Liam Howlett: ‘The Prodigy are as important as Oasis or Blur’


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Liam Howlett‘s in bullish mood at the moment; having already drawn the battle lines against ‘all that DJ bollocks and tutorials on YouTube shit’ which he believes is currently dominating dance music, the Prodigy chieftain has now turned his attention to the public legacy of his band.

Speaking to The Guardian, Howlett said his band doesn’t enjoy enough recognition for their exploits in the nineties, and should be held in the same light as the likes of Oasis and Blur.

“It’s a bit of a bold statement, but the Prodigy should be seen as an important cultural band,” he declared. “As important as Oasis or Blur or any of that shit. Britpop was not a culture, as such. I dunno what I’m after. It’s not like I’m after more respect, and I don’t wanna pop up on a few more TV programmes saying, ‘The Prodigy did this!’, I’m just telling people now that, yeah, I think we are important. When you trace the lines back to the Sex Pistols, the Clash, we are in that line.”

The Prodigy release their new album ‘The Day Is My Enemy‘, led by the single ‘Nasty‘, on March 30th.


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