I feel like I haven't taken it all in yet.

Feelings of sadness, confusion and anger has been switching on and off in me since a friend og mine wrote me at work yesterday.
The Prodigy opened my eyes to electronic music as a young kid.
The music has been a way for me to escape reality and just be in the present. My sanctuary. My secret. My home.
Now the innocence has died.
It is as if a blanket has been swept all over the fun, and now only the feelings of despair are left and they are just overwhelming me. Slowly. 'Cause most of all I just feel empty.

Much love to Keith, Maxim and Liam.
What a ride!
Thank you.
My condolences to all in here.

Saw the announcement canceling shows...

As much as I hope this isn't the end, this is completely understandable. I feel for Liam and Maxim and their families and friends. Such a sad time. Keith was an immense presence and, as people who shared their stories have shown, a genuine great soul. It pains me to think he hurt this much inside to do something like this. I wish he was still here with us. I wish I could give him a hug. I fully support whatever decision Liam and Maxim make about the future of The Prodigy. I just hope they know that they are loved. We are here for them. A world without The Prodigy would be a sad place. I spent most of my life with that amazing (sometimes frustrating) feeling waiting for the next Prodigy release. The joy your music has brought all of us. We all knew the end was inevitable, but not like this. R.I.P. Keith Flint. Stay stong, Liam and Maxim.

I liked what I saw a few others wrote: We will be ready when you are ready.

What can I say?? Following this band from 1993 and now I feel like I lost a close friend or relative... No words to describe it at all.. R.I.P crazy man

Felt I needed to come here to say a few words. This band is more than a band to me, it has been one of my passions in life since I was 17 years old (i’m 42 now). It’s always been my band, my thing. I’ve relied on them throughout my life. I can track periods of my life around Prodigy album cycles. The amazing music, the peerless, innovative live shows. They were a band of brothers, always solid, supremely talented. My boys, my band.
Hearing the news yesterday has absolutely floored me. Selfishly I was angry because my band would be no more. That it had been ripped away from me.
Then I thought about the human toll. Keith, although I never met him, feels like family to me. I’ve grown up with him. I’ve admired him. I’ve buzzed off him.
I’m devastated his life has been cut short so tragically, that he felt this was the only answer.
Then I think about Liam and Maxim, they must be beyond distraught right now, as well as all other friends and family.
Liam’s statement broke my heart yesterday, you could feel the shock in his words, the disbelief.

Nothing we say or do can change what has happened. We have to come to terms with it, be thankful for Keith’s life and the joy he brought to us all.

I can’t even listen to the music right now, it makes me too sad. I hope in time that will change. Sadly it’ll never feel the same again. What a loss. I’m stunned.

There's a post on Leeroy's Facebook about Keith (I can't post the exact post as I'm not on Facebook).

https://www.facebook.com/leeroy.thornhill.5/posts/

Well according to the lady with those accounts, she is NOT the former Mrs KF. Poor girl!

It is a great recording, vintage. But being pre-Firestarter, I find it a wierd choice for remembering Keith - he doesn't feature in the audio at all! Something more recent would be better.

I never thought I'd be able to listen to the Prodigy again after this.

But as Freddie Mercury rightly said, the show must go on and I'm going through a bunch of random tracks - it would be a betrayal to all three of them, especially Keith, to stop listening to their legacy, their brilliance. I completely expect the band to wind up after this, certainly performing anyway, but the music will live on forever, as will Keith.

The tributes I've seen for him in the press fit the man - James Blunt's tribute moved me close to tears:

https://twitter.com/JamesBlunt/status/1 ... 0207113216

Then this one made me unexpectly smile.

https://twitter.com/scully1888/status/1 ... 2739140608

This whole thing will take time to come to terms with, it's the biggest shock in our collective musical lives. But these guys are icons, Keith being the unmistakable face of the brilliance of all modern music by the Prodigy and inspired by it and once the dust has settled a little following this tragedy Keith's legacy will live forever.

We Live Forever.

Danny, it isn't easy to get over something that's been a part of your life for so long. I would say give them a listen, live in that moment, and understand why it's making you feel this way. Don't be ashamed to mourn something as 'simple' as a singer, or a band. This is the reality now, feel free to keep posting if it helps, or send a PM if it still bothers you.

We don't know what he meant, mate, I'm pointing out things worth pointing out. He said some things which came to pass, and therefore are worth mentioning in this context, rather than being ignored.
I don't think his statements about killing himself were only about being physically debilitated by old age or developing physical impotence due to natural aging. Maybe it was about starting to go downhill as a person, which he didn't want to deal with. Maybe ending it during the "happy days" was what mattered to him. We will never know. It's worth noting he had this going on in his head for quite some time, and he unfolded naturally through that time with Liam and Maxim in gigs and albums regardless of these thoughts.
Maybe he did in fact succumb to depression. Or maybe he just wanted something else than a classic unfolding of time, because that way he is in control and thus comes up winning against time. We will never know. Suicide is the hardest thing to digest by observers like ourselves.

As for myself, I find it very hard to believe he actually went through with it. I have to cope with this somehow, as we all have to.
One love.

saw on FB

I have to say that I find this somewhat upsetting. I was always proud of being a fan of a band that does what feels right and not what is expected of them. Never about money or fame or whatever.

But now it seems like both Liam and Keith (and I can only imagine, Maxim) have been burnt out. I never wanted to believe it when people said here in the forums that they were just going through the motions in their live shows. As long as they were into it, I was there to have fun and support the band as many times as I could afford.

Basically I'm disappointed that the band wasn't as honest as they claimed to be, specifically with us, loyal fans. I'm not saying Keith's suicide is a result of what is said in these statements. It's just one thing that we would have never known unless he had committed suicide, and I'm pretty sure other things like this will come to light. I hope not to be even more disappointed by them.

Maybe it's just the anger stage of my grief over Keith and The Prodigy, so take this with a grain of salt.

Suicide is part of an illness of the mind, it isn’t nesseasery linked to having an unfulfilled life. You can have seemingly the happiest and most fulfilling life imaginable and still have suicidal thoughts.

So stop hunting for some kind of logical reason or clues from the past, I don’t think that’s what Keith would have wanted.

Now is a good time to try and better understand mental health.

thats exactly what i said
and the tracklisting is arse backwards break and enter and one love are played twice
thought it started with speedway ?

I still can't believe this has happened, it seems like a bad dream. Nothing can last forever, but to end like this is so tragic. When you listen to The Prodigy it's so full of energy, so full of life, and when you watch them perform live it's euphoric, quite the opposite of depression and suicide.

There are a lot of living musicians out there who if they committed suicide, unfortunate as it is to say, I wouldn't be surprised. For Keith to do this, and at a time like this, I just can't fathom it. I keep asking why, but even if we knew it wouldn't help bring him back because death is forever. He will however live forever through the lives he's touched.