english music prodigy masterclass at mit

ENGLISH MUSIC PRODIGY MASTERCLASS AT MIT TV

When the Prodigy's Firestater video was shown on TOTP TV a record number of complaints were sent to Top Of The Pops complaining about Keith Flint. Keith was known to be every parents nightmare, and also had a lot of complaints about how scary he was. Thanks to the videos for Firestarter and Breathe, Keith had became an icon for 90s pop culture. When The Fat Of The Land was released, almost half the tracks had Keith doing his snarling vocals. Keith with his German Shepherd protection dog. (although he wasn't really a singer, his voice had superb tone).

He said 'I've been screaming with my body for the past six years, so now it's time to scream with my mouth'. Spiked up on each side, having it some kind of colour, and having it shaved in the middle. This was premiered at the Island in Ilford, Essex, which was followed by more UK dates, in which Keith had shaved his colourful hair into a double mohican style. He took to coming on stage in a giant transparent plastic ball.īy the end of 1995, reports were seeping out from Braintree that Keith had done some punk-style vocals for a new Prodigy track, called Firestarter. The eyeliner was more evident, as were his new facial piercings, and he danced more frantically than previously. His hair was cropped short, and dyed pink. In 1995, Keith took a big image change when he appeared on stage at the Prodigy's legendary headline slot on the second stage at Glastonbury Festival 1995. In 1994, he was often seen on stage wearing eyeliner, dancing to the tunes of the Jilted era. On stage Keith was a real spectacle - a human blur most of the time, shouting, spitting, and 'visually expressing' himself, as he said in many interviews.Īfter the Experience era, Keith began to show the first of many changes to himself - a part of the evolution to the Keith we used to know him. Keith was the band's most popular and regonized member and was often referred to as the 'frontman' for the Prodigy, due to his new-found vocal role in 1996's Firestarter, a claim which he denied. On the date of their first ever gig, reggae MC Maxim Reality joined them, having been recruited by the act's manager Ziggy. They wanted to start up a stage act with Liam as soon as possible, with Keith, Leeroy and Sharky as the dancers and Liam as the centre of the act, at the keyboards. When Keith and Leeroy listened to Liam's work, they were stunned. Maxim & Keith giving their 110% at Glastonbury 1995 show just before Firestarter was even released. Having seen and heard local DJ Liam Howlett at the Barn, Keith managed to approach him, and got a tape of a DJ set, along with Liam's own material on the b-side created at home. The two were quite a contrasting pair, and Sharky would often tag along with them. Having never danced before in his life, he managed to hone his dancing skills there, developing himself into the fast-paced act we know him as today.īy contrast, Keith's friend Leeroy, who he had met at The Barn, was more into calmer dancing, in the style of funk. He spent a lot of his time dancing in The Barn in Braintree. Keith eventually became a big fan of raving in it's inception around 1988 and was a regular on the M25 motorway scene. Because of this, he had earned the nickname Sheepdog. He had grown his hair long, and usually wore an Afghan coat. He came back to the UK later, living in some accommodation in Braintree with friends, alongside Sharky. Having been kicked out by his dad, he spent some time in Israel, as a market-stall trader. Flint then worked as a roofer and later enthusiastically embraced the acid house scene of the late 80s.Īs said Keith came from a broken home, and had never really wanted a proper career. He was expelled from school at the age of 15. He attended the Boswells School in Chelmsford and moved to Braintree after leaving school where he eventually met Liam Howlett at local rave club the Barn in Braintree. Flint was described as being a 'bright boy with dyslexia' and was disruptive in class. His childhood was described as unhappy and he feuded with his parents, who parted when he was young. Flint was born in Redbridge, London, England, to Clive and Yvonne Flint, on 17 September 1969 and initially raised in East London in the mid-1970s his parents moved out to Springfield, Essex.

English music prodigy masterclass at mit