They earned titles like "the premiere dance act for the alternative masses" and "the Godfathers of Rave", and remain one of the most successful electronic acts of all time. A third single from the album, “ Smack My Bitch Up”, was also successful as well as the chart-reaching " Omen" from 2009. The Prodigy emerged in the underground rave scene in the early 1990s and achieved popularity and worldwide recognition with UK number one singles such as " Firestarter" and " Breathe", both singles coming from their UK and US chart-topping album The Fat of the Land (1997). The Prodigy describe their style as "electronic punk," being the pioneers in this rhythm, with a punk conceptual expression in many of their albums accompanied by strong and groundbreaking rhythms. Howlett's rock-inspired drum rhythms infused with electronic rave music beats/breaks were combined with Maxim's omnipresent mystique, Thornhill's shuffle dancing style and Flint's modern punk appearance. Along with the Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim, the Prodigy are credited as pioneers of the breakbeat-influenced genre big beat, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s. The band's line-up has included MC and vocalist Maxim, dancer and vocalist Keith Flint (until his death in March 2019), dancer and live keyboardist Leeroy Thornhill (who left to pursue a solo career in 2000), and dancer and vocalist Sharky (1990–1991). Retrieved June 10, 2021.The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music band from Braintree, Essex, formed in 1990 by record producer and songwriter Liam Howlett. ^ "All Members of AAF's Hall of Achievement".^ "MCI Hires Prodigy Executive To Run New Internet Project Kurnit Will Head Information Services Unit".(moves from Showtime Networks to Prodigy online service)". "Open Sky, with Scott Kurnit on Board, Clears $6M". He was listed as one of the Silicon Alley 100 by The Business Insider for 2008. Upside magazine named him one of the “Elite 100” leading the digital revolution. Kurnit was inducted into the American Advertising Federation's Hall of Achievement, received the Vanguard Award from the National Cable Television Association, and won an Emmy Award as producer of a weekly television news magazine. Kurnit serves on the boards or is active with Paley Center for Media. Kurnit is either an investor or Board Member of the following companies: Mashlogic, Brightcove, Goodmail, Dotomi, OpenSky. He was the Chairman & CEO of Keep, the parent company of (which allowed keeping, discussion and sharing of favorite products), (a product for managing commercial offers in user email boxes), and (a means by which users could save online advertisements for viewing at a time of their choosing). The court dismissed all claims against Kurnit from the suit in August 2007. In 2002 a class action suit was brought against, Primedia, (About's former owner) Kurnit and others. Kurnit left the CEO position in 2001 after the sale to Primedia. Ī was acquired by PRIMEDIA in 2001, and later sold again to the New York Times Company in 2005.
Kurnit founded and served as its CEO during its growth to a public market value of $1.5 billion. Following Prodigy, Kurnit joined MCI to oversee MCI's attempts to grow its business in the Internet market. Kurnit led the team that put the first web browser into an online service at the Prodigy network. Subsequently, he was president of Showtime Event Television Prodigy and MCI He started the first pay-per-view cable network and co-led the team that implemented the first use of national caller ID. After graduating from Hampshire College with a BA in Communications, Kurnit became a Program Director at WGBY-TV (WGBH) He was the youngest program director in the PBS system and served as program director for QUBE, the world's first fully interactive cable television system.
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