In March 1996, NME's Johnny Cigarettes joined The Prodigy on the set of the video for 'Firestarter', their first Number One single, and the one that planted Keith Flint in the public consciousness. Here, we present the full NME cover feature, complete and unedited, exactly as was printed. Please be aware that sensitivities may have changed since publicationThe Prodigy, those Beztastic cartoon ravers with the bonkers tune and child-scaring hairdos, are mutating! Yup, they are evolving, gulp, into a scary fire-snorting funky ROCK! animal, replete with vibes, attitood and horns. They’ve even let mad Keith sing, well, sort of, on new single ‘Firestarter’. Johnny Cigarettes stumbles into their lair to find out […]The post From the archive: March 1996, NME meets Keith Flint on the ‘Firestarter’ set – and witnesses the birth of an icon appeared first on NME.