Reuters - Feb 8, 2009
Be afraid! The Prodigy, the British dance band who swept the world with their violent lyrics, scary videos and techno-punk style a decade ago are back with a bang. The London-based trio have returned...
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5/29/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- The Prodigy s first U.S. single since 1997 arrives at radio June 4 and in stores July 2. Baby s Got A Temper will also be featured on the electronica pioneers next album from Maverick...
More »USRN - Aug 19, 1999
(8/19/99, 1 p.m. PDT) - British electronica favorite the Prodigy has confirmed it is working on new material. The band is looking at a possible release next year, according to British music magazine NME...
More »USRN - Mar 11, 1999
(3/10/99, 1 a.m. PST) - Last August the Beastie Boys and Prodigy became engaged in a public dispute after the newly enlightened and politically correct Beasties requested that Prodigy pull its controversial...
More »USRN - Oct 19, 1998
(10/19/98, 6 p.m. PDT) - According to the Columbia and Comedy Central websites, Master P, Primus, Tim McGraw, and Devo are the only acts that have been officially confirmed on Chef Aid: The South Park...
More »USRN - Jul 22, 1998
(7/21/98, 7pm PDT) - Remember when Bruce Springsteen was called the new Bob Dylan ? How about when the Knack was called the new Beatles ? Perhaps, when the Counting Crows Adam Duritz was hailed as the...
More »USRN - Jun 8, 1998
(6/8/98) - Southern California radio station KROQ, one of the most influential rock stations in the country, has set its lineup for its sixth annual Weenie Roast summertime concert. As usual, it features...
More »USRN - Feb 10, 1998
(2/11/98) - The Verve were the big winners at last night s Brit Awards, the U.K. equivalent of the Grammys, picking up honors for Best Group, Best Album for Urban Hymns and Best Producer (Youth, the Verve...
More »USRN - Jan 5, 1998
(1/6/98) - SoundScan, which tallies the weekly charts for Billboard magazine, has determined that WEA, home to Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Green Day and Prodigy, was 1997 s top U.S. record distributor,...
More »USRN - Dec 26, 1997
(12/26/97) - Want to know who to complain to about Prodigy s Smack My Bitch Up being yanked from MTV? Tired of the endless Metallica and Janet Jackson orgy of videos? Or do you want to sing the praises...
More »USRN - Dec 22, 1997
(12/23/97) - Prodigy s Smack My Bitch Up, currently under fire at retail, has now been banned at MTV. The controversial video by the British techno band was briefly aired on the video music channel. MTV...
More »USRN - Dec 22, 1997
(12/22/97) - Prominent women s-rights activists protested outside the corporate offices of Time Warner Inc. on Thursday, saying Prodigy s Smack My Bitch Up degrades women and encourages violence. Signs...
More »USRN - Dec 8, 1997
(12/8/97) - VH1 threatens to forge a new generation gap with its upcoming music-based game show, My Generation (not to be confused with VH1 s defunct oldies show of the same name, which was hosted by...
More »USRN - Oct 24, 1997
(9/5/97) - Not that you won t get plenty more chances to find this out for yourself when MTV re-runs the MTV Video Music Awards 50 times a day for the next six months, but in case you don t have cable...
More »USRN - Oct 24, 1997
(9/4/97) - In the esteemed British tradition of 70s punks Sex Pistols and 80s Eurotrashers Frankie Goes To Hollywood, firestarters Prodigy have found their latest single banned by BBC Radio One in the...
More »USRN - Oct 15, 1997
(10/15/97) - U.K. collective Chumbawamba, who are currently scaling the charts with their catchy radio hit Tubthumping, have recorded a response to Prodigy s controversial new single Smack My Bitch Up...
More »USRN - Oct 15, 1997
(10/15/97) - Prodigy s new video for the controversial single Smack My Bitch Up promises to stir up even more outrage...if it ever gets released. The video, filmed by Scandinavian director Jonas Ackelund...
More »USRN - Oct 10, 1997
(10/10/97) - The U.K. release of Prodigy s third Fat Of The Land single, Smack My Bitch Up, has been postponed so that its cover art can be changed at the last minute. The reason for the delay is that...
More »USRN - Oct 8, 1997
(8/5/97) - Last week s Muzik Magazine Saints And Sinners Awards ceremony was surely much more enjoyable than those stale old Grammy telecasts. No Celine Dion nominations this electronic evening! Some...
More »USRN - Sep 22, 1997
(7/21/97) - At least eight music fans have been put into hospital isolation after catching the E coli bug at the recent Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England. Attendees as young as 12 years old were...
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