was happening...you guys just read about. Again, I am not trying to be biased, I just want to understand what would draw the "new school" to Prince in today's world and music scene?

Aaron6 said:

I was around for Prince's "glory days" and I remember it even though I'm 26.

I didn't read about Prince, I witnessed it.

I remember running around at 5 years old dancing to his music.

Still 29 here! That being said, not sure how hardcore I am since I don't own any bootlegs (but I do own every studio album). I guess I'm hardcore enough. He is probably my favorite artist, especially factoring in the Prince associated songs and his influence on R&B and pop with semi-related songs like "Oh Sheila".

VinnyM27 said:

Same here. I'll be 30 in March, and I've loved Prince since I was 3. I am Hardcore!

Yes, I'm 16.
I don't think I'm 'hardcore' yet, but I'm definitely getting there.

If you would have asked this 2 months ago, I would have said me, but I just turned 30 so I dont count. However, my friend who is not yet 30 is as hardcore as any Prince fan could hope to be.

VinnyM27 said:

I consider myself to be hardcore. I have copies of bootlegs, but I dont have every studio album like you do.

I'm almost 23 and i'm a huge Prince fan. I think you'll find that prince has a lot of fans under 30.

Answer to your question--YES! I have met many and my grown son has recently become one.

I'll be 21 in a couple of weeks....been a fan since I could remember. Became a hardcore fan when I was 10.

Thanks for posting the thread....starting to think that we really didnt exist in the org

18. Major fan.