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Simon Price,Melody Maker,20 July 1996
'Firestarter' has made THE PRODIGY the nation's favouritealternativealternative band: Chris Evans doesn't play them, they refuse to doTop Of The Pops, and they talk tous, not the teen glossies. Multi-platinum sales notwithstanding. The Prod arestillunderground, as they explain to our man in Brussels
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