The Prodigy
Origin	Braintree, Essex, England
Genre(s)	Electropunk, electronic, rave, big beat, hardcore, breakbeat, Punktronica, electronic rock (more recent work)
Years active	1990–present
Label(s)	Ragged Flag, Cooking Vinyl, XL, Beggars Banquet, Mute, Maverick, Warner Bros., Elektra
Website	TheProdigy.com
Members
Liam Howlett Keith Flint Maxim
Former members
Leeroy Thornhill Sharky

The Prodigy is an electronic music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990, in Braintree, Essex, England. Braintree is a Town of about 42000 people and the principal settlement of the Braintree district of Essex in the East of England. Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. 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XL Recordings is an Independent record label which was launched by Tim Palmer Nick Halkes and Richard Russell with Beggars Banquet Records in 1989 to release Beggars Banquet is an English Independent record label that began as a chain of record shops owned by Martin Mills and Nick Austin, and is part of Mute Records is a Record label formed in 1978 by Daniel Miller primarily to release his own single "T Maverick Recording Company, is an American Record label and the record company division of entertainment company Maverick. Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. Elektra Records is a now-dormant American Record label owned by Warner Music Group (WMG and from 2004 on operating under WMG's Atlantic Records Liam Paris Howlett (born August 21, 1971) is the core member of the British band The Prodigy. Keith Charles Flint (born 17 September 1969 in Braintree Essex England) is a member of the British electronic band The Prodigy Keith Palmer (born 21 March, 1967, in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England) best known as Maxim is a Vocalist/MC Leeroy Thornhill (born 8 October 1968 Barking, Greater London) is a British Electronic music artist and formerly a Dancer Sharky is a former member of The Prodigy. She was a vocalist as well as a dancer but left the band in the early 1990s Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Liam Paris Howlett (born August 21, 1971) is the core member of the British band The Prodigy. Braintree is a Town of about 42000 people and the principal settlement of the Braintree district of Essex in the East of England. Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Along with The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and a few other lesser-known acts, they were pioneers of the big beat electronic dance genre. The Chemical Brothers are an English Grammy Award winning Electronic music duo of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons (occasionally referred to as Chemical Fatboy Slim, also known as Norman Cook, (born Quentin Leo Cook on 31 July 1963 is a British DJ and Big beat musician The Crystal Method is an American Electronic music duo consisting of Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland Big beat (sometimes called chemical breaks) is a term deployed in the mid 1990s by the British music press to describe the music of The Chemical Brothers, They have sold over 16 million records worldwide which is unequaled in electronic music history. ^[1] Their music consists of various styles ranging from rave, hardcore and industrial in the early 1990s to alternative rock and bigbeat with punk vocal elements in later times. Rave music consists of forms of Electronic dance music that are associated with the rave scene. "Noisecore" redirects here For the style of metalcore see Mathcore. Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of Experimental music, especially but not necessarily Electronic music. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Big beat (sometimes called chemical breaks) is a term deployed in the mid 1990s by the British music press to describe the music of The Chemical Brothers, The current band members include Liam Howlett (composer/keyboards), Keith Flint (dancer/vocalist) and Maxim (MC/vocalist). Liam Paris Howlett (born August 21, 1971) is the core member of the British band The Prodigy. Keith Charles Flint (born 17 September 1969 in Braintree Essex England) is a member of the British electronic band The Prodigy Keith Palmer (born 21 March, 1967, in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England) best known as Maxim is a Vocalist/MC Leeroy Thornhill (dancer/very occasional live keyboards) was a member of the band from 1990 to 2000, as well was a female dancer/vocalist called Sharky who left the band during their early period. Leeroy Thornhill (born 8 October 1968 Barking, Greater London) is a British Electronic music artist and formerly a Dancer Sharky is a former member of The Prodigy. She was a vocalist as well as a dancer but left the band in the early 1990s The Prodigy first emerged on the underground rave scene in the early 1990s, and have since then achieved immense popularity and worldwide renown. Some of their most popular songs include "Charly", "Out of Space", "Smack My Bitch Up", "Voodoo People", "No Good (Start the Dance)", "Breathe" and "Firestarter". " Charly " was the first single released by the British electronic act The Prodigy in August 1991 " Out of Space " was the fourth single released by the English band The Prodigy on 9 November 1992. " Smack My Bitch Up " is a song by The Prodigy, released as the band's twelfth single on November 17, 1997. " Voodoo People " is a song by The Prodigy, released as their eighth single in August 1994 " No Good (Start the Dance " is a song by The Prodigy, relaesed as their seventh single on 16 May 1994. " Breathe " is a song by The Prodigy, released as the group's eleventh single on November 11, 1996. " Firestarter " is the tenth single released by the English band The Prodigy, released on March 18 1996.

The name displayed on album covers changed from "The Prodigy" to "Prodigy" between Music for the Jilted Generation and The Fat of the Land in 1997 and back again with the release of Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned in 2004. Music for the Jilted Generation is an album by British band The Prodigy. The Fat of the Land is an album by The Prodigy. The album was released by XL Recordings on June 30, 1997 (and on July 1 However, Howlett has stated that the title has always been "The Prodigy". The change was made only to fit within the displayed logo, according to Howlett. ^[2][3]

The old website had a section dedicated to the future of The Prodigy, the only info was "We have started writing and recording new material for the 5th Prodigy album. We will be recording for the most of next year as well as playing live around the globe. Liam, Keith & Maxim. " They have been confirmed as performing at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park in June 2008, as well as T In the Park and Oxegen in July and on the Channel 4 stage at V Festival and Jersey Live in August. The Rock am Ring ( Rock at the Ring) and Rock im Park ( Rock in the Park) festivals are two simultaneous Rock music festivals held annually in T in the Park is a major Music festival that has been held annually in Scotland since 1994 Oxegen is an annual Music festival, held since 2004, sponsored by Heineken. The V Festival is an annual music festival in England, the first to be held simultaneously at two sites - currently Hylands Park in Chelmsford and Jersey Live is an indie/rock/dance Music festival held annually in Jersey.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Beginnings 1.2 "Smack My Bitch Up" controversy (USA) 1.3 Later works 1.4 Development 1.5 2005–2008 recording sessions 2 Members 2.1 Current members 2.2 Former members 2.3 Live members 2.4 Former live members 3 Discography 3.1 Studio albums 3.2 EPs 3.3 Compilations 3.4 Singles 4 Notes and references 5 External links

History

Beginnings

The Prodigy began with an initial 10-track demo by Liam Howlett, put together on a Roland W-30 sequencer keyboard in Essex, England. Liam Paris Howlett (born August 21, 1971) is the core member of the British band The Prodigy. Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland XL Recordings picked up the demo and an initial 12" pressing of What Evil Lurks was released in February 1991. XL Recordings is an Independent record label which was launched by Tim Palmer Nick Halkes and Richard Russell with Beggars Banquet Records in 1989 to release " What Evil Lurks " is a rave song written by Liam Howlett and the first EP by the English band The Prodigy There are some few thousand bootlegs of this release; it should have "the exchange" carved in the vinyl around the center of the single. The Prodigy's name was a moniker Liam had chosen as a tribute to his first analogue synthesiser, the Moog Prodigy. An analog synthesizer is a Synthesizer that uses analog circuits and Analog computer techniques to generate sound electronically The Moog Prodigy was a Synthesizer produced by Moog Music from 1979 to 1984

The Prodigy's first public performance (with Howlett augmented by dancers Keith Flint and Leeroy Thornhill) was at the Four Aces in Dalston, London. Keith Charles Flint (born 17 September 1969 in Braintree Essex England) is a member of the British electronic band The Prodigy Leeroy Thornhill (born 8 October 1968 Barking, Greater London) is a British Electronic music artist and formerly a Dancer Dalston is a district in the London Borough of Hackney, England, in Inner London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Charly released six months later, became a huge hit in the rave scene at the time, reaching #3 in the UK Top 40, catapulting the band into the wider public attention. The Kaos Theory compilation series featured "G Force (Energy Flow)" from their third single "Everybody In The Place (EP)":

In the wake of "Charly"'s success the music charts were filled with unsophisticated "hardcore" rave tracks to which speed and ecstasy-filled clubbers had danced all night to but which did not appeal to critics in "the music press" such as Urban Hype's Trip to Trumpton, and Smart E's (as in Ecstasy) Sesame's Treet, instigating death-by-publicity to the underground "hardcore rave" scene according to many critics, ravers and followers of the scene. Amphetamine, and related drugs such as Methamphetamine are a group of drugs that act by increasing levels of Norepinephrine, Serotonin, and Dopamine MDMA ( 34-methylenedioxy- N -methylamphetamine) most commonly known today by the street name Ecstasy (often abbreviated E, X, As a result Charly (a contemporary reference to cocaine), with its memorable sample of the "Charley Says" children's Public information films and The Prodigy were briefly identified by critics as "kiddie rave" or "Toytown Techno". Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant Charley Says was a series of very short cut-out animated cartoon Public Information Films for children shown in the United Kingdom in the 1970s for Public Information Films (known as PIFs) are a series of government commissioned short films shown during television advertising breaks in the UK.

Charly was soon followed by the band's first full length album, Experience, a landmark release in the history of British rave music. Experience is the debut album by the English band The Prodigy. After Experience (album track "Death of the Prodigy Dancers" featured Ragga MC band member Maxim Reality) and the run of singles that accompanied it, the Prodigy moved to distance themselves from the "kiddie rave" reputation that now dogged them. Keith Palmer (born 21 March, 1967, in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England) best known as Maxim is a Vocalist/MC The rave scene was beginning to move on from its hardcore phase, with the Criminal Justice Act's "anti-rave" legislation on the horizon. The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 was an Act of Parliament brought into law by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In 1993, Howlett released an anonymous white label, bearing only the title Earthbound I. This article is about the vinyl records for other uses see White Label (disambiguation. Its hypnotic, hard-edged sound won wide underground approval. Many former critics of the band were astounded when Howlett finally acknowledged responsibility for the record^[4]. It was officially released as "One Love" later that year, and went on to chart at #8 in the UK.

In 1994, the Prodigy's second album, Music for the Jilted Generation, was released entering the UK album charts at #1. Music for the Jilted Generation is an album by British band The Prodigy. The album displayed a wider spectrum of musical style with heavy techno and breakbeat-based tracks complemented by the concept sequence The Narcotic Suite, and rock-oriented inclinations ("Their Law", featuring Pop Will Eat Itself). Pop Will Eat Itself (also known as PWEI or the Poppies) were an English band formed in Stourbridge, with band members from Birmingham The album was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize although Howlett had reaffirmed his dedication to making The Prodigy a 'hard dance band', commercially successful but without compromise. The Mercury Prize, formerly the Mercury Music Prize and currently known as the Nationwide Mercury Prize for Sponsorship reasons is an annual music prize The band managed to continue to prevent over-exposure in the media by refusing to appear on Top Of The Pops or other TV shows in the UK. To this day their only studio appearance on British television came when they appeared on the BBC2 series 'Dance Energy' in 1991 performing 'Everybody In The Place'. In the ensuing years their videos received a strong level of support by MTV Europe which boosted their popularity across the continent. Keith Flint himself hosted an episode of the MTV show 120 Minutes in 1995.

Following the international success of Music for the Jilted Generation the band augmented their line-up with guitarist Jim Davies (who, later, joined the group Pitchshifter) in 1995 for tracks such as Their Law, Break And Enter 95, and various live-only interludes and versions. Jim Davies may refer to Jim Davies (musician, guitarist for bands The Prodigy and Pitchshifter Jim Davies (footballer (born 1926 Australian The 1996 release of Firestarter, featuring vocals for the first time courtesy of a new-look Keith Flint, helped the band break into the U.S. and other overseas markets, and reached number one in the UK. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In this year the Prodigy also headlined the prestigious Lollapalooza festival. Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring Alternative rock, hip hop, and Punk rock bands Dance and Comedy performances Firestarter's success was matched by the second single Breathe which gave the band their second number one single in the UK later that same year.

The long-awaited third Prodigy album, The Fat of the Land, was released in 1997 just as the band headlined the Glastonbury festival on its opening night. The Fat of the Land is an album by The Prodigy. The album was released by XL Recordings on June 30, 1997 (and on July 1 Like its predecessors, the album represented a milestone in the development of both the band and the wider mainstream dance scene. Featuring simplified melodies, sparser sampling, and more sneering, punk-like vocals (supplied by a shockingly madeover Flint), the album nevertheless retained the bone-jarring breaks and buzzsaw synths so idiomatic of the band. The album cemented the band's position as one of the most internationally successful acts in the hard dance genre, entering the British and American charts at number one.

"Smack My Bitch Up" controversy (USA)

Prodigy were getting a lot of airplay on rock stations with their track, "Smack My Bitch Up," and were getting even more negative backlash for the song. " Smack My Bitch Up " is a song by The Prodigy, released as the band's twelfth single on November 17, 1997. Time-Warner, Prodigy's parent company, was feeling the heat from the National Organization for Women (NOW) over the track. Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. The National Organization for Women ( NOW) is the largest American Feminist organization Although the song's lyrics are few but repetitive (in their entirety, the lyrics are "Change my pitch up, smack my bitch up"), NOW stated that the lyrics are a ". . . dangerous and offensive message advocating violence against women. " Howlett responded to the attacks by claiming that the song's lyrics are being misinterpreted: (the song means) ". . . doing anything intensely, like being on stage – going for extreme manic energy. " The band did not write the lyric, but rather sampled it from the classic Ultramagnetic MCs' track "Give The Drummer Some" which also appears on the Dirtchamber Sessions (they had also sampled another Ultramagnetic MCs song "Critical Beatdown" on their earlier "Out of Space" single). The Ultramagnetic MCs is a Hip-hop group made up of Kool Keith, Ced Gee, TR Love, and Moe Love. Prodigy Present The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One is a 1999 solo mix album by Liam Howlett of The Prodigy (the latter was used as a moniker ^[5] Several radio stations defended the song, yet only played the track at night. The music video (directed by Jonas Åkerlund) featured a first-person point of view of someone going clubbing, indulging in large amounts of drugs and alcohol, getting into fist fights with men, abusing women and picking up a lap dancer and having sex with her as well, all displaying the scenes extremely graphically. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics Jonas Åkerlund (born November 16, 1966 in Bromma) is a Swedish Film director, best known for making Music videos A drug, broadly speaking is any chemical substance that when absorbed into the body In Chemistry, an alcohol is any Organic compound in which a Hydroxyl group ( - O[[hydrogen H]]) is bound to a Carbon Abuse refers to the use or treatment of something (a person item substance concept or vocabulary that is harmful At the end of the video the camera pans over to a mirror, revealing the subject to be a woman. MTV only aired the video between 1 and 5 a. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. m. in order for mature viewers to see the groundbreaking images. The director got the inspiration for the contents of the video after a night of drinking and partying in Copenhagen. Copenhagen (ˌkəʊpənˈheɪgən ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːgən ˈkəʊpənˌheɪgən ˈkəʊpənˌhɑːgən kʰøb̥ənˈhɑʊ̯ˀn kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑʊ̯ˀn is the capital and largest city

During a performance at the Reading Festival (August 29th, 1998) The Prodigy and the Beastie Boys had an onstage disagreement over the track - with the Beastie Boys requesting the song should be pulled from their set as it could be considered offensive to those who had suffered domestic abuse. ^[6] Choosing to ignore the Beastie Boys plea, Maxim introduced "Smack My Bitch Up" with the declaration "They didn’t want us to play this fucking tune. But the way things go, I do what the fuck I want". The incident has since become part of festival folklore, and was voted one of the greatest ever live moments by the now defunct Select Magazine. Select was a United Kingdom music magazine of the 1990s which was particularly known for covering Britpop, a term coined in the magazine by Stuart

Wal-Mart and Kmart later announced they would pull The Fat of the Land off their shelves. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (or Walmart as written in its new logo is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount department stores Kmart (sometimes spelled as " K-Mart " is a chain of department stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, the U Even though the LP had resided on their store shelves for over 20 weeks, the two stores found the marketing campaign for the new single release offensive. A gramophone

In mid-2002, the complete, unedited video was aired on MTV2 as part of a special countdown showing the most controversial videos ever to air on MTV. MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on Digital cable and Satellite television, and is progressively being This countdown was only shown late at night because of the graphic imagery of "Smack My Bitch Up" and several other videos on the countdown. This video in particular was deemed the "Most Controversial Video" by MTV and showed at the #1 spot on the countdown.

Later works

1999 saw the release of The Prodigy's Dirtchamber Sessions Volume 1, a DJ mix album by Howlett, produced as an official record of a successful guest appearance on the British Radio 1. Prodigy Present The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One is a 1999 solo mix album by Liam Howlett of The Prodigy (the latter was used as a moniker

In 2002, after a break from touring and recording, the single "Baby's Got a Temper" was released to critical disappointment. The song was written by Keith Flint's sideband, Flint, and also featured Jim Davies. Flint were a musical project fronted by Keith Flint of The Prodigy. Howlett produced it. Once again, the band courted controversy by including references to the so-called "date rape" drug Rohypnol in the song lyrics, although it is unclear whether or not the band "glorifies" or presents the drug in a negative light. See also Types of rape The term "date rape" refers to the non-consensual Sexual activity between people who are known to each other either platonically Flunitrazepam (ˌfluːnaɪˈtræzəpæm is a highly potent Hypnotic drug with powerful Sedative, Anxiolytic, Amnestic, and Skeletal Lyrics (in singular form Lyric) are a set of words that accompany music either by speaking or singing In the same year, however, Q magazine named The Prodigy as one of the "50 Bands To See Before You Die". Q is a Music Magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, with a circulation of 130179 as of June 2007

The Prodigy's fourth studio album, Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned was released on 23 August 2004 (14 September 2004 in the USA. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " ) A precursory and experimental single, "Memphis Bells", was released in very limited numbers, followed by the traditional release of the single "Girls". " Girls/Memphis Bells " was a promotional single released by the British band The Prodigy on 21 June 2004 as a very limited 12" " Girls " was the fourteenth single released by the British electronic band The Prodigy on 30 August 2004. The U. S. version of the studio album contained a bonus track; a remix of "Girls" entitled, "More Girls".

5,000 digital copies of "Memphis Bells" were sold over the Internet. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks Each copy was a combination of customer-chosen instrumental, rhythmic, and melodic options, of which 39,600 (of 660,000 total) choices were available. Five mixes were sold in three file formats, WAV, two audio mixes in MP3, and a 5. WAV (or WAVE) short for Waveform Audio format, is a Microsoft and IBM Audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a Digital audio encoding format using a form of Lossy data compression 1 DTS surround sound mix and all were free of Digital rights management. DTS Coherent Acoustics is the full name for the audio format standard usually known as just DTS. 51, Multichannel audio, Multichannel music Surround 3D Surround 5 Digital rights management ( DRM) is a generic term that refers to Access control technologies used by hardware manufacturers publishers and Copyright holders The experiment was a success, with the 5,000 copies being sold in just over 36 hours in spite of server problems from the demand.

In 2005, they released a compilation, Their Law: The Singles 1990-2005, which spawned a single containing new remixes of the songs "Out of Space" (the "Audio Bullys Remix") and "Voodoo People" (the "Pendulum Remix"). Pendulum is an Australian Drum and bass group originally from Perth, Australia. The latter was also followed by a music video which featured on the DVD release of the compilation. Sharky, the group's only female member, is shown running and winning the race depicted in the video.

Their work has been featured in several video games, TV shows and movies. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U For instance, the video game Need For Speed: Most Wanted featured the song "You'll Be Under My Wheels", which was also used in an advert for the BMW 1 Series as well as the closing credits for the film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. ( BMW) (Bavarian Motor Works is an independent German automobile manufacturer founded in 1916 The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift ( Wild Speed X3 Tokyo Drift in Japan is a 2006 film directed by Justin Lin and the third As from the album The Fat of the Land, songs like "Firestarter" appeared in its instrumental version in the videogame Wipeout 2097, while "Mindfields" appeared in the film The Matrix, and the track "Funky Shit" in the closing scene and end credits of Event Horizon. Wipeout 2097 ( Wipeout XL outside Europe is the second game in the Wipeout series to be released The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction - martial arts - Action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski and Event Horizon is a 1997 Science fiction Horror film. The principal story was written by Philip Eisner (with an uncredited rewrite The titles "Voodoo People" and "One Love" appear in the soundtrack of the movie Hackers and also in the French movies Wasabi and Dobermann. Hackers is a 1995 Film that follows the misfortunes of the young hackers Dade Murphy ('Crash Override'/'Zero Cool' played by Jonny Lee Wasabi is a 2001 movie directed by Gérard Krawczyk, written and produced by Luc Besson and starring Jean Reno Dobermann ( 1997) is a French Film directed by Jan Kounen and starring Vincent Cassel. In 2006, "Spitfire" from Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned appeared in the opening scenes of an episode of CSI: Las Vegas on the CBS network in the USA, as well as a featured track in the popular Xbox 360 racing simulator, PGR 4. " Spitfire " is the sixteenth single released by the English Cross-genre band The Prodigy. Project Gotham Racing 4 is the fourth title in the main Project Gotham Racing series, developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Microsoft It also appeared in the movie House of Wax. The song "Breathe" was also featured in a FLIP skateboard companies video entitled "Sorry" and was used by Rune Glifberg. " Breathe " is a song by The Prodigy, released as the group's eleventh single on November 11, 1996. "Breathe" was also used as the entrance theme for professional wrestler Al Snow during his successful run with Extreme Championship Wrestling. Interestingly, the film Charlie's Angels made extensive use in its soundtrack of the controversial track "Smack My Bitch Up" in its first main fight sequence; this song was also used on the successful film Scary Movie 2. Scary Movie 2 is a 2001 American Comedy film and is the second film of the Scary Movie franchise The sequel, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, continues this trend with its use of "Breathe" and "Firestarter" in two major action sequences. The 2007 film Smokin' Aces used "First Warning" as the soundtrack to its violent climax, and Vexille the Japanese anime film also used the latest Prodigy track called "The Shadow" at the same year. Smokin' Aces is a 2007 Action film, written and directed by Joe Carnahan, set in Lake Tahoe, and primarily shot at MontBleu is a 2007 Japanese CGI Anime film written directed and edited by famed Ping Pong director Fumihiko Sori, and features the voices

Development

The Prodigy are a difficult band to classify, because they have developed significantly with time. Each of their albums represents a distinct stage in the band's musical development. From their initial inception as a psychedelic rave band with scene staples such as "Your Love" and "Out of Space", to the more industrial dance of "No Good", to the rock-oriented "Their Law" to punk tracks such as the L7 cover "Fuel My Fire" in more recent years, the Prodigy continue to innovate and surprise. A rave (or rave party) is a term in use since the 1980s to describe Dance Parties (often all-night events L7 (pronounced /ɛl ˈsɛvən/ was a band from Los Angeles that was active from 1985 to 2000 The Prodigy have had the ability over the years to appeal to widely varying cross-sections of music fans; from the purist dance festival Creamfields, to the more general appeal of T In The Park, to the heavy metal oriented Download Festival. The Download Festival is a three day Music festival held annually at Donington Park (which hosted the Monsters of Rock Festivals between 1980 and 1996

Because of their broad appeal to fans across several genres, The Prodigy have been described as "A rock band that plays dance music. "

2005–2008 recording sessions

During the Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned tour the band debuted two new songs, "Warning" and "Dead Ken Beats". "Warning" features Keith Flint on vocals and consists of heavy basslines and guitar riffs, whilst "Dead Ken Beats" contains a sample of the Dead Kennedys song "California Uber Alles" that features prominently throughout, and has Maxim doing vocal duties. Keith Charles Flint (born 17 September 1969 in Braintree Essex England) is a member of the British electronic band The Prodigy Dead Kennedys was an American Hardcore punk band from San Francisco, California. " California Über Alles " was the first single by the Dead Kennedys. Keith Palmer (born 21 March, 1967, in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England) best known as Maxim is a Vocalist/MC

A track that mixed "Spitfire (Nitebreed Remix)" with "Wake Up Call" has been played frequently live by The Prodigy, and was released in January 2006 as "Wake The Fuck Up" on Liam's Back To Mine compilation. Back to Mine is a series of Mix albums usually (though not always mixed by renowned DJs or composers of Electronic music.

Another new track was played during the 'Their Law' tour, which was printed on a setlist as being called "Heatwave". It is thought that it has been renamed "Heatwave Hurricane", due to Liam listing it as this among his current favourite songs for a recent interview. It has been described as "something like a cross between Hotride (live version) & the Firestarter remix". A short clip can be seen on YouTube, revealing that the song includes a sample of "I'm Five Years Ahead Of My Time" by The Third Bardo, a song which is also featured on Liam's Back To Mine compilation. YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees Back to Mine is a series of Mix albums usually (though not always mixed by renowned DJs or composers of Electronic music. The new album was set to be released in summer 2007, however in a recent interview Liam Howlett quoted "The album will be first quarter of next year, with 1 single before. It is going well and we are loving it. There are a lot of ideas, maybe 25, we are now starting to finish the best tunes and getting vocals written". ^[7] Interview by Andrew Parks (April 7th, 2008) revealed that Liam Howlett has three more months of work for the new album left. He also said that he has working album title and song titles. ^[8] At the Sheffield gig (May 16th, 2008), the band played two new tunes: World's On Fire and Warriors Dance, and they played a new version of Dead Ken Beats (which havent been in the set since 2006). ^[9] At Gatecrasher Festival (May 25th, 2008), the band played one new tune: Mescaline. ^[10]

Members

Current members

• Liam Howlett – Keyboards, Programming (1990 – )
• Keith Flint – Dancer, Vocalist (1990 – )
• Maxim – MC, Vocalist (1990 – )

Former members

• Leeroy Thornhill – Dancer, very occasional live Keyboards (1990 – 2000)
• Sharky – Vocalist, Dancer (1990)

Live members

• Rob Holliday – Live Guitarist (2005 – 2006 and 2008)
• Leo Crabtree – Drummer (2008)

Former live members

• Gizz Butt – Live and Studio Guitarist (1996 – 1999)
• Jim Davies – Live and Studio Guitarist, has his own bands Pitchshifter and Victory Pill (1995 – 1996, 2002 – 2004)
• 'The Rev' – Guitarist (2007)
• Alli Maclnnes – Guitarist (four gigs in summer 2001 and 2002 on the Big Day Out gigs)
• Kieron Pepper – Drummer and occasional Guitarist, now playing guitar with Victory Pill (December 1997 – May 2007)
• 'Snell' – Drummer, played at two concerts in July 2007
• Brian Fairbairn – Drummer (2007)

Discography

Main article: The Prodigy discography

Studio albums 1992: Experience 1994: Music for the Jilted Generation 1997: The Fat of the Land 2004: Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned 2008: TBA EPs 1991: What Evil Lurks 1995: Voodoo People 2002: Baby's Got a Temper Compilations 1999: The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One 2005: Their Law: The Singles 1990-2005

Singles 1991: "Charly" 1991: "Everybody in the Place" 1992: "Fire/Jericho" 1992: "Out of Space" 1993: "Wind It Up (Rewound)" 1993: "One Love" 1994: "No Good (Start the Dance)" 1994: "Voodoo People" 1995: "Poison" 1996: "Firestarter" 1996: "Breathe" 1997: "Smack My Bitch Up" 2004: "Girls/Memphis Bells" 2004: "Girls" 2004: "Hotride" 2005: "Spitfire" 2005: "Voodoo People (Pendulum Remix)/Out of Space (Audio Bullys Remix)"

Live Tracks (not on recordings): Gabba (1994), Trigger (2001), Nuclear (2001), Little Goblin (2001), Dust Yo'Self (2002), Night Boat To Cairo (2002), Warning (2004), Heatwave Hurricane (2005), War (2007), Shadow of the Devil (3 different versions, 2007), Warriors Dance (2008), World's on Fire (2008), Mescaline (2008)

Notes and references

External links

• theprodigy.com − official website
• The Prodigy at Allmusic
• The Prodigy at Discogs
• The Prodigy at Facebook
• The Prodigy at Last.fm
• The Prodigy at LyricWiki
• The Prodigy at MySpace
• The Prodigy at Rate Your Music
• The Prodigy at YouTube

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