Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), better known by his stage name Fatboy Slim is a British DJ, big beat musician and producer. Cook has achieved considerable success in UK single and album charts, first as a member of the Housemartins and then most notably as Beats International, Freak Power, Fatboy Slim and The BPA.
Quentin Leo Cook was raised in Reigate, Surrey, England, and was educated at Reigate Grammar School. He started a punk fanzine titled Peroxide with his neighbour Andrew Thomas and art student Ian McKay (formerly Laidlaw). Contemporary with his publishing activities, he played drums in Disque Attack (a British new-wave-influenced rock band) for which he later performed lead vocals. At Reigate College he also met Paul Heaton and, at 18, he went to the Brighton Polytechnic to study a BA in English, Politics and Sociology. Although he had begun DJing some years before, it was at this time that he began to develop his skills on the thriving Brighton club scene. Known as DJ Quentox (The OX that Rocks) Cook and DJ Baptiste started putting on Youth Club Hip Hop jams in Brighton, sowing the seeds of the City's flourishing Hip Hop scene today. These primitive 80's 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.
Studio albums
* Better Living Through Chemistry (1996) #63 UK
* You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998) #1 UK (3x Platinum), #34 US (Platinum)
* Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (2000) #8 UK
* Palookaville (2004) #14 UK
* Here Lies Love (with David Byrne) (2009)
Live albums
* On the Floor at the Boutique (1998)
* Live on Brighton Beach (2002)
* Big Beach Boutique II (2002)
* Bondi Beach: New Years Eve 06 (2006)
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