NORMAN COOK (aka FATBOY SLIM!) • Friday Rewind

About this episode

Scroobius Pip interviews Norman Cook, also known as Fatboy Slim, discussing his extensive music career and personal anecdotes.

emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim , originally episode 268 from 2019-05-15. Original writeup below: “Fatboy Slim? Just a band…” It’s so great when these music based episodes come around, especially when Pip has had previous dealings with the guest in question which is exactly the case with Norman. In fact you will hear the evidence of which at the very end of the podcast so keep that in the treat bank for now eh! A truly great chat with the two down on the coast in Norman’s Brighton home, where they catch up on all sorts covering the past, the present and the future of his career. As you’ll hear, it’s really quite a monumental career at that - indeed, he goes decades deeper than a few hit singles. From an early start with his band The Housemartins, he’s had more pseudonyms than Kool Keith and played to more people than - well, you name em… The very definition of a superstar DJ, let’s say! From some podcast chatter up top, to some light Millwall vs Brighton banter, to his early days in Reigate being a punk up against a sea of teddyboys, the…

People in this episode

Host: Scroobius Pip

Guest: Norman Cook

Topics covered

• music career
• DJ culture
• interview
• collaboration
• personal stories

Keywords

• Fatboy Slim
• Norman Cook
• music
• DJ
• interview
• Brighton
• The Housemartins
• collaboration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Housemartins

Places: Brighton, Reigate

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