Norman Quentin Cook, also known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is an English musician, DJ, and record producer who helped to popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. In the 1980s, Cook was the bassist for the Hull-based indie rock band the Housemartins, who achieved a UK number-one single with their a cappella cover of "Caravan of Love". After the Housemartins split up, Cook formed the electronic band Beats International in Brighton, 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.
Cook in 2006
Cook performing at the first "Beach Party" in Portrush, 2006
Cook performing at the 2013 Glastonbury Festival
13 July 2002, The Big Beach Boutique II, where more than 250,000 people saw Fatboy Slim play live
Big beat is an electronic music genre that usually uses heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns – common to acid house/techno. The term has been used by the British music industry to describe music by artists such as The Prodigy, the Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, the Crystal Method, Propellerheads, Basement Jaxx and Groove Armada.
Fatboy Slim in 2004
The Prodigy live in 2009
The Chemical Brothers performing in Barcelona, Spain in 2007
The Crystal Method performing at Lollapalooza, 2012