Fatboy Slim
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Norman Quentin Cook, known professionally as Fatboy Slim, is an English musician and DJ who helped popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. His music makes extensive use of samples from eclectic ge
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Big Beach Boutique II in 2002, when more than 250,000 people saw Fatboy Slim perform at a free concert on Brighton beach
Cook performing in Portrush, 2006
Cook performing at Glastonbury Festival 2013
The Housemartins
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The Housemartins were an English indie rock group formed in Hull in 1983. They released two studio albums, London 0 Hull 4 and The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death, and the compilation album Now
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…eclectic genres, combined with pop structures, processed rhythms and "sloganistic" vocals. In 1985, Cook joined as the bassist for the indie rock band the Housemartins, who achieved a number-one single with their 1986 cover of "Caravan of Love". However, Cook was uncomfortable playing pop music. After the Housemartins…
From left: Dave Hemingway, Paul Heaton, Norman Cook, Stan Cullimore