Fink was auditioned by Prince in November 1978 in Pepe Willie’s basement, when he has assembling a band to do live performances. Prince already had a bassplayer, his childhood friend Andre Anderson and drummer Bobby Z. for his band.Īfter he put an ad out in Minneapolis newspaper 'City Pages' reading Warner Bros. Recording artist seeks guitarist and keyboard player, guitarist Dez Dickerson and keyboard player Gayle Chapman were recruited. Prince however needed two keyboard players to be able to reproduced the thick layered sound of the For You album during live shows. One of the players that auditioned was James Harris who later ended up in The Time, he was a good enough player, but to have an eclectic band (white and black, male and female) Prince preferred to have a white keyboard player, so the search went on. Therefor Matt Fink, an acquaintance of Bobby Z. was asked to audition, which landed him the job. Fink" during the Rick James Tour ’80 when Prince was the opening act. Wearing a jail outfit quite similar to one of Rick James outfit on "Bustin Out (On Funk)", Prince asked Fink to change his image and come up with ideas: "In one video I wore a tacky looking paratrooper’s jumpsuit. It was actually Prince’s, but didn’t fit him. I had also worn a black-and-gold suit with tails a la "Elton John". I was also looking at trying to do something in black leather, but there wasn’t enough time to get that together.Īnother idea was a guy in a doctor’s suit. He said: "why don’t try you try on a doctor’s suit and you can become Dr. He sent his wardrobe person out in Chicago - we were on the road - who brought back a pair of scrubs, a stethoscope and a mask."įink left Prince’s band after signing a contract with another company to produce a record. He turned down his position as keyboard player for the Rock In Rio performances to avoid losing money by backing out his new contract. Prince then recruited Tommy Elm (renamed Tommy Barbarella) to fill in Fink’s position. What was supposed to be a spot on replacement became permanent, as Prince kept Elm in the (new) NPG band and didn’t call Fink back. Fink recalls: "In a way it was a combination of self-imposed leaving and being let go by Prince".įollowing his work with Prince, Fink built his own studio facility StarVu in Savage, MN, USA and started working on different projects, from video game soundtracks, radio and TV commercials to voice over work. He worked for five years with Dominion Records (a subsidiary of K-Tel Records). Fink also released his own Sony Acid Loop Library entitled Dr. Snoop Dogg, Jimi Blue, Popstars On Stage Allstars and Lipps Inc. In 2001 he released an album called Ultrasound. In June 2007, Doctor Fink signed an exclusive management deal for the European market with German-based management and production-company Mozart & Friends. In early fall of 2010, Fink joined The Purple Experience tribute band rehearsals. Their first show took place in November 2011 at the Feather Falls Casino, Sacramento (CA). Fink and the band are still active in 2013 and play shows regularly.įink still does production work at his recording facility StarVu Studios he has worked with his son Maxwell Fink’s band "Q the Clique". Feel Better, Feel Good, Feel Wonderful: Dr.MF: I studied jazz and classical piano with 5 different teachers while growing up in St.Early Prince Band, The Revolution, The 87-89 Band, Madhouse.On 9 March 2013, he joined Bobby Z., Andre Cymone and Dez Dickerson at Bobby Z.’s annual benefit "Celebrate Life" concert held at First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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