Prodigy consists of Keith Flint, Liam Howlett, Maxim Reality.
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The Prodigy are a British hard dance/ rave act, consisting of Liam Howlett (keyboards), Keith Flint (vocalist) and Maxim (vocalist). Leeroy Thornhill (dancer) was also a member of the band from 1990 to 2000. A female dancer/vocalist called Sharky was also briefly associated with the band during their early period. The Prodigy first emerged on the underground rave scene in the early 1990s, and since then have achieved immense popularity and worldwide renown. Some of their most popular songs include "Charly," "Out of Space," "Smack My Bitch Up," "No Good (Start the Dance)," "Breathe" and "Firestarter." The Prodigy have developed various styles over time, initially pioneering the underground rave scene, and now creating bigbeat tracks with punk vocal elements.
Formed in Essex, England, the Prodigy started life with an initial 10-track demo by Liam Howlett, put together on a Roland W-30 sequencer keyboard. XL Recordings picked up the demo and an initial 12" pressing of What Evil Lurks was released in February 1991. The band's name is thought to have come from the keyboard Moog Prodigy (created by Robert Moog)
The band's first performance was at Four Aces in Hackney, London. Charly, released six months later, was a huge hit in the British rave scene of the time, catapulting the band into the wider public consciousness for the first time. Some critics were later to identify the release of Charly, with its memorable sample of a government television infomercial aimed at children ( Charley Says), as the song that instigated the ultimate destruction of the underground rave scene, opening the door to a flood of rave tracks many of the genre's devotees considered of lesser quality, such as Urban Hype's Trip to Trumpton, and Smart E's Sesame's Treet. Charly was soon followed by the band's first full length album, The Prodigy Experience, widely regarded as one of the finest examples of the rave genre ever recorded.
