The Secret Life of PRINCE: Jul.1992

VOX — July 1992   Price: £1.70

“NIRVANA — Kurt Response”

But tucked into the right‑hand column is the Prince feature:

“The Secret Life of PRINCE”

This is classic 1992 VOX — mixing grunge, classic rock, and pop‑culture icons in one issue. Prince is positioned as the enigmatic counterweight to the rawness of Nirvana.

The cover also highlights:

Dire Straits — “It gets boring after the third number”

Crowded House

Midnight Oil

Frank Zappa

Santana

A £2,000 audio‑gear giveaway

And the masthead reminder:

“From the makers of NME”

VOX always leaned slightly more adult, more design‑driven, and more feature‑heavy than NME, and this cover is a perfect example.