Keith Flint/Prodgity Dead?

ESBlonde

My phone just flashed to say Keith Flint frontman with Pridigy found dead at his home. He's 49.

I shan't link to the daily trash pages here, I'm sure more detail will emerge shortly.

EricTheWeary

It's on several sites, found dead at his home. 

I was watching that PA rundown thing someone posted on here the other day so hadn't thought about them for years before that. Certainly a band who followed their own vision, they looked amazing live. 
49, bloody hell. RIP Keith. 

ESBlonde

The BBC now showing the story. I didn't realise his home was about 20 miles as the crow flies from where I'm sitting just now.

49 is too young. RIP.

Maynehead

F**k me... prodigy was a part of my childhood, they're what got me into music.

Huge loss. 

octatonic

Terrible news.

octatonic

BBC World News keep showing pictures of Liam rather than Keith.

munckee

That is very sad.

An acquaintance of mine was on holiday in australia with keith a couple of years ago over Christmas/New Year.  He got a call in the gap between the two asking him to play the O2 on new years eve.  The chap I know said keith was on the phone saying "no I'm on holiday, its not a question of money.  How much?  I'm on my way to the airport!"

He flew home played O2 and flew back to finish to holiday.

joneve

this is really sad news. Huge loss to music.

Fishboy7

Bummer 

octatonic

Liam has said it was suicide on the band's Insta.

fendergibson

Horrible news. A proper legend 

cruxiform

Really affected by this. In addition to being a huge Prodigy fan, I chatted to Keith at the 2014 Isle of Man TT. He was totally down to earth and very, very passionate about racing motorcycles. 

A big loss. RIP Keith. 

Snap

Truly shocking. So very sad.

darthed1981

1997 Fat of the Land, one of the key musical points of my life that. 

RIP Keith, hopefully those demons won't haunt you any more

RandallFlagg

I'm shocked and saddened, adding his own vocals to Firestarter really opened The Prodigy up to a much wider audience and took their music into the global mainstream. I will never forget seeing the video to Firestarter when it went UK No. 1 and thinking that I have never seen anything like Keith Flint since Johnny Rotten's manical leering heyday with the Sex Pistols.

Suicide always baffles me, but I've never been dragged into the abyss like those that feel the inclination.

I met The Prodigy including Keith at Copenhagen airport in 1995, they were in the queue in front of me with their trays getting some food, then sat at a table opposite and were very quiet and polite as I had a brief nervous chat with them.

Teetonetal

Really intense performer. Firestarter was extraordinary at the time.

HAL9000

Not really my thing, but nonetheless Firestarter made a huge impact. So sad to learn about his death. RIP Keith. 

ICBM

Not my thing either, but they were undoubtedly hugely important and influential.

RIP

Limehouse_Blues

Very sad. They were one of a few non guitar dominated acts of the mid to late 90s that I could really dig.

underdog

Limehouse_Blues said:

Very sad. They were one of a few non guitar dominated acts of the mid to late 90s that I could really dig.

Agree with you totally, a very rock n roll dance act, and Keith was an amazing front man.

ionian

I loved the Prodigy and I've spent my day listening to jilted generation and fat of the land in the car as I travel for work - it's been ages since I played them and I forgot how in your face they are. Great stuff. Plus Keith took the live act to another level. 

I'm devastated by the strong likelihood that he took his own life, having also spent my day discussing mental health provision for young people. It's really got to me.