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here are few bands in the world as distinctive as The
Prodigy. Instantly recognisable musically and visually, the
English dance trio of Liam Howlett, Keith Flint and Maxim
Reality have been together for almost 20 years, and in that time
they’ve gone from hardcore underground rave pioneers to a
massive stadium band who combine the best of dance, rock and
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punk in an unforgettable live experience.
In 2009 the band exploded back into the charts with a ferocious
new record, Invaders Must Die, their fifth studio album. The
album was something of a return to the band’s hardcore rave
roots, combining dirty beats with catchy melodies and real
attitude, and the sound of it was, in part, shaped by what the
band had done before.
2004’s Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned was a more
experimental record, and less commercially successful as a
result. Following that, the band released Their Law, a compilation
of singles, and it was while touring that record that they fell back
in love with their own classic back catalogue, inspiring a return Start 2010 with super savings with up to 50% OFF
to the banging style of their early years.
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“We’re still here and still alive and we wanted to prove to people
we could still make great records,” says Howlett, the main
songwriter in the band. “We represent all that’s great about
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Britain, and we should be protected like a national heritage.”
He says this with a dirty laugh, because The Prodigy have always
been anti-establishment, imbuing their sound with a punk rock
ethic which saw them recruit millions of disenfranchised music Escape from the bored-room
fans around the world.
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And those fans have stayed loyal throughout. Invaders Must Die
sold well over a million copies and the band have spent the last
year playing their biggest ever live shows. The band’s tendency
to mix dance and rock has always been at the fore in the live
environment, but this time it was on record as well, with Foo
Fighters frontman Dave Grohl appearing on new single Run With
The Wolves.
“Toward the end of recording Dave Grohl called and said he was
thinking about laying down some drums for me to use,” says
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Howlett. “Soon after this hard drive arrived with loads of drum
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tracks. When I put his drums on that track and used a Keith vocal
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that we’d done, it seemed to give the album a focus. Nothing when booking
about this album was planned in terms of what I wanted it to
sound like. We just recorded stuff and then looked at it at the
end. I really wanted to have fun with it.”
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“Fun” is an understatement, as the legions of fans piling along to Edinburgh City Centre
see the band rock the house this month will testify.
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Tel: +44(0)131 558 2300
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The Prodigy are at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange on 30 January,
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