Keith Flint was one of the most unique personalities in the music scene! He was the frontman of the band Prodigy!
He commited suicide! So let’s find out some trivia and facts about his life!
- His full name is Keith Charles Flint
- He was born on 17 September 1969
- He died on 4 March 2019
- He was an English singer, musician and dancer
- He was the vocalist and dancer for the electronic music band The Prodigy
- He sang on the group’s two 1996 UK number one singles – “Firestarter” and “Breathe”
- He was also the lead singer of his own band Flint
- He owned a motorcycle race team, Team Traction Control
- Which won three Isle of Man TT races in 2015
- It competed in the British Supersport Championship running Yamaha YZF-R6 motorcycles
- Keith Flint was born in Redbridge, London, England
- His parents were Clive and Yvonne Flint
- He was initially raised in East London
- In the mid-1970s his parents moved out to Springfield, Essex
- Keith Flint attended the Boswells School in Chelmsford
- He moved to Braintree after leaving school
- In the late 1980s, keith Flint met DJ Liam Howlett at local rave club the Barn in Braintree
- He expressed his appreciation of Howlett’s taste in music
- After receiving a mixtape from Howlett, Flint came back with great enthusiasm
- Insisting that Howlett should be playing his tracks up on stage
- And that Flint, along with friend Leeroy Thornhill, would dance to them
- Originally Keith Flint was the band’s dancer
- But in 1996 he featured as the vocalist on the hit single “Firestarter”
- The accompanying video showcasing Flint’s new punk look
- This trend continued with the next Prodigy single “Breathe”
- On which Flint performed the lead vocals
- Whilst Maxim performed backup
- The 1997 album The Fat of the Land featured Flint’s vocal contributions to several tracks
- Namely “Breathe”, “Serial Thrilla”, “Fuel My Fire” and “Firestarter”
- In 2002, the single “Baby’s Got a Temper” was released
- On the next Prodigy album, Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned (2004), Keith Flint did not perform any vocals
- Although he did appear on the “Hotride – El Batori Mix”
- On the “Hotride” single
- The Prodigy album, Invaders Must Die, was released on 23 February 2009
- It featured vocals by Keith Flint on multiple tracks
- Keith Flint released a single titled “War” with dubstep artist Caspa in 2012
- Keith Flint experimented with several solo/side projects
- Including the bands Flint and Clever Brains Fryin’
- Only one single, “Aim4” by Flint, was released commercially
- With Flint’s debut album, Device #1, being cancelled before release
- Keith Flint was a keen motorcyclist
- He rode 1,500 miles from England to southern Spain
- To attend the 2007 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix
- He also raced in club competitions
- He rode with Lee Thompson of the band Madness
- He had his own motorcycle team, Team Traction Control
- His team competed in the British Supersport Championship as part of the British Superbike Championship package
- In 2015 Team Traction Control machines won two Isle of Man TT races, ridden by Ian Hutchinson
- Keith Flint dated TV presenter Gail Porter
- The couple split in 200o
- Keith Flint was subsequently married to Mayumi Kai
- She is a Japanese DJ
- In 2014, he bought and renovated The Leather Bottle pub in Pleshey, Essex
- He ended his connection with the pub in 2017
- Keith Flint was married to Mayumi Kai, a Japanese DJ in 2006
- On the morning of 4 March 2019, following concerns for his welfare, police were called to Flint’s home, in Great Dunmow, Essex
- There he was found dead
- The police were not treating his death as suspicious
- His bandmate Liam Howlett stated via Instagram that his death was a suicide
- To commemorate him the band posted an extensive post on instagram
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