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FATBOY SLIM
Brighton, UK
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  • Awards
    In 1999, the video to "Praise You" won three MTV awards, for best direction (Spike Jonze), best choreography (Jones as "Richard Koufey") and best breakthrough video. Fatboy Slim's single "The Rockafeller Skank" topped the Village Voice 1999 Pazz & Jop singles poll. In September 2001, Fatboy Slim's video for "Weapon of Choice", also directed by Spike Jonze, received six prizes at the MTV Video Awards, the most given to a single winner that year. In May 2007, Cook received an Ivor Novello Award for his "outstanding contribution to British music" Cook was also a judge for the 6th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers. He has won two Brit Awards, in 1999 and 2001, both for British Dance Act.
    Jan 1999
  • Skills & Training
    Musician.
    Advanced
    DJ, musician, record producer. Turntables, keyboard, bass guitar, guitar, drums
  • Summary
    Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook on 31 July 1963 in Bromley, England better known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is a British DJ, big beat rapper and record producer. He is a pioneer of the electronic dance genre that achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s. Cook has achieved considerable success in the UK charts, performing as Fatboy Slim and with The Housemartins, Beats International and Freak Power. He currently performs as the Brighton Port Authority.
  • Employment
    Fat Boy Slim Records

    1st Jan 1981 - To Date

    Fat Boy Slim

    List of bands:
    Beats International
    Brighton Port Authority
    Cheeky Boy
    Chemistry
    DJ Delite Used in DJ Tools (e.g. acapellas) for Fatboy Slim Singles
    Fatboy Slim
    Freak Power
    Fried Funk Food
    Mighty Dub Katz ("Magic Carpet Ride" dance song, 1996)
    Pizzaman
    Rockaway 3
    Sensataria
    Slimboy Fat
    Son of a Cheeky Boy
    Son of Wilmot
    Sunny Side Up
    The Feelgood Factor
    The Housemartins
    Wildchild ("Renegade Master")
    Yum Yum Head Food

  • Interests
    A huge interest in all things musical! Including Turntables, keyboards, bass guitar, guitars and drums. I love DJing and being a musician. I'm very found of producing records and I love performing around the world.