Editing Liam Howlett (section)

==Early years==
Liam Paul Paris Howlett<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/IZAmpWK9JGM8mMhdmHGO1h1x-NI/appointments|title= Companies House }}</ref> was born on 21 August 1971 in [[Braintree, Essex]], England.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=liam+howlett&pg=RA11-PA2005-IA6 |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |year=2011 |isbn=9780857125958 |location=United Kingdom |page=2005 |author-link=Colin Larkin |orig-date=1992}}</ref> Howlett was trained in classical [[piano]] (from childhood).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theprodigy.info/articles/nyrock97.shtml |title=Prodigy Interview w/Keith Flint, Liam Howlett |publisher=NY Rock |access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref> 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 Academy|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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Liam Howlett|url=https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/34027-Liam-Howlett|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Discogs|language=de}}</ref>