The Prodigy – Essex breakbeats that punched the charts
Liam Howlett was nineteen when he began stacking breakbeats in his bedroom in Braintree, Essex, in 1990.
Phoenix Festival 1996 – The Prodigy
At Phoenix Festival 1996 near Stratford-upon-Avon, The Prodigy headlined in peak Firestarter form under July sun on a bill with Bowie.
The Fat of the Land – Big beat into the living room
In June 1997, The Prodigy's The Fat of the Land pushed British big beat onto living-room stereos and topped charts on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up
In 1997, Liam Howlett finished "Smack My Bitch Up" at his Essex studio, then Jonas Åkerlund's video was kept off daytime television.