The Prodigy were founded in Braintree, Essex, in 1990 by keyboardist and songwriter Liam Howlett. The band was named after the Moog Prodigy synthesiser They have sold an estimated 25 million records worldwide, and won numerous music awards during their career, including two Brit Awards for Best British Dance Act, three MTV Video Music Awards, two Kerrang! Awards, five MTV Europe Music Awards, and received two Grammy Award nominations. They earned titles like "the premiere dance act for the alternative masses" and "the Godfathers of Rave", and remain one of the most successful electronic acts of all time. A third single from the album, “ Smack My Bitch Up”, was also successful as well as the chart-reaching " Omen" from 2009. The Prodigy emerged in the underground rave scene in the early 1990s and achieved popularity and worldwide recognition with UK number one singles such as " Firestarter" and " Breathe", both singles coming from their UK and US chart-topping album The Fat of the Land (1997). The Prodigy describe their style as "electronic punk," being the pioneers in this rhythm, with a punk conceptual expression in many of their albums accompanied by strong and groundbreaking rhythms.
Howlett's rock-inspired drum rhythms infused with electronic rave music beats/breaks were combined with Maxim's omnipresent mystique, Thornhill's shuffle dancing style and Flint's modern punk appearance. Along with the Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim, the Prodigy are credited as pioneers of the breakbeat-influenced genre big beat, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s. The band's line-up has included MC and vocalist Maxim, dancer and vocalist Keith Flint (until his death in March 2019), dancer and live keyboardist Leeroy Thornhill (who left to pursue a solo career in 2000), and dancer and vocalist Sharky (1990–1991). There is no title or release date for the film yet but there's no doubt it'll be a timely document of dance music's greatest band.The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music band from Braintree, Essex, formed in 1990 by record producer and songwriter Liam Howlett. We want the viewers to leave the cinema like they’ve just stepped off a roller-coaster.” Dark at times, strong changes of pace, it will be a visual assault too, stylistically striking, contemporary and challenging. Paul Dugdale, who himself has worked on concert films with The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Sam Smith said: “The film will be as wild as the band. The band will release the film in partnership with Pulse Films, the company responsible for Beyoncé's Lemonade and LCD Soundsystem's Shut Up And Play The Hits visual albums.
Read this next: 10 iconic Prodigy moments Or simply - a story of brothers on a mission to make noise…to ignite the peoples souls and blow-up sound systems worldwide…that's fukin what! This film will be made with the same integrity that our music is - uncompromising, raw and honest… This one’s for Keef!” "After the devastating passing of our brother Keef in 2019, the time feels right for us to tell the story of our band, all of it, the whole 9 … It's a story of the chaotic and troubled journey of our gang, our band, the peoples band - The Prodigy. Liam Howlett and Maxim gave a joint statement to Billboard to announce the documentary and dedicate the film to the late Keith Flint: Read this next: The best Prodigy tracks ranked The band are working alongside longtime visual collaborator Paul Dugdale, who has produced three videos for the band as well as their concert film Prodigy: World's On Fire. The Prodigy are working on a documentary film.