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The  Prodigy  is consists of Liam Howlett, Keith Flint, Ketti Palmer and
Leeroy  Thornhill.  Liam is the main man music wise, previously a DJ for
an  Essex  Hip  Hop  band called `Cut To Kill', turned raver.  Keith, an
ex-casual  turned  hippy world traveller.  Keeti, other wise known as MC
Maxim Reality, a rare groove and soul fan.  And Leeroy; a raver and good
mate.

The  Prodigy  started out with Liam, Leeroy and Keith, with their female
freind  Sharky,  playing live PA's at raves.  One day Sharky gave up and
so Keet was drafted in by The Prodigys first manager; Ziggy.

In  February  1991,  the  "WHAT  EVIL  LURKS" EP was released through XL
Recordings,  which sold well enough to get the band a 4 single contract.
Only  a few thousand copies of this were ever pressed and so it is now a
real collectors item.

Then  "CHARLEY"  hit  the  world  and  brought English rave to everyones
attention  overnight.   The  tune,  a  simple  collection of bass riffs,
beats,  and  a  sample  from a childrens road saftey advert.  To say the
tune  did  well  would  be an understatement, it went to number 3 in the
singles chart and stayed in the top 10 for weeks.  It was later released
into  the USA, with Joey Beltram Remix, but despite this it didn't do so
well.

"EVERYBODY IN THE PLACE", another wicked tune.  And kept from the number
one spot by a re-release of the "Bohemian Rhapsody".

Towards the end of '92 came "FIRE" and "OUT OF SPACE", the later being a
real classic, taking your brain into another dimension!

And  then, the classic album, "EXPERIENCE" way ahead of everything else,
and included some stompin' tracks.

About  a  year  after "CHARLEY", a Mixmag article claimed that the track
had  killed  rave, which led to their reputation taking a bit of a dive.
The  Prodigy fought back, releasing "ONE LOVE" as a white lable credited
to Earthbound.  The music press loved it, and The Prodigy's critics soon
ate thier own words when they found who the track was really by.

No one imagined that they could get better, but they did!  In May 94 "NO
GOOD (START THE DANCE)" was released, arguably the best track ever!

Hot  on  the  heals  of "NO GOOD's" success was the album "MUSIC FOR THE
JILTED  GENERATION",  a  work  of  art.  It had everything, from Harcore
Techno, to Rock, to Hip Hop.  Laim is `a jack of all trades'.

The first single from the album.  was "VOODOO PEOPLE" a brilliant fusing
of rock and techno, with a live flute.

And,  the  last  single  released  to  date  was "POISON".  An excellent
hip-hop  style track.  The single did quite well in the charts, although
the  edit  version; with speeded up breakbeat which sounded less elegant
and  basically didn't really do the original justice.  But despite this,
it still managed a respectable chart position.

The  recent  Tribal  Gathering  wasn't  exactly a raging success for The
Prodigy.   In an interview before they went on stage, Liam said; that he
can't just stick to one formula and just has to keep moving on.  He also
promised "A New album and new direction for The Prodigy!"

And  this  is where we finish the story for now, with exiting new sounds
on the horizon, and best of all, another tour!

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