Keith Flint, Prodigy front man, dead at 49


Keith Flint Prodigy front man dead at 49


Keith Flint, the frontman of initiating British electronic social affair The Prodigy, has been found dead at his home developed 49, the band has certified. 





Stone's obvious appearance, vocals and moving made him a champion among the most prominent figures on the British electronic scene, with hits including "Firestarter" and "Breathe in" pushing the social occasion to business achievement all through Europe and the United States. 

His bandmate Liam Howlett made on Instagram that Flint kicked the container by suicide. 

"The news is substantial, I can't believe I'm expressing this anyway our kin Keith took his own life all through the week's end," Howlett made on the social occasion's genuine Instagram profile. "I'm shell shocked, f****n incensed , overwhelmed and heart broken," he included. 





Police had before insisted that a 49-year-old individual was found latent at his home in Essex, England, on Monday morning. His nearest relative have been taught and the end isn't being treated as suspicious, the police clarification notwithstanding.

Pioneer, trailblazer, legend' 

Known for his brilliant twofold mohawk, tattoos and stimulated, capricious shows, Flint transformed into a portraying figure of 1990s British music. 

He joined The Prodigy not long after its advancement by Howlett in 1990, quickly helping the social affair bond its stature inside Britain's rave scene and pioneer the Big Beat sort of electronic music. 

The band's blend of techno, breakbeat and destructive house sound and their combustible, tumultuous sections brought them business accomplishment and fundamental acclaim. 

The Prodigy's second accumulation, "Music for the Jilted Generation," earned the social event its first of seven UK number one accumulations when it was released to positive reviews in 1994. Stone and his bandmates dependent on that accomplishment three years sometime later, when "The Fat of the Land" went platinum in both the US and Britain, beating the layouts in the two countries. 

The band's imprint hit, "Firestarter," was one of a couple of achievement British songs respected at the opening administration of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. 

Its last accumulation, "No Tourists," was released in November, and the get-together had starting late announced a 2019 voyage through festivals in Europe and South America. 

"It is with most significant shock and hopelessness that we can attest the death of our kin and nearest partner Keith Flint. A certified pioneer, pioneer and legend. He will be everlastingly missed," the social occasion wrote in an alternate post on Twitter. "We thank you for in regards to the security of all stressed starting at now." 

Tributes pour in 

The Prodigy transformed into the essential move social event to highlight the UK's observed Glastonbury Festival in 1997 and were set to play the festival again this year, Emily Eavis, its facilitator, said on Monday. 

"We are so dispirited to come down with wind of the terrible bug of Keith Flint," Eavis formed on Twitter, driving web based life tributes to the star on Monday. "What an incredible frontman," she expressed, calling their achievement set in 1997 a "giant, surprising moment." 

Ed Simons of British electronic music couple The Chemical Brothers also paid respects to Flint on Twitter, thinking of him as a "mind blowing man." 

We wouldn't be here notwithstanding Keith and the remarkable music they made and pushed," electronic get-together Chase and Status included, while British radio arbitrator Jo Whiley communicated: "At whatever point our ways crossed he was a by and large sweetheart. Amazingly astonishing. Incomprehensible infamous frontman with a fragile core interest." 

Shake amass Kasabian delineated him as a "superb man" and a "mind blowing pioneer." 

Additionally, British rapper Dizzee Rascal shared the video for Firestarter, communicating: "I remember when this video turned out and I thought f*** this individual is a lunatic!... By then I opened up for the Prodigy in 2009 at Wembley and he was a standout amongst the most brilliant people I've met." 

Blooms were in like manner laid at the door to Flint's Essex home on Monday evening.