Editing Fatboy Slim (section)

=== 1985–1988: the Housemartins ===
While Cook was in Brighton, Heaton formed a band, [[the Housemartins]]. When their original bassist quit in 1985, Cook moved to [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] to join them.<ref name="BBC stardom" /> Cook said he learned to play the bass guitar in about a week.<ref name="Doyle-2017">{{Cite web |last=Doyle |first=Tom |date=January 2017 |title=Classic tracks: Fatboy Slim 'Praise You' |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-fatboy-slim-praise-you |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=[[Sound on Sound]]}}</ref> In 1986, the Housemartins reached number one on the [[UK singles chart]] with a cover of the 1985 [[Isley-Jasper-Isley]] song "[[Caravan of Love]]".<ref name="martins">{{cite web |title=HOUSEMARTINS |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/housemartins/ |access-date=25 December 2013 |publisher=Official Charts Company}}</ref> 

Cook was frustrated playing "white English pop" in the Housemartins. He was interested in hip-hop and dance music, but felt it was inappropriate for a white English man to work in this genre, and that no one would take him seriously.<ref name="Doyle-2017" /><ref name="Heath-1999" /> He was uncomfortable with acts such as [[Level 42]] or [[Simply Red]], who he felt "kind of pretend to be black".<ref name="Doyle-2017" /> While with the Housemartins, Cook began working on dance music using a [[TEAC Corporation|TEAC]] 144 [[Portastudio]] and [[Roland S-10]] synthesiser, with no intention of releasing it.<ref name="Doyle-2017" /> He also created a [[megamix]], "The Finest Ingredients", that was played by the [[BBC]] DJ [[John Peel]].<ref name="Shoup-2024">{{Cite web |last=Shoup |first=Brad |date=20 October 2024 |title=Fatboy Slim: ''You've Come a Long Way Baby'' |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/fatboy-slim-youve-come-a-long-way-baby/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |language=en-US}}</ref>