Years active 1990–present Role Musical Artist | Name Leeroy Thornhill Associated acts The Prodigy | |
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Born 7 October 1969 (age 55) ( 1969-10-07 ) Origin Barking, East London, England Genres Electronica, Rave music, Big beat Albums Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, The Fat of the Land, Music for the Jilted Generation, Experience, Electronic Punks Similar People Liam Howlett, Maxim, Keith Flint, Kieron Pepper, Jim Davies | ||
Music group The Prodigy (1990 – 2000) | ||
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Leeroy Thornhill (born 8 October 1968, Barking, East London) is an English electronic music artist and formerly a rave dancer and occasionally keyboardist for the British electronic group the Prodigy.
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- Leeroy thornhill smash hifi everything u need music video official
- Leeroy thornhill the prodigy interview by revolart
- Videography
- Discography
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He has produced solo work under the names Longman and Flightcrank. He was born in Barking but raised in Rayne near Braintree in Essex, and grew up as a football and James Brown fan. Thornhill joined the Prodigy along with Keith Flint and Maxim Reality after they met Liam Howlett at a local rave club. Both were dancers for the band's live show. Thornhill's height is 6-foot 7 inches (200 cm), a whole foot taller than Flint who is 5-foot 7 inches (170 cm). In 2000, Thornhill left the band and went on to record various EPs under the guises of Longman and Flightcrank, however these projects never saw any substantial success. He now DJs at large venues and is still in touch with the Prodigy. During the Prodigy's "Their Law" tour Thornhill was the DJ support act at several venues. He also works as a regular DJ. He also remixed tracks for other artists, such as the Italian Subsonica's "Nuvole Rapide".
Thornhill had worked with Hyper, appearing on their live shows. He appeared at the V Festival in 2007 in Chelmsford, Essex.
His latest project is the creation of nu skool breaks record label Electric Tastebuds. He has recently signed breakbeat group The Wrongstar Society to the label.
In October 2008, a music video was created for "Everything U Need", a track by Thornhill's Smash Hi-Fi project. The video was directed by Philip Carrer and Bleeding Apple.
Leeroy thornhill the prodigy interview by revolart
Videography
Although he did not contribute musically to the Prodigy he appeared in almost every music video during his time in the band as a dancer.
Discography
Singles & EPs