Fatboy SlimTechno Musician / DJBorn: 31 July 1963 Birthplace: Bromley, England Best known as: Mixmaster of "Weapon of Choice" Fatboy Slim (the alter ego of musician Norman Cook) is a popular hip-hop/techno DJ and producer. As Norman Cook he played bass for the pop group The Housemartins and performed with the dub supergroup Beats International; as mixmaster Fatboy Slim his albums include Better Living Through Chemistry (1996), You've Come A Long Way Baby (1998, including the hit single "Rockefeller Skank") and Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (2000). The video for his tune "Weapon of Choice," with Christopher Walken dancing in a surreal hotel lobby, was nominated for nine 2001 MTV Video Music awards. Extra credit: Cook married BBC radio host Zoe Ball in 1999; they had a son, Woody, in December of 2000... Fatboy Slim is sometimes compared with the popular DJ Moby. Copyright © 1998-2006 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. More on Fatboy Slim from Fact Monster:
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