The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music band formed in Braintree, Essex, in 1990 by producer, keyboard player and songwriter Liam Howlett.
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22 Facts About The Prodigy
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The Prodigy remain one of the most successful electronic groups of all time.
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The Prodigy had started to make his own music three years prior, beginning with hip-hop and house music before he focused on the rave scene that was gaining popularity at the time.
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The Prodigy preferred the non-confrontational atmosphere that raves brought, and began to work DJ sets in the local area while working on original music at home.
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The Prodigy turned to XL Recordings, headed by Tim Palmer and Nick Halkes, who agreed to a meeting and subsequently signed the group to a contract that involved the release of four singles.
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Shortly after signing to XL Records, The Prodigy were reduced to a four-piece when Sharky could no longer commit to the band and left.
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The Prodigy spent earnings from "Charly" on new instruments and studio equipment, expanding the group's sound with a Roland U-220 sound module and TR-909 drum machine.
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Howlett said that The Prodigy had now become an established act and would continue to produce original dance music as there was still an audience for it.
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The Prodigy was to be replaced by Gizz Butt of the band Janus Stark, who remained with the band for the next three years.
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The Prodigy were getting considerable airplay on rock stations with their controversial track "Smack My Bitch Up"—and a negative backlash for the song.
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The Prodigy version was a total reworking of Flint's track with only a few of the lyrics and melody remaining from the original and produced by Howlett.
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The Prodigy tested a few of the new tracks at Rainbow Warehouse Birmingham and Plug in Sheffield in May 2008.
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The Prodigy showcased three new songs at the Oxegen Festival in the early hours of 13 July 2008.
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On 3 May 2012, the Prodigy announced the working title of their new album How to Steal a Jetfighter.
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On 12 January 2015, the Prodigy released "Nasty" as the lead single off their upcoming album along with the title track on 26 January 2015.
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On 23 February 2015, the Prodigy released "Wild Frontier" as the second single off their upcoming album The Day Is My Enemy after announcing it three days earlier.
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In May 2015, the Prodigy announced a winter 2015 UK and mainland Europe tour, with Public Enemy as support.
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On 7 March 2022, The Prodigy announced a return to the stage with a 10-date tour of the UK in July to coincide with the 25th anniversary of The Fat of the Land, hinting that new material would be performed on the tour.
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The Prodigy is not considered entirely representative of the genre, as their production "often reflected the more intelligent edge of trip-hop, and rarely broke into the mindless arena of true big beat" according to AllMusic.
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The Prodigy are considered techno, alternative dance, electronic rock, electropunk, rave, dance-rock, electronica, breakbeat hardcore, industrial, rap rock, and rock.
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The Prodigy cited The Bomb Squad, Public Enemy, and Rage Against the Machine as influences.
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