The very first biography of The Prodigy has been re-released after its initial publication in 1994, with an insightful interview with the band’s mastermind - Liam Howlett - and a new intro and nostalgic foreword from the prodigious band member, to boot. 

In fact, the whole book is a nostalgic look at the group’s early years - an official story documenting the days of the their formation and meteoric rise to success.

The biography is a must-read for Prodigy fans. Whether you too were part of the rave scene within which the band first became known, or are only familiar with their later albums, Electronic Punks chronicles the group's journey from the beginning, before they became one of the most talked about groups of the nineties.

Detailing the beginnings of one of the world’s biggest dance acts, the book gives newer fans the historical context necessary to appreciate the massive journey that The Prodigy have made since their time on the underground scene and also allows die-hard fans to relive those good old days in brilliant detail.

After a foreword from Howlett, author Martin Roach immediately sets the scene. It is 1992, The Prodigy have just released their debut album, Experience, and Roach - a punk publisher at the time - knows they’re on the brink of something massive.

‘Suitably moved to want to write about this eclectic group, I decided to get in touch,’ he writes. A week on and he’s sat with Howlett and Mike Champion, Howlett’s manager, drinking tea.

Fast forward years later and Roach has produced two books about the band as well as The Right to Imagination and Madness - a piece about his favourite songwriters, for which Howlett gave a detailed interview for. Luckily for us, that very interview - which explores the process of Howlett's writing - is included at the back of this re-release.

Electronic Punks is an intimate and honest portrayal of a band making their name in the music industry, with Roach taking the reader right into the action. Whether it’s on the road with Howlett, Keith Flint, Keith Palmer (AKA Maxim) and Leeroy Thornhill; backstage at a gig or on a music video set, you momentarily become a part of the scene, experiencing the laughs and the lows of a band on their way to the top (even if you were actually still in nappies when their breakthrough record, Music for the Jilted Generation, hit the big time).

At just 192 pages, the biography is a swift and enthralling read that not only follows the group from their formulative days but also throws in surprising little tidbits. Take for instance, the fact that The Prodigy sent out an anonymous and - as it turned out - critically acclaimed white label to hit back at underground snobbery when they were being criticised for their mainstream success. Or how about the fact that Howlett turned down the job of remixing a Take That song. Now THAT we’d like to hear.