Fatboy Slim

Fatboy Slim — real name Norman Cook — is one of those rare artists whose stage name alone tells you everything about his sense of humor, and then his music backs it all up. Coming out of Brighton in the late '90s, he practically invented what people called "big beat," this gloriously maximalist fusion of hip-hop breaks, rave energy, and pure pop shamelessness. "Praise You," "The Rockafeller Skank," "Weapon of Choice" — these weren't just club tracks, they were cultural moments, the kind of songs that wormed into adverts, movies, and gym playlists for decades. What I love about him is that he never pretended to be high art; he was all about the floor, the drop, the communal joy of a room going absolutely mental together. And those music videos — Christopher Walken dancing in a hotel lobby? Come on. Still one of the greatest videos ever made, full stop.

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Name (English)

Fatboy Slim

Name (Japanese)

ファットボーイ・スリム

Reading

ふぁっとぼーい・すりむ

Born

July 31, 1963 (age 63)

Origin

London Borough of Bromley, United Kingdom

Occupation

club DJ / disc jockey / record producer / composer / songwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rabbit

University

University of Brighton

• Official sitehttps://www.fatboyslim.net/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/officialfatboyslim/
• Xhttps://x.com/FatboySlim
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatboy%20Slim
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272619

Tags

• club DJ
• disc jockey
• record producer

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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