Liam Howlett

• Band Status: Music composer
• From: Peterborough
• Born: August 21st , 1971

Some would say "He IS the Prodigy", but Liam would disagree. Certainly, this guy does write most of the music, and leads the way. But he has stated that the Prodigy would be nothing without the other members.

As a child, Liam began listening to ska and 2-Tone music, before getting into the world of hip-hop, during his teenage years. He was so into hip-hop that he managed to join a local band called 'Cut 2 Kill', but got kicked out later on, after a disasterous record deal and friction with the other members. After checking out a rave for the first time, Liam started afresh as a rave DJ at The Barn in Braintree. It was there he met Keith and Leeroy, and the rest is history!

Liam used to live in the Essex village of Cressing. Earlier this year, Liam, along with Keith Flint, moved out of their Braintree homes, after being plagued by obsessive fans, into converted £1,000,000 houses, in a rural area just a few miles away from Braintree. Their new homes are to be surrounded by a six-foot high fence.

To see Liam live is like seeing God his/herself, but instead of creating miraculous human beings, he creates sounds that flow into your viens, into your blood stream, and into your mind as you think, how in the freaking hell does he do it? I'll tell you how he does it. He's got what many would die to have: a mind that won't stop making great music.

> He dislikes it when people call Prodigy a techno band. He's clarified that enough times. As he states, Prodigy is it's own sound, though the music still remains punk/dance music.

"I'm fascinated with aggressive music on a street level. We draw from all corners of rock 'n' roll history, hip hop, dance, punk, whatever, and spit it out as the Prodigy sound. The live element allows us to take it one step further, to really connect with the crowd and bring out a darker side to the band. It will always remain important to me to create something raw and unpolished." LIAM

Source : www.brainkiller.it

Maxim (Reality)

• Real Name: Keith Palmer
• Band Status: MC
• Born: 1967

Although referred as 'Keeti' by the rest of the band. It is not a good idea to call him by his real name (Keith Palmer), should you ever meet him! The only member of the original line-up to come from a place other than Braintree. He is the MC that revs up the crowd by yelling extremely loud, rude and crude. He shares the act of singing with Keith, as they are the two singers of Prodigy.

You'll know it's Maxim if he's wearing a metal glove, a kilt, and blue contacts. He also tends to kick high and hop around in his phase of revving. And he also yells out "Come on!" and "Yeah!" as attention getters, and attention he gets.

Maxim was a member of a reggae outfit ("Maxim Reality and Sheik Yan Groove") shortly before he joined The Prodigy, although he had been into numerous scenes in his native town of Peterborough, such as ska/2-Tone and hip-hop/breakdancing. The last person to join the Prodigy for their first ever gig, the idea to have an MC was Liam's, having seen most rave outfits doing the same. Maxim was assigned to The Prodigy by former manager Ziggy.

During their first gig, Liam wasn't entirely happy with the way Maxim rapped - sure, they got a rapterous reception (previous acts at the venue had been bottled off), but Liam asked Maxim to tone down the reggae-style he was used to. Maxim's current stage image consists of a pair of 'evil' contact-lenses, a metal armour glove, a dressing gown and even a skirt!

"The transformation takes place gradually as I get changed. But it’s totally different personality." MAXIM