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Name: Keith Charles Flint
From: Essex
Born: 9/17/1969
Role: Dancer, lunatic and "singer"
Keith (the mad man) is also from Braintree, Essex (born on
17.09.1969). Keith comes from a broken home, and had
never really wanted a proper career. Having been kicked
out by his dad, he spent some time in Israel, as a market-
stall trader.
He came back to the UK later, living in some accommodation
in Braintree with friends, alongside Sharky. He had grown
his hair long, and usually wore an Afghan coat. Because of
this, he had earned the nickname Sheepdog.
Keith eventually became a big fan of raving in it's
inception around 1988 and was a regular on the M25
motorway scene. He spent a lot of his time dancing in The
Barn in Braintree. Having never danced before in his life,
he managed to hone his dancing skills there, developing
himself into the fast-paced act we know him as today.
By contrast, Keith's friend Leeroy, who he had met at The
Barn, was more into calmer dancing, in the style of funk.
The two were quite a contrasting pair, and Sharky would
often tag along with them.
Having seen and heard local DJ Liam Howlett at the Barn,
Keith managed to approach him, and got a tape of a DJ set,
along with Liam's own material on the b-side created at
home.
When Keith and Leeroy listened to Liam's work, they were
stunned. They wanted to start up a stage act with Liam as
soon as possible, with Keith, Leeroy and Sharky as the
dancers and Liam as the centre of the act, at the
keyboards. Liam agreed, but said he needed an MC. On the
date of their first ever gig, reggae MC Maxim Reality
joined them, having been recruited by the act's manager Ziggy.
Keith is the band's most popular member and is often
referred to as the 'frontman' for the Prodigy, due to his
new-found vocal role in 1996's Firestarter, a claim which
he denies. On stage Keith is a real spectacle - a human
blur most of the time, shouting, spitting, and "visually
expressing" himself, as he puts it.
After the Experience era, Keith began to show the first of
many changes to himself - a part of the evolultion to the
Keith we know now. In 1994, he was often seen on stage
wearing eyeliner, dancing to the tunes of the Jilted era.
In 1995, Keith took a big image change when he appeared on
stage at the Prodigy's legendary headline slot on the
second stage at Glastonbury Festival 1995. His hair was
cropped short, and dyed pink. The eyeliner was more
evident, as were his new facial piercings, and he danced
more frantically than previously. He took to coming on
stage in a giant transparent plastic ball.
By the end of 1995, reports were seeping out from
Braintree that Keith had done some punk-style vocals for a
new Prodigy track, called Firestarter. This was premiered
at the Island in Ilford, Essex, which was followed by more
UK dates, in which Keith had shaved his colourful hair
into a double mohican style. Spiked up on each side,
having it some kind of colour, and having it shaved in the
middle.
He said "I've been screaming with my body for the past six years,
so now it's time to scream with my mouth".
(although he can't sing, his voice has a superb tone).
When The Fat Of The Land was released, almost half the
tracks had Keith doing his snarling vocals. Thanks to the
videos for Firestarter and Breathe, Keith had became an
icon for 90s pop culture.
He has about a hundred nose rings, earings and a tounge
ring. He has tattoos including one across his stomach that
says "Inflicted". That very same tattoo across his body is
actually the only one of its kind as it was designed by
the Prodigy's main-man Liam Howlett.
Keith is known to be every parents nightmare, and also has
a lot of complaints about how scary he is. When the
Prodigy's Firestater video was shown on TOTP TV a record
number of complaints were sent to TOTP complaining about
Keith Flint. One particular parent, in a letter to the BBC
complaining about that video, have called him "a man in
need of urgent medical attention".
Prior to the Prodigy Keith only seemed into round the
world trips, motorcycles, festivals and raves. Keith still
says today that he wouldn't know what he would be like or
what he would be doing know if he wasnt in the Prodigy.
Keith is the band's dancer and "singer. Keith sees
performing live as his drug, hes way of getting rid of all
the built up pressure inside him. He used to dance
more "normal", but now he just jumps around and acts
spastic that gives everyone a good laugh. He also likes to
stick his tounge out a lot too.
Keith is also known to be the loudest, but most nicest
member of the group. He loves danger - already when he was
little, he used to play with plugs - seeing how far he'd
dare to push the plug in and touch the terminal on the
other end (he never got a shock)... And he announced in
the summer of 1998 that he'd be competing in the superbike
race called the Clubman's Race, racing at speeds up to
160mph. To this day Keith has only had one serious
accident where he crashed at over 120mph hitting a barrier
on the way. There are also reports of Flint being a keen
gardener, and a lover of animals. If you have ever watched
the "Prodigy Unauthorised" video you will even see a clip
where Keiths old head master tells how Keith flint used to
feed the rabbit in the school playground.
(from: http://theprodigy.info)
