Norman Cook

“You have to play ‘The Birdie Song’ if that’s what people want…” Norman Cook on cutting his teeth as an up and coming DJ [October 1990]

Today, he is better known as Fatboy Slim, the all-conquering ‘Funk Soul Brother’ capable of selling out football stadiums… but…

5 years ago

INTERVIEW: Fatboy Slim is STILL F**king in Heaven…

From the opening bars of Right Here, Right Now to the closing vocal refrain of Acid 8000 - “if this…

6 years ago

The Northern Soul classic that gave Fatboy Slim his first single…

Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, celebrates his 55th birthday today, having just made musical history as the first artist to…

6 years ago

A fresh-faced Fatboy Slim discuses the ‘politics of sampling’… [1989]

One year on from quitting The Housemartins and before he formed Beats International, Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, found moderate…

6 years ago

Tank fly boss walk jam nitty gritty… Dub Be Good To Me tops the charts [March 1990]

Beats International's Dub Be Good To Me, which topped the charts 28 years ago this week, marked a turning point…

6 years ago

Norman Cook lays it all bare… [October 1995]

Just months before the launch of his first record as Fatboy Slim, Better Living Through Chemistry, Norman Cook spoke to…

6 years ago