White Rabbit signs Leeroy Thornhill’s Getting High in the Prodigy

White Rabbit has acquired Wildfire: My Ten Years Getting High in the Prodigy, by Leeroy Thornhill, an English DJ and music producer best known for his time as a member of the the Prodigy from 1990 to 2000.

Publisher Lee Brackstone acquired world all language rights from Deano Hamilton at Jonrah Management. Wildfire will be published on 12th September 2024 in hardback and e-book, with an exclusive limited edition of 1,500 copies signed by the author.

The special edition will feature an exclusive cover design and will only be available through record shops and selected independent retailers. This deluxe package will come housed in an iridescent silver slipcase with die-cut, and contain four previously unseen frameable photographic prints of the original Prodigy band members: Thornhill, Liam Howlett, Keith Flint and Keith Andrew Palmer, known by his stage name Maxim.

Wildfire delves into the first decade of the Prodigy from Thornhill’s perspective. It is fully illustrated with unseen photography, “from the earliest raves, to Japan and the United States in the late ‘90s,” the publisher says. 

“Rave pioneers whose sound also encompassed hip hop, punk and rock, the Prodigy arguably had as much influence on contemporary pop culture as the Sex Pistols and these extraordinary images from Leeroy’s personal archives capture the wild energy, ecstasy and abandon from the moment they dropped their first hit ‘Charly’ through the three albums that became the ubiquitous soundtrack to the decade: ‘Experience’, ‘Music for the Jilted Generation’ and ‘Fat of the Land’,” it goes on.

“Beautifully designed in five colours with archival ephemera, and contextualised by Leeroy himself with candid and often hilarious stories describing the band’s wild adventures and eccentric encounters as their fame and popularity spread ‘like wildfire’, this is the ultimate visual journey into the world of the original ‘electronic punks’.”

Thornhill said: “Wildfire shares personal images and memories from the first 10 years of the rise of the Prodigy. An unparalleled energy that rapidly spread across the globe intoxicating crowds with its unique sound and live show. Time waits for no man, and with a blink of an eye 30-plus years have passed. My time with the band still feels like only yesterday, a musical journey I am proud to have been part of, the highs are imprinted in my soul. Live life, believe, know your ledge, make it happen.”

Brackstone added: “From the earliest, extraordinary rave days in Braintree, Essex, to the United States, Japan and world domination at the end of the ‘90s, Wildfire is a treasure trove of entirely unseen and behind the scenes photography of the band that defined the fin-de-siècle in so many ways, the Prodigy. Contextualised and accompanied by Leeroy Thornhill’s personal story of the decade he spent in the band when they were at their untouchable peak, Wildfire is essential for ‘Everybody in the Place’ but especially all and any Prodigy fans.”