Liam Howlett

Liam Paul Paris Howlett is an English record producer, musician, songwriter, co-founder and leader of the British electronic band the Prodigy. Early years Howlett was trained in classical piano (from childhood). At the age of 14, he mixed songs recorded from the radio using the pause button on his cassette player. He was first influenced by hip hop music and culture when he began to attend school at Alec Hunter High School in Braintree. He learned breakdancing alongside his crew called the Pure City Breakers, and DJed in his first band Cut 2 Kill. After a fight at a gig in support of the band, Liam left Cut 2 Kill and started to write his own music. He went to his first rave in 1989. Music career