Music stars and unlikely allies paid tribute to The Prodigy's frontman Keith Flint on Tuesday.
Explosive vocalist Keith Flint may have cut a frightening impression on stage but unlikely figures from across the world of music described him as going out of his way to be amiable. AFP/File/ED JONESTheir words painted a picture of a surprisingly friendly character behind the hellraising image.
But unlikely figures from across the world of music described him as going out of his way to be amiable, while newspapers suggested he had recently been in private turmoil, having split from his wife.Without Keith Flint, the future is unknown for the other members of The Prodigy, keyboardist Liam Howlett and MC Maxim Reality. AFP/File/KAZUHIRO NOGI
The Guardian newspaper’s music critic Alexis Petridis described Flint as a “demonic stage presence with prodigious star quality”. But perhaps the most revealing came from beyond the genre, from figures who said they had changed their minds about Flint, having met him.“Feeling a lot of anger in Keith’s delivery, I somehow assumed he would hate us,” he wrote on Instagram.Flint “then spent a good five minutes telling me very warmly how much he loved our music and had been inspired by it in his life. After that, I perceived him very differently.
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