Keith Flint : "Fire Starter"

 "Fire Starter"

Keith Flint in Memoriam

09.17.1969 - 03.04.2019

Keith Charle Flint was an english Singer, Dancer, and Motrorcycle racer  best remembered as a member of Techno Dance/Rock Prodigy. Started out as a dancer and later became the co-frontman of the group with Maxim Reality.

Flint performed on the group's two most popular hits "Firestarter" and "Breathe" both released in 1996.

 Keith Flint's other musical venture was with the Punk Rock Band "Flint" which obviously he fronted and released an album titled "Device #1" in 2003. 

He owned a motorcycle racing team, Team Traction Control, which won four Isle of Man TT races throughout 2015 and 2016, and competed in the British Superbike Championship.

Prodigy was an instant hit to me,  Their beat was just compelling. and it wasnt surprising,  i listened to C and C music factory before i got deep into Rock music and heavier stuffs,,., beat box and those break dancing stuffs early in my musical development.

Heck...i even trace this love for this kind of music to one of most fave Beatles song "Tommorow Never Knows"

"The Fat Of The Land" was such a solid album.

And would remain one of the albums i'll never get tired of listening.

The Prodigy describe their style as "electronic punk", being the pioneers in this rhythm, with a punk conceptual expression in many of their albums accompanied by strong and groundbreaking rhythms.

... it was actually my first impression after first hearing "Breathe"  and noticing the similarity of the line "bye... bye .. bye" to The Sex Pistol's "Anarchy In The U.K."..  was it just only me .. but definitely there was a Pistol feel on that.

And i love the overboard connections... and if the Pistol connection was just my imagination.

The Ska and Reggae connection was definitely obvious as The Prodigy worked on a Max Romeo song "Out Of Space" and The Specials' "Ghost Town".

Keith was quite a dark character.. and in the pre internet days, his mysteriousness and peculiarity pulls so much interest that i look around for imported mags and stuffs featuring an article about Prodigy.. that wouldn't come until the advancement of technology that made information available at your very fingertips.

 the music is enough reason though for Prodigy to remain constant on my Playlist.