- Leeroy Thornhill
Leeroy Thornhill (born 8 October 1968,
Barking ,Greater London ) is a Britishelectronic music artist and formerly adancer and occasional livekeyboardist of the British rave actThe Prodigy . He was born in Barking but raised in Rayne nearBraintree inEssex , and grew up as a football and James Brown fan. Thornhill joined The Prodigy along withKeith Flint after they metLiam Howlett at a local rave club. Both were dancers for the band's live show. Thornhill's height is 6 foot 7 inches (200 cm, a whole foot taller than Flint) and his style of dance can be described as a 'technical running on the spot'. This style of dance has reportedly had a major influence in the development of theMelbourne Shuffle underground rave dance style, and thus Thornhill was interviewed for the underground dance documentary [http://www.melbourneshuffler.com 'Melbourne Shuffler'] to talk about his dancing.In 2000 Thornhill left the band and went on to make various EPs under the guises of Longman and Flightcrank, however these projects never saw any substantial success. He now DJs at large venues and is still in touch with The Prodigy. During The Prodigy's 'Their Law' tour Thornhill was the DJ support act at several venues. He also works as a regular DJ. He was once engaged to
BBC Radio 1 DJSara Cox , but they split up in June 2000.He alsoremix ed tracks for other artists, such as the ItalianSubsonica 's Nuvole Rapide.Thornhill is currently working with Hyper and appears on their live shows. He appeared at the
V Festival in 2007 inChelmsford , Essex. He has refurbished awindmill in Essex for residence, which sold at a profit.Fact|date=February 2008Leeroy recently featured in the
Premier League All Stars 7-a-side football completion as a 'celebrity' player forArsenal F.C. Fact|date=February 2008
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