Topic: Norman Cook

Why Try Harder

Herald rating: * * * * . . Aah, the memories. Who didn't own Norman Cook's blazing, big beat blockbuster, You've Come A Long Way, Baby in the...

Rizzle Kicks - Rizzle Kicks' Unwanted Song

Rizzle Kicks top 10 hit Mama Do The Hump has been sitting on Fatboy Slims computer for 10 years The Down with the Trumpets duo joined forces with...

The oldest spinners in town

Over the last weekend in August, 40,000 people will head to Clapham Common for the South West Four festival - a daily 20,000-strong crowd made up mostly of twenty-somethings.. Top of the bill on Sunday's main stage is Fatboy Slim ...

LETTERS TO THE EDITORS

Seeing Harmony" written by Norman Cook for the July-August, 2008 issue and Vaclav Smil's "Water News: I wonder how Dr. Cook's work relates to those papers, which mainly concern chord sequences and voice-leading?. I found Norman Cook's article to ...
DJ Norman Cook is in rehab being treated for alcohol addiction, it was revealed today.. Fatboy Slim checked himself into a specialised clinic after friends said they were concerned about his drinking.. ". "Fatboy Slim is my alter ego - he's confident, a ...

CDs of the week

POP U2 No Line On The Horizon (Mercury) *** After years spent becoming the most popular band on the planet, No Line On The Horizon should mark the end of U2's years of consolidation. It's a perfectly competent U2 album, but ...

The BPA

Norman Cook rarely wanted for celebrity pals during the decade he worked under the name Fatboy Slim. Each of the dozen tracks on I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat (which comes complete with a fictional backstory regarding the album ...
But there wasn't much youthful-looking about Fatboy Slim, who hit 45 last month, as he came back from his latest DJing jaunt at the weekend. The disc jockey, whose real name is Norman Cook, grimaced in pain as he pushed a ...

Norman Cook brings beach vibe to the park

Non-sleepover festivals are like one-night stands. And there's nothing cheekier than an O2 Wireless headliner holding a big beach rave in the middle of London town. Blessedly, Brighton's most illustrious DJ, Norman Cook, didn't cart sand, seagulls and lifeguards ...