A bit more about Keith, now that it's sunk in.
I liked rave / techno at the time, but it just looked shit. Dirty hippies in fields, or baggy t-shirted clowns getting mud all over their expensive suede shoes.
The Prodigy were among the best, and Keith made them look it. For those of us who could just about remember the arse-end of punk, we suddenly had a mad frontman who brought its look and attitude to the dance music scene. He was Johnny Rotten for the pillhead generation.
When Firestarter came out, he suddenly proved he had the voice of Johnny Rotten as well as the charisma. I remember one music magazine calling that song, and its iconic video, 'pure, bottled zeitgeist', which was spot on.
He was a John Hicklenton drawing come to life. Goodbye, Keith. You won't be forgotten.
