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Where was the Voodoo People video shot? Where did Liam write Charly? Which Prodigy member can play the keyboards besides Liam? Who is/are the Prodigy officially? Where did they get the alligator from in the Breathe video? What do they think about Keith imitators? Where were they first forced to stop a concert? Where was their first live performance? What's their first ever single? There are fake albums? What is the Strongroom? What kind of music inspires Liam to write songs? How many members did the Prodigy have at the beginning? Why are the Prodigy lyrics like what they are like? What does Music For The Jilted Generation mean? What hardware and software does Liam use? Mindfields or Minefields? Where was the No Good video shot? Which cartoon character’s laugh does a Prodigy tune resemble? Any musical scores (sheets) available? Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? Where was the Voodoo People video shot? It was shot in on the exotic Caribbean volcanic island called St Lucia. It’s part of the Windward Islands group of the Lesser Antilles. It’s area is about 616 square kilometres, and its population is about 150.000. Where did Liam write Charly? He wrote it in his bedroom in his dad’s house (the Charly Says sample was recorded by his step-brother) he moved out of the house just before the single was released. Which Prodigy member can play the keyboards besides Liam? It’s Leeroy Thornhill – he used to help Liam on stage with the keyboards, for example he played Rock ’n’ Roll live so Liam could take a break in the middle of some gigs. Who is/are the Prodigy officially? Officially the Prodigy is only Liam Howlett. According to various sources, only Liam is signed to XL Recordings as the Prodigy (strange, but true). Anyway, this doesn’t change the fact that the Prodigy consists of four members, none less. Where did they get the alligator from in the Breathe video? It was from an undertaking called Amazing Animals, which provides film directors/producers with exotic animals, like crocodiles. It was run by the Chipperfield family, one of whose member was prosecuted for cruelty to animals. What do they think about Keith imitators? Keith: ”I don’t know how to take that.” Liam:”I laugh. Especially when you see the little kids. They never get the hair quite right. But there was a funny one the other day; people don’t recognise me, which is cool, but they recognise Keith, and these people were saying, ’Look at him, he thinks he’s the Firestarter! He thinks he’s Prodigy Man!’.” Where were they first forced to stop a concert? It was in Scotland, at an airport. Liam was very upset after the gig (the sound of the planes was drowning their bass), and issued the following statement: ”Forget the authorities. You can’t stop us. We’re gonna keep the dance scene strong even if the world isn’t. This is your day and no one else can take it away from you. The dance scene is too strong to disappear.” Where was their first live performance? It was held at The Labyrinth venue in 1990 (the event was organized by Ziggy, who became their manger later on) The gig was attended by only about 250 people, but it was immensely successful. It’s also interesting to note that this was the first time that the band members met Maxim, who also enjoyed the show (despite the fact that he was into reggae instead of rave). They first performed abroad in Italy. What's their first ever single? The single is the What Evil Lurks E.P. (not Charly as some fools may tell you, that's just their first CHART single!) with four tracks (What Evil Lurks, We're Gonna Rock, Android and the original (slow hip-hop) mix of Everybody In The Place), released only on 12 inch vinyl and there are only 7,000 genunine copies in existence! The value could be anything of up to £200 to collectors. Some fake vinyls of What Evil Lurks have been going around. These usually have the word 'Androids' instead of 'Android' in the tracklisting. Record Collector magazine has recently re-valued original copies at £80. By the way, just because it's rare, it doesn't mean to say it's good, the What Evil Lurks tracks are pretty low-budget and cheap efforts which sound primitive compared to Liam's current offerings! Android is probably the best track, and has been seen on some CDs (some illegal!). There are fake albums? Yes. (Fake album means it’s said to contain Prodigy music, but it isn’t) The Ultimate Jilted Experience Experience Revisited Inflicted The Castbreeder Beware of any website telling you otherwise. The first two albums were set up by a webmaster of an unofficial Prodigy site in order to look credible. The tracks have been identified as obvious hoaxes by many real Prodigy fans. The 'Inflicted' album was a hoax set up by Tobi Wood during the 'countdown' to The Fat Of The Land. Tobi was pissed off with having CD bootleg pirates ripping off his site, so he set about forging an album called Inflicted, which featured mostly real existing tracks, except for 'Salvationed Army', 'In The Beginning' and a fake 'Benny Blanco', composed (very well) by Tobi himself. Even the artwork (a briefcase full of drugs syringes) was fake. In my country, Romania, after Breathe (video), there was on the black market a fully fake album called "The best, the unreleased, the last.." containing Prodigy songs with the 'Breathe' cover. What is the Strongroom? It’s the studio besides Earthbound in which Liam recorded music (For example, five of the Jilted Generation tracks have been produced and mixed here) ”One of [Jamie] Reid’s current projects is the Strongroom Studio, a London recording studio designed by Reid and decorated with silk-screened canvases, marble, etched bronze and slate. Many of England’s top musical acts, including the Chemical Brothers, Prodigy and even the Spice Girls, have worked within the acclaimed Strongroom. ”It is like turning all my painting ideas into architecture,” Reid said of the studio. ”Bands such as the Prodigy have been recording in that space for a long time now... They’ve actually found what I’ve done there great inspiration to their music... Same as The Orb, The Orbital, The Chemical Brothers. What kind of music inspires Liam to write songs? Here is a quote from himself: ”If people ask me what actually inspires me to make music, it’s late-early ’70s funk and ’80s hip-hop-B.T. Express, the Meters, the roots of hip-hop, the rare grooves the DJs used to spin. I love to spend hours in record stores listening to the original breaks.” But it’s important to note that what makes the Prodigy’s music so diverse are the lots of music styles they have heard over the years, so funk and hip-hop aren’t (obviously) the only styles that inspire them. How many members did the Prodigy have at the beginning? Five. When they formed the Prodigy, Liam, Keith, Leeroy and Maxim had another companion – a female dancer called Sharky. But when they won a record deal, she quit the band. Why are the Prodigy lyrics like what they are like? Another quote from Liam: ”The thing about Prodigy is there’s always scope for something else, and now there’s scope for lyrics that actually mean something. We were stuck in a position of coming from the dance scene and not needing lyrics to have too much weight. Now all of a sudden, we can write about stuff that’s happened to us. It’s somewhere we can go, maybe, with the new album-if there is another album. I’ve never seen politics as an important part of Prodigy, but personal experience and stuff like that.... Enough’s happened to us to write some fucking good lyrics!” (Note: it was said after May 1998) What does Music For The Jilted Generation mean? This album is a a protest against an act by the British government which enabled the policemen to take greater measures against partygoers (although originally Liam did not intend the album to be an anti-Criminal Justice Bill record). Jilted here means something like betrayed (the goverment betrayed youth). ”How can the government stop young people having a good time. Fight this bollocks” – The Prodigy. What hardware and software does Liam use? He uses a Macintosh (not a PC!) and Cubase software for writing music. Here is what he said about Cubase: ”The thing with Cubase is, I was scared to go on to it. It wasn’t because I was against it, I was just scared. I thought it would change the sound and change the way I write music. <...> When I use Cubase, I turn off Cycle mode and use it as I would have used the W30. Now I’ve got over the fear.” Mindfields or Minefields? You have probably seen Mindfields referred to as Minefields in some articles. So, what’s the difference? The album version that The Fat Of The Land contains is called Mindfields. The single that eventually wasn’t released commercially (only on promo) was officially called Minefields. Where was the No Good video shot? At Fabric, in London a club where Liam Howlett returnet twice as guest Deejay. Which cartoon character’s laugh does a Prodigy tune resemble? The tune of Everybody In The Place sounds like the laughter of ”Woody the Woodpecker” in Walt Disney cartoons. Any musical scores (sheets) available? There is a book called something like The Fat Of The Land Songbook, and it contains the musical scores of the FOTL tracks (plus incorrect lyrics). It’s worth checking out if you want to learn how to play their music. Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? In October 1998, Liam confessed his least favourite track is the remix he had done for The Time Frequency (Retribution). He said that he thought it turned out awful – but did it cos one of TTF was a mate... ”Liam has confessed that he did the mix for money, as he was a bit skint at the time! He also adds that now he has admitted to it being the worst Prodigy track, people will now try and track it down. Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
Where was the Voodoo People video shot? It was shot in on the exotic Caribbean volcanic island called St Lucia. It’s part of the Windward Islands group of the Lesser Antilles. It’s area is about 616 square kilometres, and its population is about 150.000. Where did Liam write Charly? He wrote it in his bedroom in his dad’s house (the Charly Says sample was recorded by his step-brother) he moved out of the house just before the single was released. Which Prodigy member can play the keyboards besides Liam? It’s Leeroy Thornhill – he used to help Liam on stage with the keyboards, for example he played Rock ’n’ Roll live so Liam could take a break in the middle of some gigs. Who is/are the Prodigy officially? Officially the Prodigy is only Liam Howlett. According to various sources, only Liam is signed to XL Recordings as the Prodigy (strange, but true). Anyway, this doesn’t change the fact that the Prodigy consists of four members, none less. Where did they get the alligator from in the Breathe video? It was from an undertaking called Amazing Animals, which provides film directors/producers with exotic animals, like crocodiles. It was run by the Chipperfield family, one of whose member was prosecuted for cruelty to animals. What do they think about Keith imitators? Keith: ”I don’t know how to take that.” Liam:”I laugh. Especially when you see the little kids. They never get the hair quite right. But there was a funny one the other day; people don’t recognise me, which is cool, but they recognise Keith, and these people were saying, ’Look at him, he thinks he’s the Firestarter! He thinks he’s Prodigy Man!’.” Where were they first forced to stop a concert? It was in Scotland, at an airport. Liam was very upset after the gig (the sound of the planes was drowning their bass), and issued the following statement: ”Forget the authorities. You can’t stop us. We’re gonna keep the dance scene strong even if the world isn’t. This is your day and no one else can take it away from you. The dance scene is too strong to disappear.” Where was their first live performance? It was held at The Labyrinth venue in 1990 (the event was organized by Ziggy, who became their manger later on) The gig was attended by only about 250 people, but it was immensely successful. It’s also interesting to note that this was the first time that the band members met Maxim, who also enjoyed the show (despite the fact that he was into reggae instead of rave). They first performed abroad in Italy. What's their first ever single? The single is the What Evil Lurks E.P. (not Charly as some fools may tell you, that's just their first CHART single!) with four tracks (What Evil Lurks, We're Gonna Rock, Android and the original (slow hip-hop) mix of Everybody In The Place), released only on 12 inch vinyl and there are only 7,000 genunine copies in existence! The value could be anything of up to £200 to collectors. Some fake vinyls of What Evil Lurks have been going around. These usually have the word 'Androids' instead of 'Android' in the tracklisting. Record Collector magazine has recently re-valued original copies at £80. By the way, just because it's rare, it doesn't mean to say it's good, the What Evil Lurks tracks are pretty low-budget and cheap efforts which sound primitive compared to Liam's current offerings! Android is probably the best track, and has been seen on some CDs (some illegal!). There are fake albums? Yes. (Fake album means it’s said to contain Prodigy music, but it isn’t) The Ultimate Jilted Experience Experience Revisited Inflicted The Castbreeder Beware of any website telling you otherwise. The first two albums were set up by a webmaster of an unofficial Prodigy site in order to look credible. The tracks have been identified as obvious hoaxes by many real Prodigy fans. The 'Inflicted' album was a hoax set up by Tobi Wood during the 'countdown' to The Fat Of The Land. Tobi was pissed off with having CD bootleg pirates ripping off his site, so he set about forging an album called Inflicted, which featured mostly real existing tracks, except for 'Salvationed Army', 'In The Beginning' and a fake 'Benny Blanco', composed (very well) by Tobi himself. Even the artwork (a briefcase full of drugs syringes) was fake. In my country, Romania, after Breathe (video), there was on the black market a fully fake album called "The best, the unreleased, the last.." containing Prodigy songs with the 'Breathe' cover. What is the Strongroom? It’s the studio besides Earthbound in which Liam recorded music (For example, five of the Jilted Generation tracks have been produced and mixed here) ”One of [Jamie] Reid’s current projects is the Strongroom Studio, a London recording studio designed by Reid and decorated with silk-screened canvases, marble, etched bronze and slate. Many of England’s top musical acts, including the Chemical Brothers, Prodigy and even the Spice Girls, have worked within the acclaimed Strongroom. ”It is like turning all my painting ideas into architecture,” Reid said of the studio. ”Bands such as the Prodigy have been recording in that space for a long time now... They’ve actually found what I’ve done there great inspiration to their music... Same as The Orb, The Orbital, The Chemical Brothers. What kind of music inspires Liam to write songs? Here is a quote from himself: ”If people ask me what actually inspires me to make music, it’s late-early ’70s funk and ’80s hip-hop-B.T. Express, the Meters, the roots of hip-hop, the rare grooves the DJs used to spin. I love to spend hours in record stores listening to the original breaks.” But it’s important to note that what makes the Prodigy’s music so diverse are the lots of music styles they have heard over the years, so funk and hip-hop aren’t (obviously) the only styles that inspire them. How many members did the Prodigy have at the beginning? Five. When they formed the Prodigy, Liam, Keith, Leeroy and Maxim had another companion – a female dancer called Sharky. But when they won a record deal, she quit the band. Why are the Prodigy lyrics like what they are like? Another quote from Liam: ”The thing about Prodigy is there’s always scope for something else, and now there’s scope for lyrics that actually mean something. We were stuck in a position of coming from the dance scene and not needing lyrics to have too much weight. Now all of a sudden, we can write about stuff that’s happened to us. It’s somewhere we can go, maybe, with the new album-if there is another album. I’ve never seen politics as an important part of Prodigy, but personal experience and stuff like that.... Enough’s happened to us to write some fucking good lyrics!” (Note: it was said after May 1998) What does Music For The Jilted Generation mean? This album is a a protest against an act by the British government which enabled the policemen to take greater measures against partygoers (although originally Liam did not intend the album to be an anti-Criminal Justice Bill record). Jilted here means something like betrayed (the goverment betrayed youth). ”How can the government stop young people having a good time. Fight this bollocks” – The Prodigy. What hardware and software does Liam use? He uses a Macintosh (not a PC!) and Cubase software for writing music. Here is what he said about Cubase: ”The thing with Cubase is, I was scared to go on to it. It wasn’t because I was against it, I was just scared. I thought it would change the sound and change the way I write music. <...> When I use Cubase, I turn off Cycle mode and use it as I would have used the W30. Now I’ve got over the fear.” Mindfields or Minefields? You have probably seen Mindfields referred to as Minefields in some articles. So, what’s the difference? The album version that The Fat Of The Land contains is called Mindfields. The single that eventually wasn’t released commercially (only on promo) was officially called Minefields. Where was the No Good video shot? At Fabric, in London a club where Liam Howlett returnet twice as guest Deejay. Which cartoon character’s laugh does a Prodigy tune resemble? The tune of Everybody In The Place sounds like the laughter of ”Woody the Woodpecker” in Walt Disney cartoons. Any musical scores (sheets) available? There is a book called something like The Fat Of The Land Songbook, and it contains the musical scores of the FOTL tracks (plus incorrect lyrics). It’s worth checking out if you want to learn how to play their music. Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? In October 1998, Liam confessed his least favourite track is the remix he had done for The Time Frequency (Retribution). He said that he thought it turned out awful – but did it cos one of TTF was a mate... ”Liam has confessed that he did the mix for money, as he was a bit skint at the time! He also adds that now he has admitted to it being the worst Prodigy track, people will now try and track it down. Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
Where did Liam write Charly? He wrote it in his bedroom in his dad’s house (the Charly Says sample was recorded by his step-brother) he moved out of the house just before the single was released. Which Prodigy member can play the keyboards besides Liam? It’s Leeroy Thornhill – he used to help Liam on stage with the keyboards, for example he played Rock ’n’ Roll live so Liam could take a break in the middle of some gigs. Who is/are the Prodigy officially? Officially the Prodigy is only Liam Howlett. According to various sources, only Liam is signed to XL Recordings as the Prodigy (strange, but true). Anyway, this doesn’t change the fact that the Prodigy consists of four members, none less. Where did they get the alligator from in the Breathe video? It was from an undertaking called Amazing Animals, which provides film directors/producers with exotic animals, like crocodiles. It was run by the Chipperfield family, one of whose member was prosecuted for cruelty to animals. What do they think about Keith imitators? Keith: ”I don’t know how to take that.” Liam:”I laugh. Especially when you see the little kids. They never get the hair quite right. But there was a funny one the other day; people don’t recognise me, which is cool, but they recognise Keith, and these people were saying, ’Look at him, he thinks he’s the Firestarter! He thinks he’s Prodigy Man!’.” Where were they first forced to stop a concert? It was in Scotland, at an airport. Liam was very upset after the gig (the sound of the planes was drowning their bass), and issued the following statement: ”Forget the authorities. You can’t stop us. We’re gonna keep the dance scene strong even if the world isn’t. This is your day and no one else can take it away from you. The dance scene is too strong to disappear.” Where was their first live performance? It was held at The Labyrinth venue in 1990 (the event was organized by Ziggy, who became their manger later on) The gig was attended by only about 250 people, but it was immensely successful. It’s also interesting to note that this was the first time that the band members met Maxim, who also enjoyed the show (despite the fact that he was into reggae instead of rave). They first performed abroad in Italy. What's their first ever single? The single is the What Evil Lurks E.P. (not Charly as some fools may tell you, that's just their first CHART single!) with four tracks (What Evil Lurks, We're Gonna Rock, Android and the original (slow hip-hop) mix of Everybody In The Place), released only on 12 inch vinyl and there are only 7,000 genunine copies in existence! The value could be anything of up to £200 to collectors. Some fake vinyls of What Evil Lurks have been going around. These usually have the word 'Androids' instead of 'Android' in the tracklisting. Record Collector magazine has recently re-valued original copies at £80. By the way, just because it's rare, it doesn't mean to say it's good, the What Evil Lurks tracks are pretty low-budget and cheap efforts which sound primitive compared to Liam's current offerings! Android is probably the best track, and has been seen on some CDs (some illegal!). There are fake albums? Yes. (Fake album means it’s said to contain Prodigy music, but it isn’t) The Ultimate Jilted Experience Experience Revisited Inflicted The Castbreeder Beware of any website telling you otherwise. The first two albums were set up by a webmaster of an unofficial Prodigy site in order to look credible. The tracks have been identified as obvious hoaxes by many real Prodigy fans. The 'Inflicted' album was a hoax set up by Tobi Wood during the 'countdown' to The Fat Of The Land. Tobi was pissed off with having CD bootleg pirates ripping off his site, so he set about forging an album called Inflicted, which featured mostly real existing tracks, except for 'Salvationed Army', 'In The Beginning' and a fake 'Benny Blanco', composed (very well) by Tobi himself. Even the artwork (a briefcase full of drugs syringes) was fake. In my country, Romania, after Breathe (video), there was on the black market a fully fake album called "The best, the unreleased, the last.." containing Prodigy songs with the 'Breathe' cover. What is the Strongroom? It’s the studio besides Earthbound in which Liam recorded music (For example, five of the Jilted Generation tracks have been produced and mixed here) ”One of [Jamie] Reid’s current projects is the Strongroom Studio, a London recording studio designed by Reid and decorated with silk-screened canvases, marble, etched bronze and slate. Many of England’s top musical acts, including the Chemical Brothers, Prodigy and even the Spice Girls, have worked within the acclaimed Strongroom. ”It is like turning all my painting ideas into architecture,” Reid said of the studio. ”Bands such as the Prodigy have been recording in that space for a long time now... They’ve actually found what I’ve done there great inspiration to their music... Same as The Orb, The Orbital, The Chemical Brothers. What kind of music inspires Liam to write songs? Here is a quote from himself: ”If people ask me what actually inspires me to make music, it’s late-early ’70s funk and ’80s hip-hop-B.T. Express, the Meters, the roots of hip-hop, the rare grooves the DJs used to spin. I love to spend hours in record stores listening to the original breaks.” But it’s important to note that what makes the Prodigy’s music so diverse are the lots of music styles they have heard over the years, so funk and hip-hop aren’t (obviously) the only styles that inspire them. How many members did the Prodigy have at the beginning? Five. When they formed the Prodigy, Liam, Keith, Leeroy and Maxim had another companion – a female dancer called Sharky. But when they won a record deal, she quit the band. Why are the Prodigy lyrics like what they are like? Another quote from Liam: ”The thing about Prodigy is there’s always scope for something else, and now there’s scope for lyrics that actually mean something. We were stuck in a position of coming from the dance scene and not needing lyrics to have too much weight. Now all of a sudden, we can write about stuff that’s happened to us. It’s somewhere we can go, maybe, with the new album-if there is another album. I’ve never seen politics as an important part of Prodigy, but personal experience and stuff like that.... Enough’s happened to us to write some fucking good lyrics!” (Note: it was said after May 1998) What does Music For The Jilted Generation mean? This album is a a protest against an act by the British government which enabled the policemen to take greater measures against partygoers (although originally Liam did not intend the album to be an anti-Criminal Justice Bill record). Jilted here means something like betrayed (the goverment betrayed youth). ”How can the government stop young people having a good time. Fight this bollocks” – The Prodigy. What hardware and software does Liam use? He uses a Macintosh (not a PC!) and Cubase software for writing music. Here is what he said about Cubase: ”The thing with Cubase is, I was scared to go on to it. It wasn’t because I was against it, I was just scared. I thought it would change the sound and change the way I write music. <...> When I use Cubase, I turn off Cycle mode and use it as I would have used the W30. Now I’ve got over the fear.” Mindfields or Minefields? You have probably seen Mindfields referred to as Minefields in some articles. So, what’s the difference? The album version that The Fat Of The Land contains is called Mindfields. The single that eventually wasn’t released commercially (only on promo) was officially called Minefields. Where was the No Good video shot? At Fabric, in London a club where Liam Howlett returnet twice as guest Deejay. Which cartoon character’s laugh does a Prodigy tune resemble? The tune of Everybody In The Place sounds like the laughter of ”Woody the Woodpecker” in Walt Disney cartoons. Any musical scores (sheets) available? There is a book called something like The Fat Of The Land Songbook, and it contains the musical scores of the FOTL tracks (plus incorrect lyrics). It’s worth checking out if you want to learn how to play their music. Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? In October 1998, Liam confessed his least favourite track is the remix he had done for The Time Frequency (Retribution). He said that he thought it turned out awful – but did it cos one of TTF was a mate... ”Liam has confessed that he did the mix for money, as he was a bit skint at the time! He also adds that now he has admitted to it being the worst Prodigy track, people will now try and track it down. Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
Which Prodigy member can play the keyboards besides Liam? It’s Leeroy Thornhill – he used to help Liam on stage with the keyboards, for example he played Rock ’n’ Roll live so Liam could take a break in the middle of some gigs. Who is/are the Prodigy officially? Officially the Prodigy is only Liam Howlett. According to various sources, only Liam is signed to XL Recordings as the Prodigy (strange, but true). Anyway, this doesn’t change the fact that the Prodigy consists of four members, none less. Where did they get the alligator from in the Breathe video? It was from an undertaking called Amazing Animals, which provides film directors/producers with exotic animals, like crocodiles. It was run by the Chipperfield family, one of whose member was prosecuted for cruelty to animals. What do they think about Keith imitators? Keith: ”I don’t know how to take that.” Liam:”I laugh. Especially when you see the little kids. They never get the hair quite right. But there was a funny one the other day; people don’t recognise me, which is cool, but they recognise Keith, and these people were saying, ’Look at him, he thinks he’s the Firestarter! He thinks he’s Prodigy Man!’.” Where were they first forced to stop a concert? It was in Scotland, at an airport. Liam was very upset after the gig (the sound of the planes was drowning their bass), and issued the following statement: ”Forget the authorities. You can’t stop us. We’re gonna keep the dance scene strong even if the world isn’t. This is your day and no one else can take it away from you. The dance scene is too strong to disappear.” Where was their first live performance? It was held at The Labyrinth venue in 1990 (the event was organized by Ziggy, who became their manger later on) The gig was attended by only about 250 people, but it was immensely successful. It’s also interesting to note that this was the first time that the band members met Maxim, who also enjoyed the show (despite the fact that he was into reggae instead of rave). They first performed abroad in Italy. What's their first ever single? The single is the What Evil Lurks E.P. (not Charly as some fools may tell you, that's just their first CHART single!) with four tracks (What Evil Lurks, We're Gonna Rock, Android and the original (slow hip-hop) mix of Everybody In The Place), released only on 12 inch vinyl and there are only 7,000 genunine copies in existence! The value could be anything of up to £200 to collectors. Some fake vinyls of What Evil Lurks have been going around. These usually have the word 'Androids' instead of 'Android' in the tracklisting. Record Collector magazine has recently re-valued original copies at £80. By the way, just because it's rare, it doesn't mean to say it's good, the What Evil Lurks tracks are pretty low-budget and cheap efforts which sound primitive compared to Liam's current offerings! Android is probably the best track, and has been seen on some CDs (some illegal!). There are fake albums? Yes. (Fake album means it’s said to contain Prodigy music, but it isn’t) The Ultimate Jilted Experience Experience Revisited Inflicted The Castbreeder Beware of any website telling you otherwise. The first two albums were set up by a webmaster of an unofficial Prodigy site in order to look credible. The tracks have been identified as obvious hoaxes by many real Prodigy fans. The 'Inflicted' album was a hoax set up by Tobi Wood during the 'countdown' to The Fat Of The Land. Tobi was pissed off with having CD bootleg pirates ripping off his site, so he set about forging an album called Inflicted, which featured mostly real existing tracks, except for 'Salvationed Army', 'In The Beginning' and a fake 'Benny Blanco', composed (very well) by Tobi himself. Even the artwork (a briefcase full of drugs syringes) was fake. In my country, Romania, after Breathe (video), there was on the black market a fully fake album called "The best, the unreleased, the last.." containing Prodigy songs with the 'Breathe' cover. What is the Strongroom? It’s the studio besides Earthbound in which Liam recorded music (For example, five of the Jilted Generation tracks have been produced and mixed here) ”One of [Jamie] Reid’s current projects is the Strongroom Studio, a London recording studio designed by Reid and decorated with silk-screened canvases, marble, etched bronze and slate. Many of England’s top musical acts, including the Chemical Brothers, Prodigy and even the Spice Girls, have worked within the acclaimed Strongroom. ”It is like turning all my painting ideas into architecture,” Reid said of the studio. ”Bands such as the Prodigy have been recording in that space for a long time now... They’ve actually found what I’ve done there great inspiration to their music... Same as The Orb, The Orbital, The Chemical Brothers. What kind of music inspires Liam to write songs? Here is a quote from himself: ”If people ask me what actually inspires me to make music, it’s late-early ’70s funk and ’80s hip-hop-B.T. Express, the Meters, the roots of hip-hop, the rare grooves the DJs used to spin. I love to spend hours in record stores listening to the original breaks.” But it’s important to note that what makes the Prodigy’s music so diverse are the lots of music styles they have heard over the years, so funk and hip-hop aren’t (obviously) the only styles that inspire them. How many members did the Prodigy have at the beginning? Five. When they formed the Prodigy, Liam, Keith, Leeroy and Maxim had another companion – a female dancer called Sharky. But when they won a record deal, she quit the band. Why are the Prodigy lyrics like what they are like? Another quote from Liam: ”The thing about Prodigy is there’s always scope for something else, and now there’s scope for lyrics that actually mean something. We were stuck in a position of coming from the dance scene and not needing lyrics to have too much weight. Now all of a sudden, we can write about stuff that’s happened to us. It’s somewhere we can go, maybe, with the new album-if there is another album. I’ve never seen politics as an important part of Prodigy, but personal experience and stuff like that.... Enough’s happened to us to write some fucking good lyrics!” (Note: it was said after May 1998) What does Music For The Jilted Generation mean? This album is a a protest against an act by the British government which enabled the policemen to take greater measures against partygoers (although originally Liam did not intend the album to be an anti-Criminal Justice Bill record). Jilted here means something like betrayed (the goverment betrayed youth). ”How can the government stop young people having a good time. Fight this bollocks” – The Prodigy. What hardware and software does Liam use? He uses a Macintosh (not a PC!) and Cubase software for writing music. Here is what he said about Cubase: ”The thing with Cubase is, I was scared to go on to it. It wasn’t because I was against it, I was just scared. I thought it would change the sound and change the way I write music. <...> When I use Cubase, I turn off Cycle mode and use it as I would have used the W30. Now I’ve got over the fear.” Mindfields or Minefields? You have probably seen Mindfields referred to as Minefields in some articles. So, what’s the difference? The album version that The Fat Of The Land contains is called Mindfields. The single that eventually wasn’t released commercially (only on promo) was officially called Minefields. Where was the No Good video shot? At Fabric, in London a club where Liam Howlett returnet twice as guest Deejay. Which cartoon character’s laugh does a Prodigy tune resemble? The tune of Everybody In The Place sounds like the laughter of ”Woody the Woodpecker” in Walt Disney cartoons. Any musical scores (sheets) available? There is a book called something like The Fat Of The Land Songbook, and it contains the musical scores of the FOTL tracks (plus incorrect lyrics). It’s worth checking out if you want to learn how to play their music. Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? In October 1998, Liam confessed his least favourite track is the remix he had done for The Time Frequency (Retribution). He said that he thought it turned out awful – but did it cos one of TTF was a mate... ”Liam has confessed that he did the mix for money, as he was a bit skint at the time! He also adds that now he has admitted to it being the worst Prodigy track, people will now try and track it down. Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
Who is/are the Prodigy officially? Officially the Prodigy is only Liam Howlett. According to various sources, only Liam is signed to XL Recordings as the Prodigy (strange, but true). Anyway, this doesn’t change the fact that the Prodigy consists of four members, none less. Where did they get the alligator from in the Breathe video? It was from an undertaking called Amazing Animals, which provides film directors/producers with exotic animals, like crocodiles. It was run by the Chipperfield family, one of whose member was prosecuted for cruelty to animals. What do they think about Keith imitators? Keith: ”I don’t know how to take that.” Liam:”I laugh. Especially when you see the little kids. They never get the hair quite right. But there was a funny one the other day; people don’t recognise me, which is cool, but they recognise Keith, and these people were saying, ’Look at him, he thinks he’s the Firestarter! He thinks he’s Prodigy Man!’.” Where were they first forced to stop a concert? It was in Scotland, at an airport. Liam was very upset after the gig (the sound of the planes was drowning their bass), and issued the following statement: ”Forget the authorities. You can’t stop us. We’re gonna keep the dance scene strong even if the world isn’t. This is your day and no one else can take it away from you. The dance scene is too strong to disappear.” Where was their first live performance? It was held at The Labyrinth venue in 1990 (the event was organized by Ziggy, who became their manger later on) The gig was attended by only about 250 people, but it was immensely successful. It’s also interesting to note that this was the first time that the band members met Maxim, who also enjoyed the show (despite the fact that he was into reggae instead of rave). They first performed abroad in Italy. What's their first ever single? The single is the What Evil Lurks E.P. (not Charly as some fools may tell you, that's just their first CHART single!) with four tracks (What Evil Lurks, We're Gonna Rock, Android and the original (slow hip-hop) mix of Everybody In The Place), released only on 12 inch vinyl and there are only 7,000 genunine copies in existence! The value could be anything of up to £200 to collectors. Some fake vinyls of What Evil Lurks have been going around. These usually have the word 'Androids' instead of 'Android' in the tracklisting. Record Collector magazine has recently re-valued original copies at £80. By the way, just because it's rare, it doesn't mean to say it's good, the What Evil Lurks tracks are pretty low-budget and cheap efforts which sound primitive compared to Liam's current offerings! Android is probably the best track, and has been seen on some CDs (some illegal!). There are fake albums? Yes. (Fake album means it’s said to contain Prodigy music, but it isn’t) The Ultimate Jilted Experience Experience Revisited Inflicted The Castbreeder Beware of any website telling you otherwise. The first two albums were set up by a webmaster of an unofficial Prodigy site in order to look credible. The tracks have been identified as obvious hoaxes by many real Prodigy fans. The 'Inflicted' album was a hoax set up by Tobi Wood during the 'countdown' to The Fat Of The Land. Tobi was pissed off with having CD bootleg pirates ripping off his site, so he set about forging an album called Inflicted, which featured mostly real existing tracks, except for 'Salvationed Army', 'In The Beginning' and a fake 'Benny Blanco', composed (very well) by Tobi himself. Even the artwork (a briefcase full of drugs syringes) was fake. In my country, Romania, after Breathe (video), there was on the black market a fully fake album called "The best, the unreleased, the last.." containing Prodigy songs with the 'Breathe' cover. What is the Strongroom? It’s the studio besides Earthbound in which Liam recorded music (For example, five of the Jilted Generation tracks have been produced and mixed here) ”One of [Jamie] Reid’s current projects is the Strongroom Studio, a London recording studio designed by Reid and decorated with silk-screened canvases, marble, etched bronze and slate. Many of England’s top musical acts, including the Chemical Brothers, Prodigy and even the Spice Girls, have worked within the acclaimed Strongroom. ”It is like turning all my painting ideas into architecture,” Reid said of the studio. ”Bands such as the Prodigy have been recording in that space for a long time now... They’ve actually found what I’ve done there great inspiration to their music... Same as The Orb, The Orbital, The Chemical Brothers. What kind of music inspires Liam to write songs? Here is a quote from himself: ”If people ask me what actually inspires me to make music, it’s late-early ’70s funk and ’80s hip-hop-B.T. Express, the Meters, the roots of hip-hop, the rare grooves the DJs used to spin. I love to spend hours in record stores listening to the original breaks.” But it’s important to note that what makes the Prodigy’s music so diverse are the lots of music styles they have heard over the years, so funk and hip-hop aren’t (obviously) the only styles that inspire them. How many members did the Prodigy have at the beginning? Five. When they formed the Prodigy, Liam, Keith, Leeroy and Maxim had another companion – a female dancer called Sharky. But when they won a record deal, she quit the band. Why are the Prodigy lyrics like what they are like? Another quote from Liam: ”The thing about Prodigy is there’s always scope for something else, and now there’s scope for lyrics that actually mean something. We were stuck in a position of coming from the dance scene and not needing lyrics to have too much weight. Now all of a sudden, we can write about stuff that’s happened to us. It’s somewhere we can go, maybe, with the new album-if there is another album. I’ve never seen politics as an important part of Prodigy, but personal experience and stuff like that.... Enough’s happened to us to write some fucking good lyrics!” (Note: it was said after May 1998) What does Music For The Jilted Generation mean? This album is a a protest against an act by the British government which enabled the policemen to take greater measures against partygoers (although originally Liam did not intend the album to be an anti-Criminal Justice Bill record). Jilted here means something like betrayed (the goverment betrayed youth). ”How can the government stop young people having a good time. Fight this bollocks” – The Prodigy. What hardware and software does Liam use? He uses a Macintosh (not a PC!) and Cubase software for writing music. Here is what he said about Cubase: ”The thing with Cubase is, I was scared to go on to it. It wasn’t because I was against it, I was just scared. I thought it would change the sound and change the way I write music. <...> When I use Cubase, I turn off Cycle mode and use it as I would have used the W30. Now I’ve got over the fear.” Mindfields or Minefields? You have probably seen Mindfields referred to as Minefields in some articles. So, what’s the difference? The album version that The Fat Of The Land contains is called Mindfields. The single that eventually wasn’t released commercially (only on promo) was officially called Minefields. Where was the No Good video shot? At Fabric, in London a club where Liam Howlett returnet twice as guest Deejay. Which cartoon character’s laugh does a Prodigy tune resemble? The tune of Everybody In The Place sounds like the laughter of ”Woody the Woodpecker” in Walt Disney cartoons. Any musical scores (sheets) available? There is a book called something like The Fat Of The Land Songbook, and it contains the musical scores of the FOTL tracks (plus incorrect lyrics). It’s worth checking out if you want to learn how to play their music. Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? In October 1998, Liam confessed his least favourite track is the remix he had done for The Time Frequency (Retribution). He said that he thought it turned out awful – but did it cos one of TTF was a mate... ”Liam has confessed that he did the mix for money, as he was a bit skint at the time! He also adds that now he has admitted to it being the worst Prodigy track, people will now try and track it down. Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
Where did they get the alligator from in the Breathe video? It was from an undertaking called Amazing Animals, which provides film directors/producers with exotic animals, like crocodiles. It was run by the Chipperfield family, one of whose member was prosecuted for cruelty to animals. What do they think about Keith imitators? Keith: ”I don’t know how to take that.” Liam:”I laugh. Especially when you see the little kids. They never get the hair quite right. But there was a funny one the other day; people don’t recognise me, which is cool, but they recognise Keith, and these people were saying, ’Look at him, he thinks he’s the Firestarter! He thinks he’s Prodigy Man!’.” Where were they first forced to stop a concert? It was in Scotland, at an airport. Liam was very upset after the gig (the sound of the planes was drowning their bass), and issued the following statement: ”Forget the authorities. You can’t stop us. We’re gonna keep the dance scene strong even if the world isn’t. This is your day and no one else can take it away from you. The dance scene is too strong to disappear.” Where was their first live performance? It was held at The Labyrinth venue in 1990 (the event was organized by Ziggy, who became their manger later on) The gig was attended by only about 250 people, but it was immensely successful. It’s also interesting to note that this was the first time that the band members met Maxim, who also enjoyed the show (despite the fact that he was into reggae instead of rave). They first performed abroad in Italy. What's their first ever single? The single is the What Evil Lurks E.P. (not Charly as some fools may tell you, that's just their first CHART single!) with four tracks (What Evil Lurks, We're Gonna Rock, Android and the original (slow hip-hop) mix of Everybody In The Place), released only on 12 inch vinyl and there are only 7,000 genunine copies in existence! The value could be anything of up to £200 to collectors. Some fake vinyls of What Evil Lurks have been going around. These usually have the word 'Androids' instead of 'Android' in the tracklisting. Record Collector magazine has recently re-valued original copies at £80. By the way, just because it's rare, it doesn't mean to say it's good, the What Evil Lurks tracks are pretty low-budget and cheap efforts which sound primitive compared to Liam's current offerings! Android is probably the best track, and has been seen on some CDs (some illegal!). There are fake albums? Yes. (Fake album means it’s said to contain Prodigy music, but it isn’t) The Ultimate Jilted Experience Experience Revisited Inflicted The Castbreeder Beware of any website telling you otherwise. The first two albums were set up by a webmaster of an unofficial Prodigy site in order to look credible. The tracks have been identified as obvious hoaxes by many real Prodigy fans. The 'Inflicted' album was a hoax set up by Tobi Wood during the 'countdown' to The Fat Of The Land. Tobi was pissed off with having CD bootleg pirates ripping off his site, so he set about forging an album called Inflicted, which featured mostly real existing tracks, except for 'Salvationed Army', 'In The Beginning' and a fake 'Benny Blanco', composed (very well) by Tobi himself. Even the artwork (a briefcase full of drugs syringes) was fake. In my country, Romania, after Breathe (video), there was on the black market a fully fake album called "The best, the unreleased, the last.." containing Prodigy songs with the 'Breathe' cover. What is the Strongroom? It’s the studio besides Earthbound in which Liam recorded music (For example, five of the Jilted Generation tracks have been produced and mixed here) ”One of [Jamie] Reid’s current projects is the Strongroom Studio, a London recording studio designed by Reid and decorated with silk-screened canvases, marble, etched bronze and slate. Many of England’s top musical acts, including the Chemical Brothers, Prodigy and even the Spice Girls, have worked within the acclaimed Strongroom. ”It is like turning all my painting ideas into architecture,” Reid said of the studio. ”Bands such as the Prodigy have been recording in that space for a long time now... They’ve actually found what I’ve done there great inspiration to their music... Same as The Orb, The Orbital, The Chemical Brothers. What kind of music inspires Liam to write songs? Here is a quote from himself: ”If people ask me what actually inspires me to make music, it’s late-early ’70s funk and ’80s hip-hop-B.T. Express, the Meters, the roots of hip-hop, the rare grooves the DJs used to spin. I love to spend hours in record stores listening to the original breaks.” But it’s important to note that what makes the Prodigy’s music so diverse are the lots of music styles they have heard over the years, so funk and hip-hop aren’t (obviously) the only styles that inspire them. How many members did the Prodigy have at the beginning? Five. When they formed the Prodigy, Liam, Keith, Leeroy and Maxim had another companion – a female dancer called Sharky. But when they won a record deal, she quit the band. Why are the Prodigy lyrics like what they are like? Another quote from Liam: ”The thing about Prodigy is there’s always scope for something else, and now there’s scope for lyrics that actually mean something. We were stuck in a position of coming from the dance scene and not needing lyrics to have too much weight. Now all of a sudden, we can write about stuff that’s happened to us. It’s somewhere we can go, maybe, with the new album-if there is another album. I’ve never seen politics as an important part of Prodigy, but personal experience and stuff like that.... Enough’s happened to us to write some fucking good lyrics!” (Note: it was said after May 1998) What does Music For The Jilted Generation mean? This album is a a protest against an act by the British government which enabled the policemen to take greater measures against partygoers (although originally Liam did not intend the album to be an anti-Criminal Justice Bill record). Jilted here means something like betrayed (the goverment betrayed youth). ”How can the government stop young people having a good time. Fight this bollocks” – The Prodigy. What hardware and software does Liam use? He uses a Macintosh (not a PC!) and Cubase software for writing music. Here is what he said about Cubase: ”The thing with Cubase is, I was scared to go on to it. It wasn’t because I was against it, I was just scared. I thought it would change the sound and change the way I write music. <...> When I use Cubase, I turn off Cycle mode and use it as I would have used the W30. Now I’ve got over the fear.” Mindfields or Minefields? You have probably seen Mindfields referred to as Minefields in some articles. So, what’s the difference? The album version that The Fat Of The Land contains is called Mindfields. The single that eventually wasn’t released commercially (only on promo) was officially called Minefields. Where was the No Good video shot? At Fabric, in London a club where Liam Howlett returnet twice as guest Deejay. Which cartoon character’s laugh does a Prodigy tune resemble? The tune of Everybody In The Place sounds like the laughter of ”Woody the Woodpecker” in Walt Disney cartoons. Any musical scores (sheets) available? There is a book called something like The Fat Of The Land Songbook, and it contains the musical scores of the FOTL tracks (plus incorrect lyrics). It’s worth checking out if you want to learn how to play their music. Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? In October 1998, Liam confessed his least favourite track is the remix he had done for The Time Frequency (Retribution). He said that he thought it turned out awful – but did it cos one of TTF was a mate... ”Liam has confessed that he did the mix for money, as he was a bit skint at the time! He also adds that now he has admitted to it being the worst Prodigy track, people will now try and track it down. Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
What do they think about Keith imitators? Keith: ”I don’t know how to take that.” Liam:”I laugh. Especially when you see the little kids. They never get the hair quite right. But there was a funny one the other day; people don’t recognise me, which is cool, but they recognise Keith, and these people were saying, ’Look at him, he thinks he’s the Firestarter! He thinks he’s Prodigy Man!’.” Where were they first forced to stop a concert? It was in Scotland, at an airport. Liam was very upset after the gig (the sound of the planes was drowning their bass), and issued the following statement: ”Forget the authorities. You can’t stop us. We’re gonna keep the dance scene strong even if the world isn’t. This is your day and no one else can take it away from you. The dance scene is too strong to disappear.” Where was their first live performance? It was held at The Labyrinth venue in 1990 (the event was organized by Ziggy, who became their manger later on) The gig was attended by only about 250 people, but it was immensely successful. It’s also interesting to note that this was the first time that the band members met Maxim, who also enjoyed the show (despite the fact that he was into reggae instead of rave). They first performed abroad in Italy. What's their first ever single? The single is the What Evil Lurks E.P. (not Charly as some fools may tell you, that's just their first CHART single!) with four tracks (What Evil Lurks, We're Gonna Rock, Android and the original (slow hip-hop) mix of Everybody In The Place), released only on 12 inch vinyl and there are only 7,000 genunine copies in existence! The value could be anything of up to £200 to collectors. Some fake vinyls of What Evil Lurks have been going around. These usually have the word 'Androids' instead of 'Android' in the tracklisting. Record Collector magazine has recently re-valued original copies at £80. By the way, just because it's rare, it doesn't mean to say it's good, the What Evil Lurks tracks are pretty low-budget and cheap efforts which sound primitive compared to Liam's current offerings! Android is probably the best track, and has been seen on some CDs (some illegal!). There are fake albums? Yes. (Fake album means it’s said to contain Prodigy music, but it isn’t) The Ultimate Jilted Experience Experience Revisited Inflicted The Castbreeder Beware of any website telling you otherwise. The first two albums were set up by a webmaster of an unofficial Prodigy site in order to look credible. The tracks have been identified as obvious hoaxes by many real Prodigy fans. The 'Inflicted' album was a hoax set up by Tobi Wood during the 'countdown' to The Fat Of The Land. Tobi was pissed off with having CD bootleg pirates ripping off his site, so he set about forging an album called Inflicted, which featured mostly real existing tracks, except for 'Salvationed Army', 'In The Beginning' and a fake 'Benny Blanco', composed (very well) by Tobi himself. Even the artwork (a briefcase full of drugs syringes) was fake. In my country, Romania, after Breathe (video), there was on the black market a fully fake album called "The best, the unreleased, the last.." containing Prodigy songs with the 'Breathe' cover. What is the Strongroom? It’s the studio besides Earthbound in which Liam recorded music (For example, five of the Jilted Generation tracks have been produced and mixed here) ”One of [Jamie] Reid’s current projects is the Strongroom Studio, a London recording studio designed by Reid and decorated with silk-screened canvases, marble, etched bronze and slate. Many of England’s top musical acts, including the Chemical Brothers, Prodigy and even the Spice Girls, have worked within the acclaimed Strongroom. ”It is like turning all my painting ideas into architecture,” Reid said of the studio. ”Bands such as the Prodigy have been recording in that space for a long time now... They’ve actually found what I’ve done there great inspiration to their music... Same as The Orb, The Orbital, The Chemical Brothers. What kind of music inspires Liam to write songs? Here is a quote from himself: ”If people ask me what actually inspires me to make music, it’s late-early ’70s funk and ’80s hip-hop-B.T. Express, the Meters, the roots of hip-hop, the rare grooves the DJs used to spin. I love to spend hours in record stores listening to the original breaks.” But it’s important to note that what makes the Prodigy’s music so diverse are the lots of music styles they have heard over the years, so funk and hip-hop aren’t (obviously) the only styles that inspire them. How many members did the Prodigy have at the beginning? Five. When they formed the Prodigy, Liam, Keith, Leeroy and Maxim had another companion – a female dancer called Sharky. But when they won a record deal, she quit the band. Why are the Prodigy lyrics like what they are like? Another quote from Liam: ”The thing about Prodigy is there’s always scope for something else, and now there’s scope for lyrics that actually mean something. We were stuck in a position of coming from the dance scene and not needing lyrics to have too much weight. Now all of a sudden, we can write about stuff that’s happened to us. It’s somewhere we can go, maybe, with the new album-if there is another album. I’ve never seen politics as an important part of Prodigy, but personal experience and stuff like that.... Enough’s happened to us to write some fucking good lyrics!” (Note: it was said after May 1998) What does Music For The Jilted Generation mean? This album is a a protest against an act by the British government which enabled the policemen to take greater measures against partygoers (although originally Liam did not intend the album to be an anti-Criminal Justice Bill record). Jilted here means something like betrayed (the goverment betrayed youth). ”How can the government stop young people having a good time. Fight this bollocks” – The Prodigy. What hardware and software does Liam use? He uses a Macintosh (not a PC!) and Cubase software for writing music. Here is what he said about Cubase: ”The thing with Cubase is, I was scared to go on to it. It wasn’t because I was against it, I was just scared. I thought it would change the sound and change the way I write music. <...> When I use Cubase, I turn off Cycle mode and use it as I would have used the W30. Now I’ve got over the fear.” Mindfields or Minefields? You have probably seen Mindfields referred to as Minefields in some articles. So, what’s the difference? The album version that The Fat Of The Land contains is called Mindfields. The single that eventually wasn’t released commercially (only on promo) was officially called Minefields. Where was the No Good video shot? At Fabric, in London a club where Liam Howlett returnet twice as guest Deejay. Which cartoon character’s laugh does a Prodigy tune resemble? The tune of Everybody In The Place sounds like the laughter of ”Woody the Woodpecker” in Walt Disney cartoons. Any musical scores (sheets) available? There is a book called something like The Fat Of The Land Songbook, and it contains the musical scores of the FOTL tracks (plus incorrect lyrics). It’s worth checking out if you want to learn how to play their music. Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? In October 1998, Liam confessed his least favourite track is the remix he had done for The Time Frequency (Retribution). He said that he thought it turned out awful – but did it cos one of TTF was a mate... ”Liam has confessed that he did the mix for money, as he was a bit skint at the time! He also adds that now he has admitted to it being the worst Prodigy track, people will now try and track it down. Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
Where were they first forced to stop a concert? It was in Scotland, at an airport. Liam was very upset after the gig (the sound of the planes was drowning their bass), and issued the following statement: ”Forget the authorities. You can’t stop us. We’re gonna keep the dance scene strong even if the world isn’t. This is your day and no one else can take it away from you. The dance scene is too strong to disappear.” Where was their first live performance? It was held at The Labyrinth venue in 1990 (the event was organized by Ziggy, who became their manger later on) The gig was attended by only about 250 people, but it was immensely successful. It’s also interesting to note that this was the first time that the band members met Maxim, who also enjoyed the show (despite the fact that he was into reggae instead of rave). They first performed abroad in Italy. What's their first ever single? The single is the What Evil Lurks E.P. (not Charly as some fools may tell you, that's just their first CHART single!) with four tracks (What Evil Lurks, We're Gonna Rock, Android and the original (slow hip-hop) mix of Everybody In The Place), released only on 12 inch vinyl and there are only 7,000 genunine copies in existence! The value could be anything of up to £200 to collectors. Some fake vinyls of What Evil Lurks have been going around. These usually have the word 'Androids' instead of 'Android' in the tracklisting. Record Collector magazine has recently re-valued original copies at £80. By the way, just because it's rare, it doesn't mean to say it's good, the What Evil Lurks tracks are pretty low-budget and cheap efforts which sound primitive compared to Liam's current offerings! Android is probably the best track, and has been seen on some CDs (some illegal!). There are fake albums? Yes. (Fake album means it’s said to contain Prodigy music, but it isn’t) The Ultimate Jilted Experience Experience Revisited Inflicted The Castbreeder Beware of any website telling you otherwise. The first two albums were set up by a webmaster of an unofficial Prodigy site in order to look credible. The tracks have been identified as obvious hoaxes by many real Prodigy fans. The 'Inflicted' album was a hoax set up by Tobi Wood during the 'countdown' to The Fat Of The Land. Tobi was pissed off with having CD bootleg pirates ripping off his site, so he set about forging an album called Inflicted, which featured mostly real existing tracks, except for 'Salvationed Army', 'In The Beginning' and a fake 'Benny Blanco', composed (very well) by Tobi himself. Even the artwork (a briefcase full of drugs syringes) was fake. In my country, Romania, after Breathe (video), there was on the black market a fully fake album called "The best, the unreleased, the last.." containing Prodigy songs with the 'Breathe' cover. What is the Strongroom? It’s the studio besides Earthbound in which Liam recorded music (For example, five of the Jilted Generation tracks have been produced and mixed here) ”One of [Jamie] Reid’s current projects is the Strongroom Studio, a London recording studio designed by Reid and decorated with silk-screened canvases, marble, etched bronze and slate. Many of England’s top musical acts, including the Chemical Brothers, Prodigy and even the Spice Girls, have worked within the acclaimed Strongroom. ”It is like turning all my painting ideas into architecture,” Reid said of the studio. ”Bands such as the Prodigy have been recording in that space for a long time now... They’ve actually found what I’ve done there great inspiration to their music... Same as The Orb, The Orbital, The Chemical Brothers. What kind of music inspires Liam to write songs? Here is a quote from himself: ”If people ask me what actually inspires me to make music, it’s late-early ’70s funk and ’80s hip-hop-B.T. Express, the Meters, the roots of hip-hop, the rare grooves the DJs used to spin. I love to spend hours in record stores listening to the original breaks.” But it’s important to note that what makes the Prodigy’s music so diverse are the lots of music styles they have heard over the years, so funk and hip-hop aren’t (obviously) the only styles that inspire them. How many members did the Prodigy have at the beginning? Five. When they formed the Prodigy, Liam, Keith, Leeroy and Maxim had another companion – a female dancer called Sharky. But when they won a record deal, she quit the band. Why are the Prodigy lyrics like what they are like? Another quote from Liam: ”The thing about Prodigy is there’s always scope for something else, and now there’s scope for lyrics that actually mean something. We were stuck in a position of coming from the dance scene and not needing lyrics to have too much weight. Now all of a sudden, we can write about stuff that’s happened to us. It’s somewhere we can go, maybe, with the new album-if there is another album. I’ve never seen politics as an important part of Prodigy, but personal experience and stuff like that.... Enough’s happened to us to write some fucking good lyrics!” (Note: it was said after May 1998) What does Music For The Jilted Generation mean? This album is a a protest against an act by the British government which enabled the policemen to take greater measures against partygoers (although originally Liam did not intend the album to be an anti-Criminal Justice Bill record). Jilted here means something like betrayed (the goverment betrayed youth). ”How can the government stop young people having a good time. Fight this bollocks” – The Prodigy. What hardware and software does Liam use? He uses a Macintosh (not a PC!) and Cubase software for writing music. Here is what he said about Cubase: ”The thing with Cubase is, I was scared to go on to it. It wasn’t because I was against it, I was just scared. I thought it would change the sound and change the way I write music. <...> When I use Cubase, I turn off Cycle mode and use it as I would have used the W30. Now I’ve got over the fear.” Mindfields or Minefields? You have probably seen Mindfields referred to as Minefields in some articles. So, what’s the difference? The album version that The Fat Of The Land contains is called Mindfields. The single that eventually wasn’t released commercially (only on promo) was officially called Minefields. Where was the No Good video shot? At Fabric, in London a club where Liam Howlett returnet twice as guest Deejay. Which cartoon character’s laugh does a Prodigy tune resemble? The tune of Everybody In The Place sounds like the laughter of ”Woody the Woodpecker” in Walt Disney cartoons. Any musical scores (sheets) available? There is a book called something like The Fat Of The Land Songbook, and it contains the musical scores of the FOTL tracks (plus incorrect lyrics). It’s worth checking out if you want to learn how to play their music. Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? In October 1998, Liam confessed his least favourite track is the remix he had done for The Time Frequency (Retribution). He said that he thought it turned out awful – but did it cos one of TTF was a mate... ”Liam has confessed that he did the mix for money, as he was a bit skint at the time! He also adds that now he has admitted to it being the worst Prodigy track, people will now try and track it down. Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
Where was their first live performance? It was held at The Labyrinth venue in 1990 (the event was organized by Ziggy, who became their manger later on) The gig was attended by only about 250 people, but it was immensely successful. It’s also interesting to note that this was the first time that the band members met Maxim, who also enjoyed the show (despite the fact that he was into reggae instead of rave). They first performed abroad in Italy. What's their first ever single? The single is the What Evil Lurks E.P. (not Charly as some fools may tell you, that's just their first CHART single!) with four tracks (What Evil Lurks, We're Gonna Rock, Android and the original (slow hip-hop) mix of Everybody In The Place), released only on 12 inch vinyl and there are only 7,000 genunine copies in existence! The value could be anything of up to £200 to collectors. Some fake vinyls of What Evil Lurks have been going around. These usually have the word 'Androids' instead of 'Android' in the tracklisting. Record Collector magazine has recently re-valued original copies at £80. By the way, just because it's rare, it doesn't mean to say it's good, the What Evil Lurks tracks are pretty low-budget and cheap efforts which sound primitive compared to Liam's current offerings! Android is probably the best track, and has been seen on some CDs (some illegal!). There are fake albums? Yes. (Fake album means it’s said to contain Prodigy music, but it isn’t) The Ultimate Jilted Experience Experience Revisited Inflicted The Castbreeder Beware of any website telling you otherwise. The first two albums were set up by a webmaster of an unofficial Prodigy site in order to look credible. The tracks have been identified as obvious hoaxes by many real Prodigy fans. The 'Inflicted' album was a hoax set up by Tobi Wood during the 'countdown' to The Fat Of The Land. Tobi was pissed off with having CD bootleg pirates ripping off his site, so he set about forging an album called Inflicted, which featured mostly real existing tracks, except for 'Salvationed Army', 'In The Beginning' and a fake 'Benny Blanco', composed (very well) by Tobi himself. Even the artwork (a briefcase full of drugs syringes) was fake. In my country, Romania, after Breathe (video), there was on the black market a fully fake album called "The best, the unreleased, the last.." containing Prodigy songs with the 'Breathe' cover. What is the Strongroom? It’s the studio besides Earthbound in which Liam recorded music (For example, five of the Jilted Generation tracks have been produced and mixed here) ”One of [Jamie] Reid’s current projects is the Strongroom Studio, a London recording studio designed by Reid and decorated with silk-screened canvases, marble, etched bronze and slate. Many of England’s top musical acts, including the Chemical Brothers, Prodigy and even the Spice Girls, have worked within the acclaimed Strongroom. ”It is like turning all my painting ideas into architecture,” Reid said of the studio. ”Bands such as the Prodigy have been recording in that space for a long time now... They’ve actually found what I’ve done there great inspiration to their music... Same as The Orb, The Orbital, The Chemical Brothers. What kind of music inspires Liam to write songs? Here is a quote from himself: ”If people ask me what actually inspires me to make music, it’s late-early ’70s funk and ’80s hip-hop-B.T. Express, the Meters, the roots of hip-hop, the rare grooves the DJs used to spin. I love to spend hours in record stores listening to the original breaks.” But it’s important to note that what makes the Prodigy’s music so diverse are the lots of music styles they have heard over the years, so funk and hip-hop aren’t (obviously) the only styles that inspire them. How many members did the Prodigy have at the beginning? Five. When they formed the Prodigy, Liam, Keith, Leeroy and Maxim had another companion – a female dancer called Sharky. But when they won a record deal, she quit the band. Why are the Prodigy lyrics like what they are like? Another quote from Liam: ”The thing about Prodigy is there’s always scope for something else, and now there’s scope for lyrics that actually mean something. We were stuck in a position of coming from the dance scene and not needing lyrics to have too much weight. Now all of a sudden, we can write about stuff that’s happened to us. It’s somewhere we can go, maybe, with the new album-if there is another album. I’ve never seen politics as an important part of Prodigy, but personal experience and stuff like that.... Enough’s happened to us to write some fucking good lyrics!” (Note: it was said after May 1998) What does Music For The Jilted Generation mean? This album is a a protest against an act by the British government which enabled the policemen to take greater measures against partygoers (although originally Liam did not intend the album to be an anti-Criminal Justice Bill record). Jilted here means something like betrayed (the goverment betrayed youth). ”How can the government stop young people having a good time. Fight this bollocks” – The Prodigy. What hardware and software does Liam use? He uses a Macintosh (not a PC!) and Cubase software for writing music. Here is what he said about Cubase: ”The thing with Cubase is, I was scared to go on to it. It wasn’t because I was against it, I was just scared. I thought it would change the sound and change the way I write music. <...> When I use Cubase, I turn off Cycle mode and use it as I would have used the W30. Now I’ve got over the fear.” Mindfields or Minefields? You have probably seen Mindfields referred to as Minefields in some articles. So, what’s the difference? The album version that The Fat Of The Land contains is called Mindfields. The single that eventually wasn’t released commercially (only on promo) was officially called Minefields. Where was the No Good video shot? At Fabric, in London a club where Liam Howlett returnet twice as guest Deejay. Which cartoon character’s laugh does a Prodigy tune resemble? The tune of Everybody In The Place sounds like the laughter of ”Woody the Woodpecker” in Walt Disney cartoons. Any musical scores (sheets) available? There is a book called something like The Fat Of The Land Songbook, and it contains the musical scores of the FOTL tracks (plus incorrect lyrics). It’s worth checking out if you want to learn how to play their music. Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? In October 1998, Liam confessed his least favourite track is the remix he had done for The Time Frequency (Retribution). He said that he thought it turned out awful – but did it cos one of TTF was a mate... ”Liam has confessed that he did the mix for money, as he was a bit skint at the time! He also adds that now he has admitted to it being the worst Prodigy track, people will now try and track it down. Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
What's their first ever single? The single is the What Evil Lurks E.P. (not Charly as some fools may tell you, that's just their first CHART single!) with four tracks (What Evil Lurks, We're Gonna Rock, Android and the original (slow hip-hop) mix of Everybody In The Place), released only on 12 inch vinyl and there are only 7,000 genunine copies in existence! The value could be anything of up to £200 to collectors. Some fake vinyls of What Evil Lurks have been going around. These usually have the word 'Androids' instead of 'Android' in the tracklisting. Record Collector magazine has recently re-valued original copies at £80. By the way, just because it's rare, it doesn't mean to say it's good, the What Evil Lurks tracks are pretty low-budget and cheap efforts which sound primitive compared to Liam's current offerings! Android is probably the best track, and has been seen on some CDs (some illegal!). There are fake albums? Yes. (Fake album means it’s said to contain Prodigy music, but it isn’t) The Ultimate Jilted Experience Experience Revisited Inflicted The Castbreeder Beware of any website telling you otherwise. The first two albums were set up by a webmaster of an unofficial Prodigy site in order to look credible. The tracks have been identified as obvious hoaxes by many real Prodigy fans. The 'Inflicted' album was a hoax set up by Tobi Wood during the 'countdown' to The Fat Of The Land. Tobi was pissed off with having CD bootleg pirates ripping off his site, so he set about forging an album called Inflicted, which featured mostly real existing tracks, except for 'Salvationed Army', 'In The Beginning' and a fake 'Benny Blanco', composed (very well) by Tobi himself. Even the artwork (a briefcase full of drugs syringes) was fake. In my country, Romania, after Breathe (video), there was on the black market a fully fake album called "The best, the unreleased, the last.." containing Prodigy songs with the 'Breathe' cover. What is the Strongroom? It’s the studio besides Earthbound in which Liam recorded music (For example, five of the Jilted Generation tracks have been produced and mixed here) ”One of [Jamie] Reid’s current projects is the Strongroom Studio, a London recording studio designed by Reid and decorated with silk-screened canvases, marble, etched bronze and slate. Many of England’s top musical acts, including the Chemical Brothers, Prodigy and even the Spice Girls, have worked within the acclaimed Strongroom. ”It is like turning all my painting ideas into architecture,” Reid said of the studio. ”Bands such as the Prodigy have been recording in that space for a long time now... They’ve actually found what I’ve done there great inspiration to their music... Same as The Orb, The Orbital, The Chemical Brothers. What kind of music inspires Liam to write songs? Here is a quote from himself: ”If people ask me what actually inspires me to make music, it’s late-early ’70s funk and ’80s hip-hop-B.T. Express, the Meters, the roots of hip-hop, the rare grooves the DJs used to spin. I love to spend hours in record stores listening to the original breaks.” But it’s important to note that what makes the Prodigy’s music so diverse are the lots of music styles they have heard over the years, so funk and hip-hop aren’t (obviously) the only styles that inspire them. How many members did the Prodigy have at the beginning? Five. When they formed the Prodigy, Liam, Keith, Leeroy and Maxim had another companion – a female dancer called Sharky. But when they won a record deal, she quit the band. Why are the Prodigy lyrics like what they are like? Another quote from Liam: ”The thing about Prodigy is there’s always scope for something else, and now there’s scope for lyrics that actually mean something. We were stuck in a position of coming from the dance scene and not needing lyrics to have too much weight. Now all of a sudden, we can write about stuff that’s happened to us. It’s somewhere we can go, maybe, with the new album-if there is another album. I’ve never seen politics as an important part of Prodigy, but personal experience and stuff like that.... Enough’s happened to us to write some fucking good lyrics!” (Note: it was said after May 1998) What does Music For The Jilted Generation mean? This album is a a protest against an act by the British government which enabled the policemen to take greater measures against partygoers (although originally Liam did not intend the album to be an anti-Criminal Justice Bill record). Jilted here means something like betrayed (the goverment betrayed youth). ”How can the government stop young people having a good time. Fight this bollocks” – The Prodigy. What hardware and software does Liam use? He uses a Macintosh (not a PC!) and Cubase software for writing music. Here is what he said about Cubase: ”The thing with Cubase is, I was scared to go on to it. It wasn’t because I was against it, I was just scared. I thought it would change the sound and change the way I write music. <...> When I use Cubase, I turn off Cycle mode and use it as I would have used the W30. Now I’ve got over the fear.” Mindfields or Minefields? You have probably seen Mindfields referred to as Minefields in some articles. So, what’s the difference? The album version that The Fat Of The Land contains is called Mindfields. The single that eventually wasn’t released commercially (only on promo) was officially called Minefields. Where was the No Good video shot? At Fabric, in London a club where Liam Howlett returnet twice as guest Deejay. Which cartoon character’s laugh does a Prodigy tune resemble? The tune of Everybody In The Place sounds like the laughter of ”Woody the Woodpecker” in Walt Disney cartoons. Any musical scores (sheets) available? There is a book called something like The Fat Of The Land Songbook, and it contains the musical scores of the FOTL tracks (plus incorrect lyrics). It’s worth checking out if you want to learn how to play their music. Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? In October 1998, Liam confessed his least favourite track is the remix he had done for The Time Frequency (Retribution). He said that he thought it turned out awful – but did it cos one of TTF was a mate... ”Liam has confessed that he did the mix for money, as he was a bit skint at the time! He also adds that now he has admitted to it being the worst Prodigy track, people will now try and track it down. Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
There are fake albums? Yes. (Fake album means it’s said to contain Prodigy music, but it isn’t) The Ultimate Jilted Experience Experience Revisited Inflicted The Castbreeder Beware of any website telling you otherwise. The first two albums were set up by a webmaster of an unofficial Prodigy site in order to look credible. The tracks have been identified as obvious hoaxes by many real Prodigy fans. The 'Inflicted' album was a hoax set up by Tobi Wood during the 'countdown' to The Fat Of The Land. Tobi was pissed off with having CD bootleg pirates ripping off his site, so he set about forging an album called Inflicted, which featured mostly real existing tracks, except for 'Salvationed Army', 'In The Beginning' and a fake 'Benny Blanco', composed (very well) by Tobi himself. Even the artwork (a briefcase full of drugs syringes) was fake. In my country, Romania, after Breathe (video), there was on the black market a fully fake album called "The best, the unreleased, the last.." containing Prodigy songs with the 'Breathe' cover. What is the Strongroom? It’s the studio besides Earthbound in which Liam recorded music (For example, five of the Jilted Generation tracks have been produced and mixed here) ”One of [Jamie] Reid’s current projects is the Strongroom Studio, a London recording studio designed by Reid and decorated with silk-screened canvases, marble, etched bronze and slate. Many of England’s top musical acts, including the Chemical Brothers, Prodigy and even the Spice Girls, have worked within the acclaimed Strongroom. ”It is like turning all my painting ideas into architecture,” Reid said of the studio. ”Bands such as the Prodigy have been recording in that space for a long time now... They’ve actually found what I’ve done there great inspiration to their music... Same as The Orb, The Orbital, The Chemical Brothers. What kind of music inspires Liam to write songs? Here is a quote from himself: ”If people ask me what actually inspires me to make music, it’s late-early ’70s funk and ’80s hip-hop-B.T. Express, the Meters, the roots of hip-hop, the rare grooves the DJs used to spin. I love to spend hours in record stores listening to the original breaks.” But it’s important to note that what makes the Prodigy’s music so diverse are the lots of music styles they have heard over the years, so funk and hip-hop aren’t (obviously) the only styles that inspire them. How many members did the Prodigy have at the beginning? Five. When they formed the Prodigy, Liam, Keith, Leeroy and Maxim had another companion – a female dancer called Sharky. But when they won a record deal, she quit the band. Why are the Prodigy lyrics like what they are like? Another quote from Liam: ”The thing about Prodigy is there’s always scope for something else, and now there’s scope for lyrics that actually mean something. We were stuck in a position of coming from the dance scene and not needing lyrics to have too much weight. Now all of a sudden, we can write about stuff that’s happened to us. It’s somewhere we can go, maybe, with the new album-if there is another album. I’ve never seen politics as an important part of Prodigy, but personal experience and stuff like that.... Enough’s happened to us to write some fucking good lyrics!” (Note: it was said after May 1998) What does Music For The Jilted Generation mean? This album is a a protest against an act by the British government which enabled the policemen to take greater measures against partygoers (although originally Liam did not intend the album to be an anti-Criminal Justice Bill record). Jilted here means something like betrayed (the goverment betrayed youth). ”How can the government stop young people having a good time. Fight this bollocks” – The Prodigy. What hardware and software does Liam use? He uses a Macintosh (not a PC!) and Cubase software for writing music. Here is what he said about Cubase: ”The thing with Cubase is, I was scared to go on to it. It wasn’t because I was against it, I was just scared. I thought it would change the sound and change the way I write music. <...> When I use Cubase, I turn off Cycle mode and use it as I would have used the W30. Now I’ve got over the fear.” Mindfields or Minefields? You have probably seen Mindfields referred to as Minefields in some articles. So, what’s the difference? The album version that The Fat Of The Land contains is called Mindfields. The single that eventually wasn’t released commercially (only on promo) was officially called Minefields. Where was the No Good video shot? At Fabric, in London a club where Liam Howlett returnet twice as guest Deejay. Which cartoon character’s laugh does a Prodigy tune resemble? The tune of Everybody In The Place sounds like the laughter of ”Woody the Woodpecker” in Walt Disney cartoons. Any musical scores (sheets) available? There is a book called something like The Fat Of The Land Songbook, and it contains the musical scores of the FOTL tracks (plus incorrect lyrics). It’s worth checking out if you want to learn how to play their music. Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? In October 1998, Liam confessed his least favourite track is the remix he had done for The Time Frequency (Retribution). He said that he thought it turned out awful – but did it cos one of TTF was a mate... ”Liam has confessed that he did the mix for money, as he was a bit skint at the time! He also adds that now he has admitted to it being the worst Prodigy track, people will now try and track it down. Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
What is the Strongroom? It’s the studio besides Earthbound in which Liam recorded music (For example, five of the Jilted Generation tracks have been produced and mixed here) ”One of [Jamie] Reid’s current projects is the Strongroom Studio, a London recording studio designed by Reid and decorated with silk-screened canvases, marble, etched bronze and slate. Many of England’s top musical acts, including the Chemical Brothers, Prodigy and even the Spice Girls, have worked within the acclaimed Strongroom. ”It is like turning all my painting ideas into architecture,” Reid said of the studio. ”Bands such as the Prodigy have been recording in that space for a long time now... They’ve actually found what I’ve done there great inspiration to their music... Same as The Orb, The Orbital, The Chemical Brothers. What kind of music inspires Liam to write songs? Here is a quote from himself: ”If people ask me what actually inspires me to make music, it’s late-early ’70s funk and ’80s hip-hop-B.T. Express, the Meters, the roots of hip-hop, the rare grooves the DJs used to spin. I love to spend hours in record stores listening to the original breaks.” But it’s important to note that what makes the Prodigy’s music so diverse are the lots of music styles they have heard over the years, so funk and hip-hop aren’t (obviously) the only styles that inspire them. How many members did the Prodigy have at the beginning? Five. When they formed the Prodigy, Liam, Keith, Leeroy and Maxim had another companion – a female dancer called Sharky. But when they won a record deal, she quit the band. Why are the Prodigy lyrics like what they are like? Another quote from Liam: ”The thing about Prodigy is there’s always scope for something else, and now there’s scope for lyrics that actually mean something. We were stuck in a position of coming from the dance scene and not needing lyrics to have too much weight. Now all of a sudden, we can write about stuff that’s happened to us. It’s somewhere we can go, maybe, with the new album-if there is another album. I’ve never seen politics as an important part of Prodigy, but personal experience and stuff like that.... Enough’s happened to us to write some fucking good lyrics!” (Note: it was said after May 1998) What does Music For The Jilted Generation mean? This album is a a protest against an act by the British government which enabled the policemen to take greater measures against partygoers (although originally Liam did not intend the album to be an anti-Criminal Justice Bill record). Jilted here means something like betrayed (the goverment betrayed youth). ”How can the government stop young people having a good time. Fight this bollocks” – The Prodigy. What hardware and software does Liam use? He uses a Macintosh (not a PC!) and Cubase software for writing music. Here is what he said about Cubase: ”The thing with Cubase is, I was scared to go on to it. It wasn’t because I was against it, I was just scared. I thought it would change the sound and change the way I write music. <...> When I use Cubase, I turn off Cycle mode and use it as I would have used the W30. Now I’ve got over the fear.” Mindfields or Minefields? You have probably seen Mindfields referred to as Minefields in some articles. So, what’s the difference? The album version that The Fat Of The Land contains is called Mindfields. The single that eventually wasn’t released commercially (only on promo) was officially called Minefields. Where was the No Good video shot? At Fabric, in London a club where Liam Howlett returnet twice as guest Deejay. Which cartoon character’s laugh does a Prodigy tune resemble? The tune of Everybody In The Place sounds like the laughter of ”Woody the Woodpecker” in Walt Disney cartoons. Any musical scores (sheets) available? There is a book called something like The Fat Of The Land Songbook, and it contains the musical scores of the FOTL tracks (plus incorrect lyrics). It’s worth checking out if you want to learn how to play their music. Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? In October 1998, Liam confessed his least favourite track is the remix he had done for The Time Frequency (Retribution). He said that he thought it turned out awful – but did it cos one of TTF was a mate... ”Liam has confessed that he did the mix for money, as he was a bit skint at the time! He also adds that now he has admitted to it being the worst Prodigy track, people will now try and track it down. Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
What kind of music inspires Liam to write songs? Here is a quote from himself: ”If people ask me what actually inspires me to make music, it’s late-early ’70s funk and ’80s hip-hop-B.T. Express, the Meters, the roots of hip-hop, the rare grooves the DJs used to spin. I love to spend hours in record stores listening to the original breaks.” But it’s important to note that what makes the Prodigy’s music so diverse are the lots of music styles they have heard over the years, so funk and hip-hop aren’t (obviously) the only styles that inspire them. How many members did the Prodigy have at the beginning? Five. When they formed the Prodigy, Liam, Keith, Leeroy and Maxim had another companion – a female dancer called Sharky. But when they won a record deal, she quit the band. Why are the Prodigy lyrics like what they are like? Another quote from Liam: ”The thing about Prodigy is there’s always scope for something else, and now there’s scope for lyrics that actually mean something. We were stuck in a position of coming from the dance scene and not needing lyrics to have too much weight. Now all of a sudden, we can write about stuff that’s happened to us. It’s somewhere we can go, maybe, with the new album-if there is another album. I’ve never seen politics as an important part of Prodigy, but personal experience and stuff like that.... Enough’s happened to us to write some fucking good lyrics!” (Note: it was said after May 1998) What does Music For The Jilted Generation mean? This album is a a protest against an act by the British government which enabled the policemen to take greater measures against partygoers (although originally Liam did not intend the album to be an anti-Criminal Justice Bill record). Jilted here means something like betrayed (the goverment betrayed youth). ”How can the government stop young people having a good time. Fight this bollocks” – The Prodigy. What hardware and software does Liam use? He uses a Macintosh (not a PC!) and Cubase software for writing music. Here is what he said about Cubase: ”The thing with Cubase is, I was scared to go on to it. It wasn’t because I was against it, I was just scared. I thought it would change the sound and change the way I write music. <...> When I use Cubase, I turn off Cycle mode and use it as I would have used the W30. Now I’ve got over the fear.” Mindfields or Minefields? You have probably seen Mindfields referred to as Minefields in some articles. So, what’s the difference? The album version that The Fat Of The Land contains is called Mindfields. The single that eventually wasn’t released commercially (only on promo) was officially called Minefields. Where was the No Good video shot? At Fabric, in London a club where Liam Howlett returnet twice as guest Deejay. Which cartoon character’s laugh does a Prodigy tune resemble? The tune of Everybody In The Place sounds like the laughter of ”Woody the Woodpecker” in Walt Disney cartoons. Any musical scores (sheets) available? There is a book called something like The Fat Of The Land Songbook, and it contains the musical scores of the FOTL tracks (plus incorrect lyrics). It’s worth checking out if you want to learn how to play their music. Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? In October 1998, Liam confessed his least favourite track is the remix he had done for The Time Frequency (Retribution). He said that he thought it turned out awful – but did it cos one of TTF was a mate... ”Liam has confessed that he did the mix for money, as he was a bit skint at the time! He also adds that now he has admitted to it being the worst Prodigy track, people will now try and track it down. Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
How many members did the Prodigy have at the beginning? Five. When they formed the Prodigy, Liam, Keith, Leeroy and Maxim had another companion – a female dancer called Sharky. But when they won a record deal, she quit the band. Why are the Prodigy lyrics like what they are like? Another quote from Liam: ”The thing about Prodigy is there’s always scope for something else, and now there’s scope for lyrics that actually mean something. We were stuck in a position of coming from the dance scene and not needing lyrics to have too much weight. Now all of a sudden, we can write about stuff that’s happened to us. It’s somewhere we can go, maybe, with the new album-if there is another album. I’ve never seen politics as an important part of Prodigy, but personal experience and stuff like that.... Enough’s happened to us to write some fucking good lyrics!” (Note: it was said after May 1998) What does Music For The Jilted Generation mean? This album is a a protest against an act by the British government which enabled the policemen to take greater measures against partygoers (although originally Liam did not intend the album to be an anti-Criminal Justice Bill record). Jilted here means something like betrayed (the goverment betrayed youth). ”How can the government stop young people having a good time. Fight this bollocks” – The Prodigy. What hardware and software does Liam use? He uses a Macintosh (not a PC!) and Cubase software for writing music. Here is what he said about Cubase: ”The thing with Cubase is, I was scared to go on to it. It wasn’t because I was against it, I was just scared. I thought it would change the sound and change the way I write music. <...> When I use Cubase, I turn off Cycle mode and use it as I would have used the W30. Now I’ve got over the fear.” Mindfields or Minefields? You have probably seen Mindfields referred to as Minefields in some articles. So, what’s the difference? The album version that The Fat Of The Land contains is called Mindfields. The single that eventually wasn’t released commercially (only on promo) was officially called Minefields. Where was the No Good video shot? At Fabric, in London a club where Liam Howlett returnet twice as guest Deejay. Which cartoon character’s laugh does a Prodigy tune resemble? The tune of Everybody In The Place sounds like the laughter of ”Woody the Woodpecker” in Walt Disney cartoons. Any musical scores (sheets) available? There is a book called something like The Fat Of The Land Songbook, and it contains the musical scores of the FOTL tracks (plus incorrect lyrics). It’s worth checking out if you want to learn how to play their music. Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? In October 1998, Liam confessed his least favourite track is the remix he had done for The Time Frequency (Retribution). He said that he thought it turned out awful – but did it cos one of TTF was a mate... ”Liam has confessed that he did the mix for money, as he was a bit skint at the time! He also adds that now he has admitted to it being the worst Prodigy track, people will now try and track it down. Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
What does Music For The Jilted Generation mean? This album is a a protest against an act by the British government which enabled the policemen to take greater measures against partygoers (although originally Liam did not intend the album to be an anti-Criminal Justice Bill record). Jilted here means something like betrayed (the goverment betrayed youth). ”How can the government stop young people having a good time. Fight this bollocks” – The Prodigy. What hardware and software does Liam use? He uses a Macintosh (not a PC!) and Cubase software for writing music. Here is what he said about Cubase: ”The thing with Cubase is, I was scared to go on to it. It wasn’t because I was against it, I was just scared. I thought it would change the sound and change the way I write music. <...> When I use Cubase, I turn off Cycle mode and use it as I would have used the W30. Now I’ve got over the fear.” Mindfields or Minefields? You have probably seen Mindfields referred to as Minefields in some articles. So, what’s the difference? The album version that The Fat Of The Land contains is called Mindfields. The single that eventually wasn’t released commercially (only on promo) was officially called Minefields. Where was the No Good video shot? At Fabric, in London a club where Liam Howlett returnet twice as guest Deejay. Which cartoon character’s laugh does a Prodigy tune resemble? The tune of Everybody In The Place sounds like the laughter of ”Woody the Woodpecker” in Walt Disney cartoons. Any musical scores (sheets) available? There is a book called something like The Fat Of The Land Songbook, and it contains the musical scores of the FOTL tracks (plus incorrect lyrics). It’s worth checking out if you want to learn how to play their music. Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? In October 1998, Liam confessed his least favourite track is the remix he had done for The Time Frequency (Retribution). He said that he thought it turned out awful – but did it cos one of TTF was a mate... ”Liam has confessed that he did the mix for money, as he was a bit skint at the time! He also adds that now he has admitted to it being the worst Prodigy track, people will now try and track it down. Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
Mindfields or Minefields? You have probably seen Mindfields referred to as Minefields in some articles. So, what’s the difference? The album version that The Fat Of The Land contains is called Mindfields. The single that eventually wasn’t released commercially (only on promo) was officially called Minefields. Where was the No Good video shot? At Fabric, in London a club where Liam Howlett returnet twice as guest Deejay. Which cartoon character’s laugh does a Prodigy tune resemble? The tune of Everybody In The Place sounds like the laughter of ”Woody the Woodpecker” in Walt Disney cartoons. Any musical scores (sheets) available? There is a book called something like The Fat Of The Land Songbook, and it contains the musical scores of the FOTL tracks (plus incorrect lyrics). It’s worth checking out if you want to learn how to play their music. Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? In October 1998, Liam confessed his least favourite track is the remix he had done for The Time Frequency (Retribution). He said that he thought it turned out awful – but did it cos one of TTF was a mate... ”Liam has confessed that he did the mix for money, as he was a bit skint at the time! He also adds that now he has admitted to it being the worst Prodigy track, people will now try and track it down. Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
Where was the No Good video shot? At Fabric, in London a club where Liam Howlett returnet twice as guest Deejay. Which cartoon character’s laugh does a Prodigy tune resemble? The tune of Everybody In The Place sounds like the laughter of ”Woody the Woodpecker” in Walt Disney cartoons. Any musical scores (sheets) available? There is a book called something like The Fat Of The Land Songbook, and it contains the musical scores of the FOTL tracks (plus incorrect lyrics). It’s worth checking out if you want to learn how to play their music. Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? In October 1998, Liam confessed his least favourite track is the remix he had done for The Time Frequency (Retribution). He said that he thought it turned out awful – but did it cos one of TTF was a mate... ”Liam has confessed that he did the mix for money, as he was a bit skint at the time! He also adds that now he has admitted to it being the worst Prodigy track, people will now try and track it down. Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
Which cartoon character’s laugh does a Prodigy tune resemble? The tune of Everybody In The Place sounds like the laughter of ”Woody the Woodpecker” in Walt Disney cartoons. Any musical scores (sheets) available? There is a book called something like The Fat Of The Land Songbook, and it contains the musical scores of the FOTL tracks (plus incorrect lyrics). It’s worth checking out if you want to learn how to play their music. Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? In October 1998, Liam confessed his least favourite track is the remix he had done for The Time Frequency (Retribution). He said that he thought it turned out awful – but did it cos one of TTF was a mate... ”Liam has confessed that he did the mix for money, as he was a bit skint at the time! He also adds that now he has admitted to it being the worst Prodigy track, people will now try and track it down. Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
Any musical scores (sheets) available? There is a book called something like The Fat Of The Land Songbook, and it contains the musical scores of the FOTL tracks (plus incorrect lyrics). It’s worth checking out if you want to learn how to play their music. Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? In October 1998, Liam confessed his least favourite track is the remix he had done for The Time Frequency (Retribution). He said that he thought it turned out awful – but did it cos one of TTF was a mate... ”Liam has confessed that he did the mix for money, as he was a bit skint at the time! He also adds that now he has admitted to it being the worst Prodigy track, people will now try and track it down. Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
Which track of his own does Liam hate the most? In October 1998, Liam confessed his least favourite track is the remix he had done for The Time Frequency (Retribution). He said that he thought it turned out awful – but did it cos one of TTF was a mate... ”Liam has confessed that he did the mix for money, as he was a bit skint at the time! He also adds that now he has admitted to it being the worst Prodigy track, people will now try and track it down. Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
Which soundtracks did Liam take samples from? He used samples from various films, for example: The Lawnmower Man (Intro), Smokie And The Bandit (Their Law), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Claustrophobic Sting), Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco).
