A ‘Breaking News’ banner just popped up on the BBC News website saying that Prodigy member Keith Flint has died, aged 49. No other information available just now.
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Lemonhope says
The Guardian are slightly ahead of this one
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/04/prodigy-singer-keith-flint-dies-aged-49
Mr__Hump says
Oh blimey, he was only 49.
Saw The Prodigy at Cardiff Indoor Arena back in the day. It was as rock ‘n’ roll of a gig as I’ve ever witnessed. Keith was as commanding a frontman/hype-guy as you could ask for.
Max the Dog says
I was more an interested onlooker than fan, to be honest, but I saw them support Oasis at Slane Castle with my then 16 year old (2009?) and that was a sight to behold. We were lucky to find ourselves in the pit and it was one of the most intense, and at the same time fun, sets I’ve seen.
fentonsteve says
Arson?
(sorry…)
I am also 49. Crikey, it really is no age.
Vincent says
Would not be surprised if Wincarnis and Disprin are involved, as such things can nack the heart.
Neela says
Firestarter just got played on Swedish radio, but they didn’t mention his passing. 49 is no age.
Kaisfatdad says
Shit! That is very sad news.
I saw The Prodigy at Roskilde a couple of years back and they were in a class of their own!
A wild, noisy, tempestuous, prickly, unpredictable, dangerous beastie. Rock music’s answer to the Jabberwocky.
dai says
Seems to have been suicide.
Vulpes Vulpes says
Commiserations to all friends and family. Poor lad, it’s too sad.
Sitheref2409 says
Yeah. No. I don’t know how to feel about this.
Mental health respects no person. We should take care of ourselves, in the fullest sense.
The Good Doctor says
Just played the debut album for the first time in over 20 years – Keith wasn’t doing vocals on the records at this point but the music is very much a product of them as a live crew playing at Raves and Liam creating the beats and huge build-ups for Keith and Maxim to whip the crowd up and get the party started. Still sounds amazing and made with what is, by today’s standards, very primitive technology.
When the Rave scene turned sour and was overtaken by gangland thugs on the one hand, and elite superclubs demanding patrons wear designer clobber on the other hand – it was a genius move for Keith to move centre stage and for Prodigy to morph into a filthy, noisy Hardcore Rave/Punk/Metal hybrid
fentonsteve says
The Prodigy are/were another band who don’t talk to each other. Talking is good.
aardvarknever says
The aardvarkess takes our German Short Haired Pointer to gun dog training. The training group is organised via Facebook and yesterday one of the trainers posted some fond memories of when Keith Flint bought a puppy from her and of some further contacts after that.
For me, courtesy of a former colleague who drew my attention the functional equivalence of their hair styles, he gave the Dilbert pointy-haired-boss a name – Keith.
Gary says
I liked James Blunt’s tweet:
“At the Q Awards years ago, when @NoelGallagher was saying he was leaving Ibiza because I’d moved there, and @DamonAlbarn refused to be in the same picture as me and @PaulWeller HQ was saying he’d rather eat his own s*** than work with me, Keith Flint came over, gave me a hug, and said how thrilled he was for my success”.
Max the Dog says
Yeah, that was actually mentioned on RTE radio – a good reflection on KF and, I think, on Mr. Blunt as well.
Twang says
Tragic news. Not an act I cared for but still sad to hear. The clips they are showing scare the shit out of me!
count jim moriarty says
Same here. Not remotely a fan of the racket Prodigy make, but by all accounts he was a lovely bloke.
Gatz says
I never met him (though I sold books to his then girlfriend Gail Porter, and Liam Howlett and whichever All Saint he married) but word here in Essex is that he was a very decent bloke and a pleasure to be around.
dai says
Firestarter and Breathe were awesome records, but Smack my B**** Up was disgraceful.
Sad news nevertheless.
slotbadger says
What was wrong with Smack My Bitch Up?
Moose the Mooche says
Another Keith was to blame for that.
Junior Wells says
Saw an amusing tweet. Woman says she went into labor and when they put on the tranquil chillout Enya tape, they discovered her husband had grabbed the wrong tape so she gave birth with Firestarter as the soundtrack.
Vulpes Vulpes says
Was it a boy, and christened Damian?
fentonsteve says
Which gives me another opportunity to repost one of my HORAs.
We took a compilation of Mrs F’s favourites on CD with us when we went into the maternity hospital. Alison Moyet, Sade, that kind of thing. She’s a petite and polite lady, my missus.
She was taken into theatre for an emergency C-section. I was shoved into a cupboard and told to change into scrubs, and to wash my hands. I wondered across the corridor and into the peaceful delivery room where, in the background, a radio was playing Phil Collins’ Another Day In Paradise.
The first words I heard uttered were “TURN THAT FUCKING SHIT OFF AND GET MY CD”.
A junior doctor was sent to retrieve the CD from the room we’d just vacated. On it went: “I never thought it would happen / with me and the girl from Clapham…” Yep, track 1 was Up The Junction.
The surgeon holding the knife looked at me and asked “Really?“.
fentonsteve says
Death by hanging. Rest in peace, Keith.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-47523338
Mike_H says
So not an unanswered cry for help but a firm intention. A shame.