While The Prodigy's 15 minutes of fame in the U.S. The fervor carried over to the following year when The Prodigy's third album, The Fat Of The Land, topped the Billboard 200 in the U.S. The Record How The Major Labels Sold 'Electronica' To America 1, although the band had already clocked five Top 10 songs there. Back in England, it was The Prodigy's first No. The rave anthem, powered by a menacing MTV video starring a flamboyant Flint in a stars-and-stripes sweater, reached No. He will be forever missed."įlint was the face of "Firestarter," The Prodigy's 1996 anthem that is often credited with popularizing dance music in the U.S., at least among alternative rock fans.
"It is with deepest shock and sadness that we can confirm the death of our brother and best friend Keith Flint," the statement read. The band also confirmed Flint's death Monday on its Facebook account. No cause of death was confirmed, though The Prodigy's Liam Howlett wrote on Monday morning that "our brother Keith took his own life over the weekend." Keith Flint, a provocative frontman of British dance act The Prodigy who helped bring electronic music into America's mainstream, has died at the age of 49. The singer and dancer died in early March, 2019. Keith Flint, performing in London in 1996.
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