Kook became one of the founders of dance genre known as big beat - the combination of hip hop, rock, break beat and R&B. His album Pizzamania produced such dance hits as Trippin' On Sunshine, Sex On The Streets and Happiness. In 1995, Kook began to create under the pseudonym Pizzaman. The band achieved moderate success and later changed the name for Fried Funk Food. The second disc by the band Excursion On The Version did not copy the success of the previous disc and Kook concentrated on his new project - Freakpower. In some time, the artist organized the command Beats International - its first album Let Then Eat Bingo featured the hit Dub Be Good To Me. Kook came back to Brighton in order to pursue his interest in dance music - around that time he met the studio engineer Simon Thornton, who has been collaborating with him until now. The musicians made two hits - Happy Hour and cover for Caravan Of Love, originally by The Isley Brothers. In 1985, Kook became the bassist for the indie-rock band The Housemartins. At the age of eighteen, he moved to Brighton and soon made a name in local clubs. During his college study, Kook began to train his DJ skills. In Reigate he formed his first band - punk trio Peroxide, but soon became the bassist (and later lead vocalist) in the rock band Disque Attack. Musician and producer Quentin Leo Kook, also known as Norman Kook or Fatboy Slim, was born in Bromley, Kent, in 1963.
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