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Hey, how is it really possible to have a bio for Norman Cook without a major chunk going towards discussing the Housemartins? Isn't the whole genre evolution thing that he's done from Housemartins onward critical to a full description of him and his career? Strikes me as really odd that it isn't in there, and unfortunately I don't have enough accurate info to do this...perhaps someone else does?

I really think all this bio stuff should be moved into a separate page called Norman Cook, that way we could talk about his discography and notable releases without having to say "pre-Fatboy Slim" or something for stuff like Pizzaman, Mighty Dub Katz etc. He's had so many non-Fatboy Slim releases it just seems unwieldy like this.

What about "Praise You"???

what about it?
It was his first (and to date, only) UK Number One single under the Fatboy Slim moniker. Kinitawowi 12:45, Aug 4, 2004 (UTC)

The name norman, came from paul heaton too, but i don't have time to add it properly now!

Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars was released in 2000 and featured several collaborations with vocalist Macy Gray including "Sunset (Bird of Prey)", a slower tempo piece based around a sample of Jim Morrison from The Doors.

I'm not too sure about this, but I don't think Sunset has any Macy Gray in it. Demons does. I'm gonna check this out when I get [procrastinate|real time] on my hands.--ZZ

There's definitely no Macy Gray on Sunset (that's all Jim Morrison). Macy Gray's collaborations are Demons and the abysmal Love Life. Kinitawowi 09:34, Sep 13, 2004 (UTC)

This page seems to be corrupted. For instance a huge section of Cook's life is missing (The Housemartins epoch) I have no Wikipedia knowledge, so I'll stop here. Cheers if someone can fix it.

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was no consensus. —Nightstallion (?) 09:14, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

Fatboy Slim → Norman Cook – The 'easy move' process is not working for me because, I think, of the discussion on Talk:Norman Cook

There is a pair of merge templates in place, but actually as the dest page is a redirect back here then it is really a move and not a merge. Mea culpa. Frelke 05:58, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Fatboy Slim seems like the proper location per 'most common names' guidelines. Seattlenow 00:39, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps you only know him under that moniker, but a quick ggogle produces 5.2M for FBS and 18.9M for NC. Can you provide a link to the guidelines please? Frelke 05:35, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
And I can't imagine that there's anyone else named Norman Cook except this one person. Google Hits in this case are useless - oppose. AjaxSmack 19:46, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
More like more than 5 million for Fatboy Slim[1] and less than 350,000 for anyone named Norman Cook[2]. FWIW, Wikipedia:Naming conventions#Use common names of persons and things. 24.18.215.132 23:06, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Oppose move. He is by far best known as Fatboy Slim in the USA. His real name is trivia. Royalbroil 19:04, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I wouldn't say his real name is just trivia, as he does do remixes for other artists under that name. However, his own records tend to come out as Fatboy Slim, so that should probably be where the article is. — sjorford++ 09:55, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
You're right, since he has used his real name professionally. Sorry. Royalbroil 03:46, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose There is a precedent set of using a musician's stage name over their real name (for example, Boy George or Madonna). EVula 15:18, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Suppport: real name with redirect makes more sense. Makingitbetter 16:47, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Support: as he has done stuff under that name as well--Bob 20:47, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment Yes, he has, but the majority of his work is as Fatboy Slim. EVula 21:11, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

[edit] "skillstitled"

This isn't a word... but I can't figure out what the original author was trying to say. Anyone have a clue? Omphaloscope » talk 01:10, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Hm, it appears that between the words skills and titled there had been nine years of history before a vandal removed it! I've restored the paragraphs. Omphaloscope » talk 01:24, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Birth date

I have seen numerous references to his birth date being 31 July 1963, not 16 July. Can anyone throw more light on this discrepancy ? Derek R Bullamore 18:39, 10 July 2006 (UTC)


I can throw another date into it. IMDB lists his birthday as July 13th. So, which one is correct? Hotwine8 03:21, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

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