Heavily tattooed and topped with a bleached mohawk, Keith Flint helped turn The Prodigy into one of the most influential groups to emerge from the underground rave scene.
LONDON - Keith Flint, frontman of British rave icons The Prodigy, has died at the age of 49, the electronic pop group said Monday."I can't believe I'm saying this but our brother Keith took his own life over the weekend," Howlett wrote.
Their biggest hits included Firestarter and Breathe in 1996 and Smack My Bitch Up in 1997, which merged intense dance beats with elements of rap and punk to create energy-driven music that turned them into international stars."It is with deepest shock and sadness that we can confirm the death of our brother and best friend Keith Flint," the group said.
The Prodigy were formed in 1990 and released two albums before becoming international stars with their 1996 chart-topper "The Fat of the Land". But The Prodigy's sound was always harder, more confrontational and frenetic, with their performances turning into intense sweat sessions that sold out venues for decades around the world."There really needed to be an antidote to the DJ scene, which made it quite brutal.""So sad to hear about Keith Flint, he was always great fun to be around and very kind to Tom and I when we first started doing shows together... great man," Ed Simons of The Chemical Brothers tweeted.
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