Fatboy Slim, aka Norman Cook (although his real name is Quentin Leo Cook) was born in Bromley , England , on July 31, 1963, and grew up in Reigate . He went to Reigate Grammar School and the University of Brighton ( England ), and that is where he began working as a DJ . His style is known as big beat , a combination of hip hop , breakbeat , rock and rhythm and blues . Stopped using ‘Quentin’ and began to be called ‘Norman’ long before taking his other pseudonym. Norman’s musical career began in a rock band called The Housemartins , then in 1992 worked for a band of Brighton known as Freak Power , which released 2 albums and worked for a commercial levis pants, well known. In 1996 Norman Cook who took the name of Fatboy Slim, international jumped to the DJ booths by the producer Simon Thornton and the seal which is still connected, Skint Records, so their creations will become a major gender Big Beat .

Fatboy Slim is synonymous with celebration. Leading from the early 90′s doing the thug behind the synthesizers and drum machines. After leaving unnoticed the Housemartins, where he played the bass, began his solo venture into the world of electronics.
He began taking numerous aliases and styles, Pizzaman, Mighty Dub Cat, Freak Power, etc. Each one can easily associate a particular style and period of his life. And even some of them still bearing fruit today.

It was in 1997, after meeting the Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim when he appeared with his debut album, ‘Better Living Through Chemistry’. The title is no accident, absolute reference in the history of bigbeat. His next studio album, ‘You’ve Come a Long Way Baby’, is an essential name when talking about his musical career full of successes. His latest album, “Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars’, moves away a little over bigbeat to remember, as Norman says, the sounds that have always inspired to create