A "reissue of the very first biography of the world's biggest hard dance / rock act", "with a new introduction by Liam Howlett", published in 2010, written by Martin Roach.
The book gives a close-up and personal view of the early years of The Prodigy — about their coming into existence, about their mindsets of relentless extending of musical scope, of being punks in the sense of doing things their own ways, actively avoiding stardom, being slightly at odds with the authorities, and making music for the sake of feeling excited and making others feel excited. And about fun (and not so fun) incidents along the way.
I really resonate with The Prodigy's music and with their live shows, and I'm also interested in musicmaking myself, and I really enjoyed reading this book and understanding better the background of The Prodigy (especially the first half of the book — the second was also alright, but I got the main insights already from the first half).
So, if you like The Prodigy and would also like to understand them better, then I highly recommend this book.
Btw, the author Martin Roach also seems to be quite an interesting and slightly nonconformist guy who has become friends with The Prodigy (as well as with many other bands) and deeply cares about what he's writing about.
The book is available directly from Martin's publishing company Independent Music Press: http://www.impbooks.com/music-books/The-Prodigy---The-Official-Story/Electronic-Punks.-The-Early-Years-1988-1994/101
