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“When I look back, there’s never been any one thing that’s been normal about this band. I’m used to strangeness in my world!”: The controversial dance band who lit a fire under the 90s metal scene How The Prodigy’s The Fat Of The Land bought aggro to dance music and rave culture to metal
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“He hit me and he started crying and I remember thinking, ‘Weak as I am, I’ve got no tears for you, I’ve got tears for myself’”: The harrowing moment from a toxic relationship that this singer turned into a 90s rock classic How shock turned to rage and, years later, rage turned into one of this rock quartet's biggest hits