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Fatboy: I'm not ditching my name
3:41pm Wednesday 14th May 2008
DJ Norman Cook has scotched rumours he has ditched his stage name Fatboy Slim.
The Hove superstar told The Argus he wanted to set the record straight after reports in the national press that his alter ego would be no longer.
He said: "I'm definitely not ditching the name Fatboy Slim, I'll still be using it in future, but I am working under a different name on my latest project."
His new work will come out under the banner of The Brighton Port Authority, a name inspired by signs for Shoreham Port Authority on the road to his home in Hove Seaside Villas.
His first album under the new guise is due out in September.
He said: "Brighton Port Authority will be more like a supergroup than just about me, I've worked with a lot of people on it."
The new name will help proud Brightonian Cook, a major backer of Brighton and Hove Albion, spread the city's fame.
The first track, a collaboration with Iggy Pop entitled He's Frank, has already been released and featured in the soundtrack for TV series Heroes.
Two more songs have appeared on the group's Myspace website, including a collaboration with former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne and rapper Dizzee Rascal.
The September release of the new album will coincide with Cook's first summer gig on Brighton beach since 2002, when 250,000 fans packed into the city.
He said it would still be under the name of Fatboy Slim, which he has used for 11 years.
Cook has been well known throughout his career for shifting between groups and changing names and even has a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the most chart hits under different titles.
His name at birth was Quentin Leo Cook but he decided to change it.
He has been part of the bands Freak Power and The Housemartins and has operated under the names Pizzaman and Beats International in the past.
He joked that there could still be more name changes in future.
What name do you think Norman should use? Post your comments below.
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N Cook, Brighton says...
4:06pm Wed 14 May 08
"not-a-day-goes-by-w
here-im-not-mentione
d-in-the-argus"
argus editor, brighton says...
4:07pm Wed 14 May 08
N Cook wrote:so true!
How about........ "not-a-day-goes-by-w here-im-not-mentione d-in-the-argus"
John, Cyberspace says...
4:18pm Wed 14 May 08
Legs11, Brighton says...
4:31pm Wed 14 May 08
Flat Foot Soozie, Brunswick Square says...
4:40pm Wed 14 May 08
It would be the kiss of death, very uncool, to be known as Councillor Watkings.
Oldtimer, Sussex says...
5:36pm Wed 14 May 08
spacelizzards, are-a-coming! says...
7:10pm Wed 14 May 08
Grandmaster Flumptrouser
or
Fagboy Grim
or
Not-on-my-bit-of-bea
ch
or
Normal Cheesenorman
???
A tried me best,but im not as 'hip' 'street' 'mega-cool' 'snazzy-wicked' as the Norman is.
Betty Postoffice, Peacehaven says...
9:00pm Wed 14 May 08
Oldtimer wrote:I agree, this man is doing nothing new. My Albert (God rest his soul) used to play the Shoreham airfield hangar parties back in '41.
Is this news? Does anyone care what he calls himself? Who is he - someone who can stand infront of a mike and play CD's.
There was this one time when me and Edith had been banging pills for 72 hours and my Albert would be cutting up the place with just a bag of the latest dub plates from the States and a couple of wind-up Technics he'd nicked from the Luftwaffe. Happy days.
Brian Prentiss, Shoreham says...
4:57am Thu 15 May 08
Betty Postoffice wrote:Eeh, I remember those parties. We used to get proper mashed in them days, not like the kids today.
Oldtimer wrote:I agree, this man is doing nothing new. My Albert (God rest his soul) used to play the Shoreham airfield hangar parties back in \\\'41.
Is this news? Does anyone care what he calls himself? Who is he - someone who can stand infront of a mike and play CD\\\'s.
There was this one time when me and Edith had been banging pills for 72 hours and my Albert would be cutting up the place with just a bag of the latest dub plates from the States and a couple of wind-up Technics he\\\'d nicked from the Luftwaffe. Happy days.
I once spent three hours dancing to an air-raid siren by mistake. And my Dorothy got into a right state when she tried to buy some brown bombers and ended up with three B-17s!
And you could leave your front door open.
whogivesa, Brighton says...
10:02am Thu 15 May 08
Winnie Floraldress, Portslade says...
10:16am Thu 15 May 08
Dan, Brighton says...
11:18am Thu 15 May 08
melfromhove, hove says...
11:32am Thu 15 May 08
Cutting edge reporting, as usual
fliss papps, says...
11:46am Thu 15 May 08
Maximus, Brighton says...
11:47am Thu 15 May 08
Oldtimer wrote:Absolutely. The guy can't even mix dance music. Useless. Anybody who gives this talentless muppet their money is a fool on to themselves. Infact, "Talentless Music Thief" should be his new (correct) name. Go away Norman (Quentin, not sure which is worse) - let people with original ideas come to light. You will not be missed. I will personally deficate on your beloved stone pile you call a beach.
Is this news? Does anyone care what he calls himself? Who is he - someone who can stand infront of a mike and play CD's.
tokky, brighton says...
11:59am Thu 15 May 08
Flat Foot Soozie wrote:why bother even posting as ffs you are the one and only fool that would
I am continuing as Flat Foot Soozie, but think that Fatboy would have sounded funkier as Hove Port Authority. It would be the kiss of death, very uncool, to be known as Councillor Watkings.
Yo Mama, In Your Face says...
1:58pm Thu 15 May 08
Maximus wrote:Personally, I have attended more than my fair share of Fatboy gigs and i've had a blinding time at everyone of them. the man is a brilliant crowd pleaser, regardless of peoples views on his mixing ability. His tracks have been usd in countless commercials, films and even in a political campaign. You're forgetting that the other year Norman became patron of Coaching for Hope charity with aims to empower disadvantaged children in the developing World. If changing his name winds you up so much it warrants defincating on a beach there's something wrong with you. I can't imaging what you do when the clocks go back. your opinions will surely not be missed.
Oldtimer wrote: Is this news? Does anyone care what he calls himself? Who is he - someone who can stand infront of a mike and play CD's.Absolutely. The guy can't even mix dance music. Useless. Anybody who gives this talentless muppet their money is a fool on to themselves. Infact, "Talentless Music Thief" should be his new (correct) name. Go away Norman (Quentin, not sure which is worse) - let people with original ideas come to light. You will not be missed. I will personally deficate on your beloved stone pile you call a beach.
Adam, brighton says...
3:02pm Thu 15 May 08
Flat Foot Soozie wrote:I don't understand this obsession you have with all B&HCC Councillors, you seem unable to post a comment without mentioning them. How sad.
I am continuing as Flat Foot Soozie, but think that Fatboy would have sounded funkier as Hove Port Authority. It would be the kiss of death, very uncool, to be known as Councillor Watkings.
arvid broms, stockholm says...
4:36pm Thu 15 May 08
Maximus, Brighton says...
4:03pm Fri 23 May 08
Yo Mama wrote:Yeah, well overated like I said. Not just his mixing ability (or the apparent lack of it) but the total inability to make a track of his own that isn't just beats over the top of someone elses work. What's so amazing about that? That's what winds me up. He can change his name to whatever he wants but I will still think he is the most talentless bell piece around. Your musical taste has been blatantly tainted by society methinks. Oh, and is the clocks going back a major milestone event in your life then? For me it's just winding a watch.
Maximus wrote:Personally, I have attended more than my fair share of Fatboy gigs and i\\\'ve had a blinding time at everyone of them. the man is a brilliant crowd pleaser, regardless of peoples views on his mixing ability. His tracks have been usd in countless commercials, films and even in a political campaign. You\\\'re forgetting that the other year Norman became patron of Coaching for Hope charity with aims to empower disadvantaged children in the developing World. If changing his name winds you up so much it warrants defincating on a beach there\\\'s something wrong with you. I can\\\'t imaging what you do when the clocks go back. your opinions will surely not be missed.
Oldtimer wrote: Is this news? Does anyone care what he calls himself? Who is he - someone who can stand infront of a mike and play CD\\\'s.Absolutely. The guy can\\\'t even mix dance music. Useless. Anybody who gives this talentless muppet their money is a fool on to themselves. Infact, \\\"Talentless Music Thief\\\" should be his new (correct) name. Go away Norman (Quentin, not sure which is worse) - let people with original ideas come to light. You will not be missed. I will personally deficate on your beloved stone pile you call a beach.
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4:05pm Wed 14 May 08