For years, it’s been pub-quiz knowledge that the inside sleeve art of The Prodigy’s ‘Music For The Jilted Generation’ album of 1994, painted by Les Edwards, was a graphic response to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act of the same year, passed by the then-Conservative government to stamp down on illegal raves.
But speaking to Clash recently, the band’s chief songwriter Liam Howlett has admitted that, actually, the two things – painting and politics – are not so closely related.
Read on here: http://www.clashmusic.com/news/jilted-generation-artwork-nothing-to-do-with-rave-bill-says-liam-howlett#view-gallery-image-2
Thanks to Kev for the tip on The Prodigy Fanboy Forum: http://theprodigyfanboy.com/forum/general-prodigy-talk/interview(s)-343/msg3089/#msg3089