Keith Flint, singer of electronic band The Prodigy, dies at 49

The Prodigy were essential, right from the get-go. Charly was a techno classic and the band really delivered the goods with Music for the Jilted Generation. Their Law was an anthem against 1994's Criminal Justice & Public Order act which tried to outlaw the rave scene.

But they managed to turn it up to 11, once Keith stepped forward as frontman with Firestarter and Breathe.

49 is no age at all. Sad to see you go, Keith x

Heartbreaking. Keith and The Prodigy have had a much stronger influence on the music world than most people realize. Theirs was the soundtrack of many points in my life

apparently he was distraught after his marriage to dj mayumi kai dissolved. bloody sad.

A true innovator, needed especially when crap like the Macarena, Spice Girls, New Age and Celine Dion clogged the airwaves. Such sad news indeed.

Another music great gone. Prodigy was part of my college days' soundtrack. And the bassist for Survivor died the other day too. Survivor was part of my teenage and Navy days. Saw Survivor at a casino a few years ago, and now that band is gone. I'll never get to see Prodigy now. This is sad and awful news.

A true innovator, needed especially when crap like the Macarena, Spice Girls, New Age and Celine Dion clogged the airwaves. Such sad news indeed

They all have a place and there is room.

Wannabe by the Spice Girks was a good, fun song. Me and my brother used to play it for the kids at Christmas.

Anyway, Prodigy was never my thing but I respected what they did.

Never my thing either, but if the music brought happiness to people (and it's clear it did), then it was good music even if I wasn't into it.

Too young to die. RIP.

A true innovator, needed especially when crap like the Macarena, Spice Girls, New Age and Celine Dion clogged the airwaves.

Music preferences are subjective. I'm no fan of Survivor but I'd be a snob if I was to just dismiss them as crap.

But yes, as a performer, he was innovative, even if it was Liam who was the engine behind the band.

The photo caption is wrong, he lived in Essex, not London.

Social media is full of stories about what a lovely, kind and thoughtful man he was. Such a shame.