If you were a software developer in the late 1990s (which I was), and if you spent many an evening working overtime (which I did), and if you needed some heavy electronic music to go along with your Nth cup coffee to get you going (which I still do), then your go-to groups were probably The Prodigy and The Chemical Brothers.
I still love both bands (and not just when I need waking up). In fact, I love Big Beat in general. Just as the second generation of great grunge bands like Bush and Stone Temple Pilots began to taper-off, the electronic barrage of Big Beat pumped new energy into the music scene. Like, a million volts of energy.
I’ve already devoted one Friday-Night rock out to The Prodigy, so I am overdue to do one on The Chemical Brothers. Here it is, my favorite song of theirs, “Setting Sun.”
Rock on.
Ash Clifton, Writer 