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Biography
about|the British band|the political platform|The Battle of AspenRefimprove|date=April 2011Infobox musical artist | name = Freak Power| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = United Kingdom| genre = Acid Jazz Funk Soul (music)|Soul | years_active = 1993–1996| label = Island Records | associated_acts =| website =| current_members =| past_members = Norman Cook Ashley Slater Jesse Graham Freak Power was a band founded by Norman Cook (later to become known as Fatboy Slim), Ashley Slater (the trombonist with the anarchic British jazz big band Loose Tubes ), and Jesse Graham aka the Bass Cadet. Their music was a mix of acid jazz with funk and Soul (music)|soul , as well as trip-hop .
Discography
The single " Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out " was a minor hit in UK Singles Chart when originally released in 1993.cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 213 There was renewed interest in the track after TV exposure in the 1995 Levi's jeans television advertisement|advert "Taxi" directed by Baillie Walsh. The band released two albums: Drive Thru Booty in 1994 and More Of Everything For Everybody in 1996. The debut album featured the hit single s "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" and "Rush" released on Fourth And Broadway Records|4th and Broadway . The title of the song is a play on Timothy Leary 's " Turn on, tune in, drop out ".
"Song #6" from the band's follow-up album was featured in the 2004 movie Code 46 .
Singles
" Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out " (October 1993) - UK Singles Chart|UK #29
"Rush" (February 1994) - UK #62
"Get in touch" (April 1994)
"Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (January 1995 re-issue) - UK #3
"New Direction" (June 1996) - UK #60
"Can You Feel It? " (August 1996)
"No Way" (May 1998) - UK #29
Albums
Drive Thru Booty (April 1994) - UK Albums Chart|UK #11
#"Moonbeam Woman" #" Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out " #"Get In Touch" #"Freak Power" #"Running Away" #"Change My Mind" #"What Is It" #"Waiting For The Story To End" #"Rush" #"Big Time" #"The Whip"
More Of Everything For Everybody (1996)
#"Trip Through Your Mind" #"New Direction" #"Husband" #"Can You Feel It" #"Road Thang" #"Giving Up Government Drugs" #"KK Nuns" #"Let It Go" #"Song #6" #"Freedom Child" #"One Nation One Ride" #"Ghettos Of The Mind"
Turn on, Tune in, Cop Out (2000)
#"Turn on, Tune in, Cop Out" #"Rush" #"One Nation, One Ride" #"Freedom Power" #"Moonbeam Woman" #"Freak Power" #"K.K. Nuns" #"New Direction" #"Can You Feel It" #"What It Is" #"Song #6" #"Waiting for the Story to End" #"Change My Mind" #"Ghettos of the Mind" #"Trip Through Your Mind" #"Let It Go" #"Where Your Husband Won't"
References
Reflist Fatboy Slim Category:British hip hop groups Category:English electronic music groups
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