# RIP Keith Flint of The Prodigy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-flint-of-the-prodigy/830535 "2019-03-04T16:35:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-flint-of-the-prodigy/830535/1 "2019-03-04T16:35:44Z")
[49 years old](https://apnews.com/e60c9c0aeaeb4ed3abd57501dbaa87e5); possibly a suicide. > [@](#): > > Prodigy co-founder Liam Howlett said in an Instagram post that Flint killed himself over the weekend. > > “I’m shell shocked … confused and heart broken,” he wrote. > > Police confirmed that the body of a 49-year-old man had been found at a home in Brook Hill, northeast of London. They said the death was being treated as non-suspicious and a file would be sent to the coroner — standard practice in cases of violent or unexplained deaths. Very sad; the band has some iconic songs to go along with their iconic frontman. > [@](#): > > Flint was the stage persona of the band, whose 1990s hits “Firestarter” and “Breathe” were an incendiary fusion of techno, breakbeat and acid house music. > > He was renowned for his manic stage energy and distinctive look: black eyeliner and hair spiked into two horns. > > “A true pioneer, innovator and legend,” the band said in a statement confirming his death. “He will be forever missed.” RIP Mr. Flint; you done good. ---
**Author:** ![cgg419](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cgg419/32/2847_2.png) [@cgg419](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cgg419)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-flint-of-the-prodigy/830535/2 "2019-03-04T16:39:10Z")
Damn, it has been a rough few years. Never a big fan, but I liked the few songs I have heard over the years. His band mate is calling it a suicide as well. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-flint-of-the-prodigy/830535/3 "2019-03-04T17:22:09Z")
The Prodigy had extraordinary energy when playing live, and a large part of that was down to Keith. The deranged stage persona was not Keith though - by all accounts he was a quiet, thoughtful, polite and charming man. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-flint-of-the-prodigy/830535/4 "2019-03-04T17:32:34Z")
That’s very sad news indeed. RIP Keith. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-flint-of-the-prodigy/830535/5 "2019-03-04T17:38:01Z")
I wasn’t a huge fan but The Fat of the Land was one of the first cd’s I ever bought when I was in middle school? Can’t remember. Smack my Bitch up still gets me fired up though. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-flint-of-the-prodigy/830535/6 "2019-03-04T18:31:33Z")
I’ve been listening to their latest album, No Tourists, in rotation and was waiting to see their US tour dates. I’m guessing that will all be canceled. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-flint-of-the-prodigy/830535/7 "2019-03-04T20:27:48Z")
Bah! That’s bah! ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-flint-of-the-prodigy/830535/8 "2019-03-04T20:40:36Z")
Oh boy, did I love Fat of the Land. I still frequently listen to that cd all the way through, it is just great stuff. When I sampled other songs from different The Prodigy albums their music just didn’t strike me the same way. Keith Flint in the videos for Firestarter and Breathe was just so damn freakish and mesmerizing. On one hand the stuff of nightmares imagery and on the other I could not look away. I’m actually glad to read Baron Greenback’s comments about his stage persona vs. real-life. Rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-flint-of-the-prodigy/830535/9 "2019-03-04T20:41:44Z")
Super gutted by this. For me this is more personal than any of the bigger names in music that have passed in recent years. My (somewhat mispent) youth was basically defined by seeing The Prodigy live at various music festivals and concerts. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-flint-of-the-prodigy/830535/10 "2019-03-04T21:47:39Z")
The single of Firestarter was the first CD/Single I ever bought. I have “Breathe” on my youtube to this day. They just announced a world tour and would be making a stop in Florida, I half-heartedly thought of going to the festival just to see them…I guess not now. What is it with the suicides happening just as tours are starting? Happened with Cornell and Chester Bennington Also, since when did they go by The Prodigy? I thought it was just Prodigy? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-flint-of-the-prodigy/830535/11 "2019-03-05T02:05:41Z")
Check the album covers, eh: it’s always been The Prodigy. Conversely, it’s never been The Stray Cats. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-flint-of-the-prodigy/830535/12 "2019-03-05T02:49:16Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Check the album covers, eh: it’s always been The Prodigy. [It’s understandable from some covers why people would get confused.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/TheProdigy-TheFatOfTheLand.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-flint-of-the-prodigy/830535/13 "2019-03-05T05:40:29Z")
I was saddened by this. “Breathe” shuffled up twice during my workout today. I even saw (The) Prodigy live on two occasions. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-flint-of-the-prodigy/830535/14 "2019-03-05T07:10:15Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [It’s understandable from some covers why people would get confused.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/TheProdigy-TheFatOfTheLand.jpg) “Some covers”? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-flint-of-the-prodigy/830535/15 "2019-03-05T13:20:26Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > “Some covers”? :dubious: Additionally, I could absolutely see someone interpreting a cover stating “The Prodigy Experience” as something other than “Experience, an album by the Prodigy”. ---
**Author:** ![WilyQuixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f9ae1b/32.png) [@WilyQuixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WilyQuixote)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-flint-of-the-prodigy/830535/16 "2019-03-05T14:31:46Z")
As a teenage metalhead in the 90s (and still am, only pushing 40) The Prodigy were probably the only dance band that didn’t irritate the fuck out of me. RIP Keith. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-flint-of-the-prodigy/830535/17 "2019-03-05T14:53:35Z")
Back in the day when it was new, _Fat of the Land_ was banned in all cars among my group of friends because it made us all drive crazy. Especially on that drive from Spokane to Missoula with no speed limit. Well, it was after 1999 so technically there was a speed limit, but enforcement was non-existent at that time, and from what I hear still really isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bruce\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-keith-flint-of-the-prodigy/830535/18 "2019-03-05T16:49:15Z")
RIP. _Smack my bitch up_ was one of the greatest music videos of all time.