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bosstrabs Must include contests for Master of Puppets downpicking and poster with the best mullet past or present.

    alistair Seen them twice live - once at Glastonbury 2000 and once at some festival in London about 10 years ago. Both times were considerably better than the Chems, particularly the second time which had the crowd going ballistic like it was 20 years ago rather than the shuffling you get now.

      Quality over quantity? Long before Leftism they had a massive back catalogue of excellent remixes. I think following up Leftism was a massive task and they tried a different direction/sound…..creatives differences prob made them split.

        Dan Quality over quantity?

        Exactly this. The amount of garbage THE CHEMS have released is extraordinary. It’s festival techno for NME wankers.

        Leftfield are in a different league entirely.

            Shall we all just start naming our all time top 5 GU albums and get this thread over with

            zackster The hierarchy of live British dance act duos, from the golden age, is as follows:
            Underworld
            The Orb
            FSOL
            Orbital
            The Prodigy

            Basement Jaxx
            The Chemical Bros.

            That, and this thread in general, reminds me - what the heck has happened to all the festival headlining dance acts?!

            In the current era you only really have at a stretch Bicep. It’s crap.

                Dubman just seen they are doing a tour this month. Kentish Forum on 25th

                I saw them at Royal Albert Hall in 1998. Was an epic gig, helped by some acid and getting stoned in the venue. Happy days

                    hugopal Depends how broad your definition is. LCD Soundsystem and Jon Hopkins spring to mind but there are only a few. Far from a headline act but Rival Consoles are consistently good snd excellent live

                        How Groove Armada haven’t been mentioned yet is beyond me.

                          If we’re talking Brit duos, Maribou State probably sits on top for me in terms of the new gen.

                          If we’re talking Brit duos, how have these been overlooked?

                          Now PHATS what I SMALL music!

                            Carl Cox dropped that on the old Space terrace.

                            TRU FAX.

                            alistair Depends how broad your definition is. LCD Soundsystem and Jon Hopkins spring to mind but there are only a few. Far from a headline act but Rival Consoles are consistently good snd excellent live

                            LCD Soundsystem peaked 15 years ago!

                            Jon Hopkins has nowhere near the same mainstream appeal and size of hits as the likes of Underworld/Prodigy/Chemical Brothers etc.

                            Rival Consoles are also not comparable at all.

                                hugopal I refuse to be dragged into the weeds with you pal on LCD Soundsystem 😂

                                  Prodigy were great when they were a rave band and not a noisy heavy metal band.

                                  No doubting Liam Howlett’s talent for beats and tunes. Those first three albums were golden. It was very sad moment hearing Keith had died

                                    BlainSA was it Their Law tour by chance? Mental gig that was. Played all their greatest hits.

                                        RichM
                                        Yeah there doing the U.F. Orb Album. That was the first time saw them live in Brighton.

                                          alistair May well have been. Don’t remember hearing any of their stuff after Fat of the land bar Spitfire.

                                            bosstrabs Remember seeing P&S do a chart in a dance music mag (forget which) and they had Green Velvet - Flash (DT mix) amongst some other prog/tribal monsters.

                                              alistair you can’t include Fat of the Land amongst their golden albums, only the first 2 we’re decent, then they went downhill. FOTL was ok. All my mates who were into indie and metal starting liking the prodigy when that album came out, they even queued up outside Our Price to buy it on the first day.

                                              I quite liked Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned

                                                  Yeh, I think I’ve listened to Fat of the land a handful of times whereas I’ve listened to the first 2 countless times.

                                                  RichM you can’t include Fat of the Land amongst their golden albums, only the first 2 we’re decent, then they went downhill

                                                  I am just not having that at all.

                                                  Breathe
                                                  Narayan
                                                  Climbatize
                                                  Smack My Bitch Up
                                                  Funky Shit
                                                  Mindfields
                                                  Firestarter

                                                  all big tunes.

                                                  In fact only ‘Serial Thrilla’ was a bit of a duffer really.

                                                  I still listen to lots of them and they still sound great acoustically. The first couple of albums have more tracks which sound rougher and more dated now.

                                                      RichM it represented an evolution in their sound and production and had some huge barnstormers on it. Remember Layo & Bushwacka dropping Smack my bitch up and levelling the End. Firestarter is one of the great number 1 records and the video was iconic

                                                          I went to school with Keith and I’m really chuffed what he achieved as he was sound. Grateful to him putting me on to the Cult & Herbie Hancock at Youth Club.

                                                          hugopal each to their own. I agree some of their biggest tracks came from that album which do sound great live, but to me it was heading away from what I loved about the Prodigy from the first 2 albums.

                                                          Jilted Generation is by far their best album

                                                            alistair they were huge tracks and I saw them live loads of times after that album came out, and loved those gigs. Just wasn’t a fan of the album, don’t think I even bought it. That album properly sent them mainstream and they deserved it.