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Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), also known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is an English musician, DJ, and record producer who helped to popularise the
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genre in the 1990s. In the 1980s, Cook was the bassist for the
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-based
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band
the Housemartins The Housemartins were an English indie rock group formed in Hull who were active in the 1980s and charted three top-ten albums and six top-twenty singles in the UK. Many of their lyrics conveyed a mixture of socialist politics and Christianit ...
, who achieved a UK number-one single with their
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cover of "
Caravan of Love "Caravan of Love" is a 1985 R&B hit originally recorded by Isley-Jasper-Isley, the second half of the Isley Brothers' ''3 + 3'' lineup of the 1970s. Original Isley-Jasper-Isley version After breaking away from the family group, the group (not ...
". After the Housemartins split up, Cook formed the electronic band
Beats International Beats International were a British dance music band and hip-hop collective, formed in the late 1980s by Norman Cook (later in his career known as Fatboy Slim) based in Brighton, East Sussex, England, after his departure from the Housemartins. ...
in
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, who produced the number-one single " Dub Be Good to Me". He then played in Freak Power, Pizzaman, and the Mighty Dub Katz with moderate success. In 1996, Cook adopted the name Fatboy Slim and released ''
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'' to critical acclaim. Follow-up albums ''
You've Come a Long Way, Baby ''You've Come a Long Way, Baby'' is the second studio album by Fatboy Slim, a project of English electronic music producer Norman Cook. It was first released on 19 October 1998 in the United Kingdom by Skint Records and a day later in the Unit ...
,'' ''
Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars ''Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars'' is the third studio album by English electronic music producer Fatboy Slim. It was first released on 6 November 2000 in the United Kingdom by Skint Records and a day later in the United States by Ast ...
,'' and ''
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'', as well as singles such as "
The Rockafeller Skank "The Rockafeller Skank", usually called "Funk Soul Brother" by fans, is a song by English big beat musician and DJ Fatboy Slim. It was released as the lead single from his second studio album, ''You've Come a Long Way, Baby'' (1998), on 8 June 19 ...
", "
Praise You "Praise You" is a song by British big beat musician Fatboy Slim. It was released as the third single from his second studio album, ''You've Come a Long Way, Baby'' (1998), on 4 January 1999. It reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and in ...
", " Right Here, Right Now", " Weapon of Choice", and " Wonderful Night", achieved commercial and critical success. In 2008, Cook formed the Brighton Port Authority, a collaborative effort with a number of other established artists including
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. He has been responsible for successful remixes for
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, the
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,
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,
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, and Wildchild. Cook holds the
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for most top-40 hits under different names. As a solo act, he has won nine
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and two
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.


Life and career


1963–1984: Early life and career beginnings

Cook was born in
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,
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. He was raised in
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,
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, and educated at
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, where he took violin lessons alongside future Labour Party leader
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. He grew up with a love of music. When he was 14, his brother brought home the first album from the punk band The Damned, which turned him onto that genre; he started attending gigs at the Greyhound pub in
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and playing in punk bands. He played drums in Disque Attack, a British new wave-influenced rock band. When frontman Charlie Alcock was told by his parents that he had to give up the band to concentrate on his O levels, Cook took over as lead vocalist. At The Railway Tavern in Reigate, Cook met
Paul Heaton Paul David Heaton (born 9 May 1962) is an English singer-songwriter. He was the frontman of the Housemartins, who had success with the singles " Happy Hour" and the UK number one "Caravan of Love" in 1986 before disbanding in 1988. He then form ...
, with whom he formed the Stomping Pondfrogs. At 18, Cook went to
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to read a B.A. in English, politics, and sociology, where he achieved a 2:1 in British Studies. He had begun DJing some years before, but it was at this time that he began to develop his skills in the thriving
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club scene, regularly appearing at the Brighton Belle and student favourite The Basement, where (then known as DJ Quentox) he began laying the base for Brighton's hip-hop scene.


1985–1995: The Housemartins to The Mighty Dub Katz

In 1985, Heaton formed a guitar band called
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. Their bassist left on the eve of their first national tour, so Cook agreed to move to
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to join them. The band soon had a hit single, " Happy Hour", and their two albums, ''
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'' and ''
The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death ''The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death'' is the second and final studio album by The Housemartins. It was released in 1987, and produced three singles - " Five Get Over Excited" (#11 UK), " Me and the Farmer" (#15) and " Build" (#15 UK). Th ...
'', peaked in the Top 10 of the
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. They also reached number one just before Christmas 1986 with a version of "
Caravan of Love "Caravan of Love" is a 1985 R&B hit originally recorded by Isley-Jasper-Isley, the second half of the Isley Brothers' ''3 + 3'' lineup of the 1970s. Original Isley-Jasper-Isley version After breaking away from the family group, the group (not ...
", originally a hit the year before for Isley-Jasper-Isley. By 1988 they split up. Heaton and the band's drummer Dave Hemingway went on to form The Beautiful South, while Cook moved back to Brighton to pursue his interest in the style of music he preferred. He started working with young studio engineer Simon Thornton, with whom he continues to make records. All of Cook's records since have involved both of them to varying degrees (Thornton is credited in 2004 as "Executive Producer", for example). Cook achieved his first solo hit in 1989, "Blame It on the Bassline", featuring future
Beats International Beats International were a British dance music band and hip-hop collective, formed in the late 1980s by Norman Cook (later in his career known as Fatboy Slim) based in Brighton, East Sussex, England, after his departure from the Housemartins. ...
member MC Wildski. Credited to "Norman Cook feat. MC Wildski", the song followed the basic template of what would become Beats International's style. It was a modest hit on the
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, reaching number 29. Cook formed Beats International, a loose confederation of
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s including vocalists
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and Lester Noel, rappers D.J. Baptiste and MC Wildski, and keyboardist Andy Boucher. Their first album, ''
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'', included the number one single " Dub Be Good to Me", which caused a legal dispute over allegations of
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infringement through the liberal use of unauthorised samples: the
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was lifted note for note from
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's "
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" and the lyrics borrowed heavily from
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's " Just Be Good to Me". Cook lost the case and was ordered to pay back twice the royalties made on the record, bankrupting him. The 1991 follow-up album ''Excursion on the Version'', an exploration of dub and
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music, failed to duplicate its predecessor's success as it did not chart. Cook then formed Freak Power with horn player Ashley Slater and singer Jesse Graham. They released their debut album ''
Drive-Thru Booty ''Drive-Thru Booty'' is the debut album by British band Freak Power, fronted by musician, record producer and songwriter Norman Cook (later known as Fatboy Slim), singer, songwriter and trombone player Ashley Slater and vocalist Jesse Graham. It ...
'' in 1994, which contained the single "
Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" is a song by Norman Cook's acid jazz group, Freak Power, released in October 1993 as the debut single from their first album, ''Drive-Thru Booty'' (1994). The song features a smooth jazz sound and the baritone vocals ...
".
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used the song in a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign. In 1996, Cook rejoined Freak Power for their second album, ''More of Everything for Everybody''. Cook enlisted help from producer friends Tim Jeffery and JC Reid to create a
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album as Pizzaman. The 1995 ''Pizzamania'' album spawned three UK Top 40 hits: "
Trippin' on Sunshine "Trippin' on Sunshine" is the debut single by British electronic music duo Pizzaman, consisting of John Reid and Norman Cook, released in 1994 from their only album, ''Pizzamania'' (1995). The "''You, me, all of us, are looking for the key...''" ...
", "
Sex on the Streets "Sex on the Streets" is a song by British electronic music duo Pizzaman, consisting of John Reid and Norman Cook, and was released in 1995 as the second single from their only album, ''Pizzamania'' (1995). It samples a part of a 1974 sermon by ...
", and "
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".
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corporation used "Happiness" in a UK fruit juice ad. The videos for the three singles were directed by
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. Cook also formed the group The Mighty Dub Katz with Gareth Hansome (aka GMoney), his former flatmate. Together they started the ''Boutique'' Nightclub in Brighton, formerly known as the ''Big Beat Boutique''. Their biggest song together was " Magic Carpet Ride".


1996–2008: Fatboy Slim

Cook adopted a quasi-blues-style pseudonym Fatboy Slim in 1996. Cook said of the name: "It doesn't mean anything. I've told so many different lies over the years about it I can't actually remember the truth. It's just an
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—a word that can't exist. It kind of suits me—it's kind of goofy and ironic." The Fatboy Slim album and Cook's second solo album, ''
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'' (released on
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in the UK and
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in the US), contained the Top 40 UK hit "
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". Fatboy Slim's next work was the single "
The Rockafeller Skank "The Rockafeller Skank", usually called "Funk Soul Brother" by fans, is a song by English big beat musician and DJ Fatboy Slim. It was released as the lead single from his second studio album, ''You've Come a Long Way, Baby'' (1998), on 8 June 19 ...
", released before the album ''
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'', both of which were released in 1998. "
Praise You "Praise You" is a song by British big beat musician Fatboy Slim. It was released as the third single from his second studio album, ''You've Come a Long Way, Baby'' (1998), on 4 January 1999. It reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and in ...
", also from this album, was Cook's first UK solo number one. Its music video, starring
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, won numerous awards. On 9 September 1999, he performed "Praise You" at the
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in New York City, and won three awards, including the award for
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. In 2000, Fatboy Slim released his third studio album ''
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'' and featured two collaborations with
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and the track " Weapon of Choice", which also was made into an award-winning
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starring
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. The album also included "
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," whose socially significant video sampled the 1964 " Daisy Girl" campaign ad. At the
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in New York, Fatboy Slim won six awards for "Weapon of Choice", the most awards at the ceremony. In 2003, he produced " Crazy Beat" and "Gene by Gene" from the Blur album ''
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'' and in 2004, ''
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'' was Cook's first studio album for four years. Fatboy Slim's greatest hits album '' Why Try Harder'' was released on 19 June 2006. It consists of 18 tracks, including ten Top 40 singles, a couple of Number Ones, and two new tracks, "
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" and " That Old Pair of Jeans". In 2006, Cook travelled to
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and wrote and produced two original Cuban crossover tracks for the album ''The Revolution Presents: Revolution'', which was released by
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and Rapster Records in 2009. The tracks are "Shelter" (which featured longtime collaborator Lateef) and "Siente Mi Ritmo", featuring Cuba's female vocal group Sexto Sentido. The recordings took place at Cuba's EGREM Studios, home of the
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, and featured a band of young Cuban musicians, including
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. Another track recorded during these sessions, "Guaguanco", was released separately under the Mighty Dub Katz moniker in 2006.


2008–2012: The Brighton Port Authority

The Brighton Port Authority debuted in 2008 with a collaboration with
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and
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titled " Toe Jam", along with a video featuring nude dancers with
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s on them, making pictures and words with them. The soundtrack album for the TV series '' Heroes'' also includes the Brighton Port Authority's track "He's Frank (Slight Return)" (a cover of a song by The Monochrome Set), with
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as vocalist. The video for this track features a near life-size puppet of Iggy Pop. An alternative club version was released under the title "He's Frank (Washing Up)", with the video featuring some footage of Iggy Pop acting and saying lyrics. The band's debut album, ''
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'', is the first to be co-produced by Cook's longtime engineer Simon Thornton, who also sings on one track. The album was released 6 January 2009 exclusively at Amazon.com on CD, with downloadable format and other stores scheduled for a month later on 3 February 2009. In 2010 Cook released a mix album titled ''The Legend Returns'' as a covermount album in the June 2010 issue of ''
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.'' He returned as Fatboy Slim when performing at
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in Miami in March 2012. On 12 August 2012 he performed “Rockefeller Skank” and “Right Here, Right Now” at the 2012 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony, and on 1 September 2012 Cook performed at Brighton Pride.


2013–present: Return of Fatboy Slim

On 20 June 2013, Cook released his first charting Fatboy Slim single in seven years; "
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" with Riva Starr and
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. Supported by a remix from Scottish DJ
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, the song topped the
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that year. In 2015, Cook released a 15th anniversary edition of ''Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars''. This was supported with the release of miscellaneous remixes. In May 2015, Cook compiled ''The Fatboy Slim Collection,'' an album of songs used throughout his sets over the years. In 2017, Fatboy Slim returned with his single "Where U Iz", released on 3 March. Later that year, he released another collaboration with Beardyman titled "Boom F**king Boom". In 2018, a remix album from Australian artists of Cook's previous works was released, titled ''Fatboy Slim vs. Australia''.


Other works

Cook produced the single "
Mama Do the Hump "Mama Do the Hump" is the third official single taken from British hip hop duo Rizzle Kicks' debut studio album, ''Stereo Typical'' (2011). The single was released in the United Kingdom on 16 December 2011. The track was produced by Fatboy Sl ...
" by fellow Brighton band
Rizzle Kicks Rizzle Kicks are a British hip hop duo from Brighton, England, consisting of Jordan "Rizzle" Stephens (born 25 January 1992) and Harley "Sylvester" Alexander-Sule (born 1991). Their debut album, ''Stereo Typical'', was released in 2011. As o ...
released in December 2011 which peaked at number 2 in the charts. Cook has been responsible for successful remixes for
Cornershop Cornershop are a British indie rock band best known for their single " Brimful of Asha", originally released in 1997 and, in a remixed version, topping the UK chart in 1998. The band was formed in 1991 by Wolverhampton-born Tjinder Singh (sin ...
,
Beastie Boys Beastie Boys were an American rap rock group from New York City, formed in 1978. The group was composed of Michael "Mike D" Diamond (vocals, drums), Adam "MCA" Yauch (vocals, bass), and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (vocals, guitar, programming) ...
,
A Tribe Called Quest A Tribe Called Quest was an American hip hop group formed in Queens, New York City, in 1985,Q-Tip
, and Wildchild. In 2008, he did a remix of the track "Amazonas" for the charity
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.


Performances

On 13 July 2002, Fatboy Slim performed the second of his free open-air concerts on Brighton Beach. Although organisers expected a crowd of around 60,000 people, the event instead attracted an estimated 250,000 who crammed the promenade and beach between Brighton's piers. Local police forced the event to end early amid safety concerns, overcrowding, and one death. After the show finished, major traffic congestion ensued throughout the Brighton area, with many caught in traffic jams until the morning. In June 2005, Fatboy Slim filled the Friday night headline slot on the "Other Stage" at the
Glastonbury Festival Glastonbury Festival (formally Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place in Pilton, Somerset, England. In addition to contemp ...
. In 2006, Fatboy Slim filled the Saturday headline slot at the
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festival at Long Marston Airfield in the
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. He played a two-hour set, appearing in front of a visual stage set comprising video screens and 3D lighting. A
fireworks Fireworks are a class of low explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. They are most commonly used in fireworks displays (also called a fireworks show or pyrotechnics), combining a large number of devices ...
display rounded off the show. Having been banned by police from playing in Brighton since 2002, Fatboy Slim was given permission in 2006 to play again in his home town. On 1 January 2007, he played to an audience of more than 20,000 fans along Brighton's seafront. Tickets to the event, titled "Fatboy Slim's Big Beach Boutique 3", were made available only to individuals with a BN postcode. The concert was deemed a "stunning success" by Sussex police, Fatboy Slim, and the crowd. The Cuban Brothers and
David Guetta Pierre David Guetta ( , ; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and music producer. He has over 10 million album and 65 million single sales globally, with more than 10 billion streams. In 2011, 2020 and 2021, Guetta was voted the number one D ...
opened the concert. The next similar event, 'Big Beach Boutique 4', was held on 27 September 2008. In 2008, Fatboy Slim played at the
Glastonbury Festival Glastonbury Festival (formally Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place in Pilton, Somerset, England. In addition to contemp ...
again and headlined the O2
Wireless Festival The Wireless Festival is a rap and urban music festival that takes place every year in London, England. It is owned and managed by Live Nation. While it started as primarily a rock and pop festival, in recent years it has focused on hip hop and ...
and Rockness Festival. According to an '' NME'' interview, this may have been one of the last times he performed as Fatboy Slim, as he may now be focusing on his new band The Brighton Port Authority (BPA). Also in 2008, Fatboy Slim closed out the famed "Sahara" tent on Friday of the
Coachella Valley Music Festival The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (commonly called the Coachella Festival or simply Coachella) is an annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in the Coachella Valley in the Colorado Desert. ...
. His introduction included a ''
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'' opening that has been called by many one of the most memorable Sahara performances ever. In 2009, he toured Australia in the
Good Vibrations Festival In most contexts, the concept of good denotes the conduct that should be preferred when posed with a choice between possible actions. Good is generally considered to be the opposite of evil and is of interest in the study of ethics, morality, ph ...
. Also in 2009, he played in
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, Dublin alongside
David Guetta Pierre David Guetta ( , ; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and music producer. He has over 10 million album and 65 million single sales globally, with more than 10 billion streams. In 2011, 2020 and 2021, Guetta was voted the number one D ...
,
Dizzee Rascal Dylan Kwabena Mills (born 18 September 1984), better known by his stage name Dizzee Rascal, is a British MC and rapper. A pioneer of grime music, his work has also incorporated elements of UK garage, bassline, British hip hop, and R&B. D ...
, and
Calvin Harris Adam Richard Wiles (born 17 January 1984), known professionally as Calvin Harris, is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter who has released six studio albums. His debut studio album, ''I Created Disco'', was released in June ...
, as well as one huge performance at the
Sziget Festival The Sziget Festival ( hu, Sziget Fesztivál, ; "Sziget" for "Island") is one of the largest music and cultural festivals in Europe. It is held every August in northern Budapest, Hungary, on Óbudai-sziget ("Old Buda Island"), a leafy 108-hect ...
in
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. He also performed at V Festival 2009. At Glastonbury 2009, he played an unadvertised concert in the "pinball-machine" stage at trash city. In 2010, Fatboy Slim headlined the east dance at
Glastonbury Festival Glastonbury Festival (formally Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place in Pilton, Somerset, England. In addition to contemp ...
. On 18 June 2010, he performed in
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, South Africa as part of the Cool Britannia
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music festival at the
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. He also performed in Naples on 15 July at the Neapolis Festival. On 30 May 2011, he performed as the headliner for Detroit's
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in Detroit, Michigan. On 25 September 2011, Fatboy Slim headlined the Terrace at
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's famed Space Nightclub's We Love Sundays closing party. On 29 October 2011, Fatboy Slim opened at the San Francisco Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, following up on the 30th, closing out the Red Bulletin/Le PLUR Stage at the Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans, Louisiana. On Saturday, 24 March 2012, Fatboy Slim performed a live DJ set on the main stage at
Ultra Music Festival Ultra Music Festival (UMF) is an annual outdoor electronic music festival that takes place during March in Miami, Florida, United States. The festival was founded in 1999 by Russell Faibisch and Alex Omes. It was first held on Miami Beach, ...
in Miami, Florida. In addition to his other 2011 performances, Fatboy Slim also played a headline gig at the
Bestival Bestival was a four-day music festival held in the south of England. It had been held annually in the late summer since 2004 at Robin Hill on the Isle of Wight. In 2017 the festival relocated to the Lulworth Estate in Dorset. The event was organ ...
on the Isle of Wight on 11 September. In March 2012, Cook hosted a one-hour radio programme, titled ''On The Road To Big Beach Bootique 5'', on
XFM Radio X is a British National commercial radio station focused on alternative music, primarily indie rock, and owned by Global. Radio X launched in 1989 as a pirate radio station, a licensed London-wide station in 1997 and nationally in 2 ...
. It consisted of 10 shows. He performed his famous remix of "
The Rockafeller Skank "The Rockafeller Skank", usually called "Funk Soul Brother" by fans, is a song by English big beat musician and DJ Fatboy Slim. It was released as the lead single from his second studio album, ''You've Come a Long Way, Baby'' (1998), on 8 June 19 ...
" (dubbed the 'Funk Soul Brother') at the closing ceremony for the
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on top of a giant inflatable octopus, which emerged from the top of a party bus. In 2013, Fatboy Slim played at Ultra Music Festival, Wavefront Music Festival, Exit Festival,
Bestival Bestival was a four-day music festival held in the south of England. It had been held annually in the late summer since 2004 at Robin Hill on the Isle of Wight. In 2017 the festival relocated to the Lulworth Estate in Dorset. The event was organ ...
, and
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(as a special guest on the Wow! and Arcadia stages). On 6 March 2013, Fatboy Slim played at the
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in
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, London. This was the first time a DJ ever performed there, and the performance was in aid of the Last Night A DJ Saved My Life Foundation, which is aimed at "encouraging 16- to 25-year-olds to get more involved in their communities through grassroot initiatives and to raise awareness for community music projects". In May 2014, Fatboy Slim played Coachella for a second time, again on the Sahara stage. In December 2014, Fatboy Slim played three sold-out shows including The Warehouse Project in Manchester & O2 Brixton Academy, with supporting acts such as VAS LEON with Arthur Baker for Slam Dunk'd, and
DJ Fresh Daniel Edward Stein (born 11 April 1977), better known by his stage name DJ Fresh, is an English musician, DJ, record producer, best known for making electronic music. He is one of the principal members of the drum and bass group Bad Company, ...
. On 15 May 2016 he played a private two-hour set "Baby Loves Disco" for preschool children and their parents during the festival Brighton Fringe holding. At Glastonbury 2016, he played the John Peel stage for the first time. In October 2019, Cook performed a mashup of his track "Right Here, Right Now" and
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's United Nations speech during a concert in Gateshead, England. In May 2021, Cook performed at one of the first UK events in Liverpool, England as part of the government's trials to restart mass audience events. In July 2022, Cook returned to Brighton beach for the 20th anniversary of Big Beach Boutique. He was joined by Carl Cox, Eats Everything, and others.


Legacy

Known as DJ Quentox (The OX that Rocks), Cook and DJ Baptiste started putting on
youth club A youth center or youth centre, often called youth club, is a place where young people can meet and participate in a variety of activities, for example table football, association football (US soccer, UK football), basketball, table tennis, vi ...
hip hop jams in Brighton, sowing the seeds of the city's flourishing hip hop scene today. These primitive 1980s block parties are recalled in the music documentary ''South Coast'', which documents Brighton's cult hip hop scene from its grass roots to the present day. Cook was awarded a star on the city of Brighton's Walk of Fame, next to that of Winston Churchill. ''Q'' magazine named Fatboy Slim part of their "50 Bands to See Before You Die" list.


Personal life

He married TV personality
Zoe Ball Zoe Louise Ball (born 23 November 1970) is a British radio and television presenter. She was the first female host of both '' Radio 1 Breakfast'' and '' The Radio 2 Breakfast Show'' for the BBC, and presented the 1990s children's show ''Live & ...
in 1999 at
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in Somerset. In January 2003, Cook broke up with Ball, but three months later they reconciled. They have a son, Woody Fred Cook (born 15 December 2000), who appeared on the
Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...
show '' The Circle'' in 2019, and performs under the record label Truth Tribe, and a daughter Nelly May Lois (born 14 January 2010), who premiered a DJ set as Fat Girl Slim with
Camp Bestival Camp Bestival is a British music festival, the "little sister" of Bestival, both organised by BBC Radio 1 DJ Rob Da Bank. It is held annually, in July, at Lulworth Castle in Dorset and is targeted at families with small children. In 2019 it ha ...
during the
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to raise money for the
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and
The Trussell Trust The Trussell Trust is an NGO and charity that works to end the need for food banks in the United Kingdom. It supports a network of over 1,200 food bank centres to provide emergency food and compassionate, practical support to people in crisis, wh ...
. They live in Western Esplanade, Portslade. On 24 September 2016, Cook and Ball announced their separation after 18 years. Cook is a 12% shareholder of
Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club (), commonly referred to simply as Brighton, is an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league ...
, the
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club he has supported since moving to Brighton in the late 1980s. On 4 March 2009, Cook checked into a rehabilitation centre in
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to fight
alcoholism Alcoholism is, broadly, any drinking of alcohol that results in significant mental or physical health problems. Because there is disagreement on the definition of the word ''alcoholism'', it is not a recognized diagnostic entity. Predomi ...
. Due to an extended stay in the rehabilitation centre, his performance at Snowbombing, a week-long winter sports and music festival held in the Austrian
ski A ski is a narrow strip of semi-rigid material worn underfoot to glide over snow. Substantially longer than wide and characteristically employed in pairs, skis are attached to ski boots with ski bindings, with either a free, lockable, or partia ...
resort of
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, was cancelled, with the slot being filled by 2ManyDJs. Cook left the clinic at the end of March. As of 4 March 2019 he had not used drugs or alcohol for 10 years.


Aliases

It was reported in 2008 that he held the
Guinness World Record ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...
for the most Top 40 hits under different names. The following is a list of lesser-known aliases used by Cook in performances. * Arthur Chubb * Asher D. Slim * Biggie Slims * Cheeky Boy * Chemistry * Chimp McGarvey * Cook Da Bass * Disque Attack * DJ Delite (used in DJ Tools, ''e.g.'', acapellas, for Fatboy Slim singles) * DJ Quentox (The Ox that Rocks) * Drunk Soul Brother ( Glastonbury 2004) * The Feelgood Factor * Grime Minister * Hot Since 63 *Hobblefoot Hound * Margret Scratcher * Mighty Gus Poyetz * Pierre Burner Down * Sensateria * Son of a Cheeky Boy * Son of Wilmot * Stomping Pondfrogs * Sunny Side Up * Yum Yum Head Food


Collaborations

Bands *
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(Bassist; 1985–1988) * Rockaway Three (1988) * Double Trouble (1988–1990) *
Beats International Beats International were a British dance music band and hip-hop collective, formed in the late 1980s by Norman Cook (later in his career known as Fatboy Slim) based in Brighton, East Sussex, England, after his departure from the Housemartins. ...
(1989–1992) * Pizzaman (1993–1997) * Freak Power (1993–1996) * Fried Funk Food (1995) * Mighty Dub Katz ("Magic Carpet Ride" dance song, 1995 and "Work it, Work it") * The Brighton Port Authority (2008–present)


Awards and nominations


Discography

Studio albums * ''
Better Living Through Chemistry The phrase "Better Living Through Chemistry" is a variant of a DuPont advertising slogan, "Better Things for Better Living...Through Chemistry." DuPont adopted it in 1935 and it was their slogan until 1982 when the "Through Chemistry" part was dr ...
'' (1996) * ''
You've Come a Long Way, Baby ''You've Come a Long Way, Baby'' is the second studio album by Fatboy Slim, a project of English electronic music producer Norman Cook. It was first released on 19 October 1998 in the United Kingdom by Skint Records and a day later in the Unit ...
'' (1998) * ''
Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars ''Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars'' is the third studio album by English electronic music producer Fatboy Slim. It was first released on 6 November 2000 in the United Kingdom by Skint Records and a day later in the United States by Ast ...
'' (2000) * ''
Palookaville Palookaville may refer to: * ''Palookaville'' (film), a 1995 comedy film * ''Palookaville'' (album), a 2004 electronic album by Fatboy Slim * ''Palookaville'' (comics), an alternative comic book See also * Palooka (disambiguation) {{disa ...
'' (2004)


Filmography

Cook appears in the documentary ''Tripping'' (1999) directed by Vikram Jayanti and written by Jeff Taupler about
Ken Kesey Ken Elton Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. Kesey was born in ...
and the
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. He appears as himself in the 2019 satire film ''
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''.


References


External links

*
Norman Cook ... AKA Fatboy Slim
* * * {{Authority control 1963 births Living people Astralwerks artists English electronic musicians English record producers Musicians from Brighton and Hove DJs from Brighton and Hove Musicians from London DJs from London English house musicians English football chairmen and investors People educated at Reigate Grammar School Alumni of the University of Brighton Breakbeat musicians Brit Award winners Grammy Award winners MTV Europe Music Award winners Ivor Novello Award winners NME Awards winners The Housemartins members Remixers People from Bromley People from Hove Big beat musicians