{"id":68341,"date":"2019-03-04T17:59:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T16:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/?p=68341"},"modified":"2019-03-04T17:59:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T16:59:15","slug":"keith-flint-from-prodigy-died-at-the-age-of-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/keith-flint-from-prodigy-died-at-the-age-of-49\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Flint, from Prodigy, died at the age of 49"},"content":{"rendered":"

UK rave scene legend was found dead in his Essex home this morning.<\/h3>\n

\"Keith<\/p>\n

Keith Flint, from Prodigy band, died at 49. He was found dead at his home in Dunmow, Essex this morning, police said.<\/p>\n

Liam Howlett also part of the Prodigy wrote in Instagram that Flint died by suicide.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Flint was a legend of the party and well known for his characteristic look of devil’s hair and his shouts in hits like “Firestarter<\/strong><\/em>“. Born in East London and moved to Essex as a child, he later met Liam Howlett, co-founder of The Prodigy, at a party.<\/p>\n

Together with Howlett and MC\/vocalist Maxim, Keith Flint helped turn The Prodigy into one of the UK’s biggest bands<\/strong>, first as a dancer and then as a vocalist. Together they produced stadium-sized hymns that fused hip hop bases with the rave culture in which they grew up.<\/p>\n

The band won the contempt of many media outlets thanks to topics like “Smack My Bitch Up<\/strong><\/em>“, which was banned by the BBC or MTV and was voted the “most controversial song” by PRS.<\/p>\n