Fatboy Slim is a pseudonym of Quentin Leo Cook (b 31 Jul 1963 in Reigate, Surrey - aka Norman Cook), an English big beat musicianQuentin Leo Cook was educated at Reigate Grammar School He started a punk fanzine titled Peroxide with his neighbour Andrew Thomas and art student Ian McKay (formerly Laidlaw) Contemporary with his publishing activities, he played drums in Disque Attack (a British new-wave-influenced rock band) for which he later performed lead vocals At Reigate College he also met Paul Heaton and, at 18, he went to the Brighton Polytechnic to study a BA in English, Politics and Sociology Although he had begun DJing some years before, it was at this time that he began to develop his skills on the thriving Brighton club sceneIn 1985 Cook's friend Paul Heaton who lived in Hull had formed a guitar band called The Housemartins The Housemartins' bassist had just quit on the eve of their first national tour Cook had lost interest in the rock scene and could barely play a musical instrument, he agreed to move to Hull to join them
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