Mighty Dub Katz

Fatboy Slim
Fatboy Slim in 2004.
Background information
Birth name	Quentin Leo Cook
Also known as	Fatboy Slim
Born	(1963-07-31) 31 July 1963 (age 54) Bromley, Kent, England
Genres	Big beat electronica acid house trip hop nu-funk alternative rock (with the Housemartins)
Occupation(s)	DJ musician record producer multi-instrumentalist
Instruments	Turntables synthesizers keyboards guitar bass drums samples drum machine
Years active	1979–present
Labels	Skint Astralwerks Southern Fried
Associated acts	The Housemartins Beats International Freak Power Pizzaman The Brighton Port Authority Bootsy Collins Lateef the Truthspeaker Macy Gray Ashley Slater Damon Albarn David Byrne Beardyman Riva Starr
Website	fatboyslim.net

Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook; 31 July 1963), also known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is an English DJ, musician, multi-instrumentalist and record producer/mixer. As a solo electronic act, he has won ten MTV Video Music Awards and two Brit Awards. His records as Fatboy Slim also helped to popularise the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s.

Cook first rose to fame in the 1980s as the bassist of the indie rock band The Housemartins who scored a UK number-one single with their a cappella cover of Isley-Jasper-Isley's "Caravan of Love". After the band split, Cook formed Beats International whose debut album spawned their signature hit, "Dub Be Good to Me", which was another UK number-one as well as going on to become the seventh best-selling single of 1990 in the UK. Cook then went on to join numerous other acts, including Freak Power, Pizzaman, and The Mighty Dub Katz, to moderate success. Cook adopted the Fatboy Slim moniker in 1996 and released Better Living Through Chemistry to critical acclaim. Follow-ups You've Come a Long Way, Baby; Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars; and Palookaville, as well as their associated singles, including "The Rockafeller Skank"; "Praise You"; "Right Here, Right Now"; "Weapon of Choice"; and "Wonderful Night", were also met with positive reviews and commercial success.