The Prodigy

Who does not know The Prodigy ? The English electronic dance music group that made such an impact in dance music arounf the world was formed in 1990 by Liam Howlet. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, having sold over 25 million records worldwide.

Their music uses various styles from rave, hardcore techno, industrial, and breakbeat in the early 1990s to big beat and electronic rock with punk vocal elements in later times. The current members include Liam Howlett, Keith Flint, and Maxim. Leeroy Thornhill was a member of the band from 1990 to 2000, as was a female dancer and vocalist called Sharky who left the group during their early period. The Prodigy first emerged on the underground rave scene in the early 1990s, and have since then achieved immense and worldwide popularity. Liam Howlett named the group after his first analogue synthesiser, the Moog Prodigy.

After the release of the successful single "Charly", the charts included various "hardcore" rave tracks, to which speed and ecstasy-fuelled clubbers would dance to, but which did not appeal to reviewers from publications at the time. The band's first full length album, the critically acclaimed Experience, followed "Charly" as a landmark release in the history of British rave music with singles like "Everybody in the Place", "Fire/Jericho", "Out of Space", and "Wind It Up. In 1994, Howlett released, The Prodigy's second album, “Music for the Jilted Generation”. Following the international success of Music for the Jilted Generation, the release of "Firestarter" in 1996, helped the band break into the U.S. and other overseas markets, and reached number one on the UK Singles Chart.

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 album cemented the band's position as one of the most internationally successful acts in the dance genre, entering the UK and US charts at number one. Q magazine named The Prodigy one of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die". The Prodigy's fourth studio album, Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned, was released on 23 August 2004. In 2005, they released a compilation, Their Law: The Singles 1990-2005,

In 2008, it was announced that the band's fifth studio album would be called Invaders Must Die and would be released on the band's new label, Take Me to the Hospital. It was released on 3 March 2009, and was the first Prodigy album since 1997's The Fat of the Land to feature all three members of the band.

The power and the energy that Prodigy have on stage is something worth seeing, even if it means travelling from far away. For those who don’t have the time or money to pursue this dream, I am here for you. Lets start travelling with Prodigy……..

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