Freak Power (band)

{{Short description|United Kingdom band}} {{about|the British band|the political platform|The Battle of Aspen|the documentary film|Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use British English|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox musical artist  | name = Freak Power | image = Freak Power concert, Groove Brno, Metro Music Bar, 15. 11. 2024 02.jpg | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = United Kingdom | genre = Acid jazz, funk, soul, trip hop | years_active = 1993–1996, 1998–1999 | label = Island Records | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = | past_members = Norman Cook Ashley Slater Jesse Graham }}

'''Freak Power''' was a band founded by bassist Norman Cook (later known as Fatboy Slim), Ashley Slater (vocalist and trombonist), and backing vocalist Jesse Graham. Their music was a mix of acid jazz, funk, soul, and trip hop. Although not credited, the London-based session bass player Dale Davis recorded bass and guitar on their debut album ''Drive-Thru Booty''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.daledavis.co.uk/biography.html|title=Dale Davis biography|last=Dale|first=Davis|access-date=24 August 2018|archive-date=22 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822122245/https://www.daledavis.co.uk/biography.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Discography== The single "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" was a minor hit on the UK Singles Chart when released in 1993.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{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}}</ref> There was renewed interest in the track after TV exposure in the 1995 Levi's jeans television 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 singles "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" and "Rush", released on 4th and Broadway. The title of the former 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''. The song "Waiting for the story to end" was used in a Norwegian beer commercial in the 1990s, for a beer from the E.C Dahls brewery in Trondheim.

===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="7"| Peak chart positions

|- ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| UK <ref name="UK">UK chart peaks: * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29336/freak-power/ |title=UK chart peaks |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=10 October 2020}} * {{cite book |title= British Hit Singles & Albums |first=David |last=Roberts |year=2006| edition=19th |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |location=London |isbn=9781904994107}} * <nowiki>*Chart Log UK </nowiki>{{cite web|url=http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_F.HTM|title=Chart Log UK 1994–2010: F> Freak Power|publisher=zobbel - Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz|access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| AUT <ref name="AUT">{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Freak+Power |title=Austrian chart peaks |publisher=austriancharts.at |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| GER <ref>German albums chart peaks: * {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-1990 |title=Drive-Thru Booty |publisher=offiziellecharts.de |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NED <ref name="NED">{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Freak+Power |title=Dutch chart peaks |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NZ <ref name="NZ">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Freak+Power |title=New Zealand chart peaks |publisher=charts.nz |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| SCO <ref>Scottish albums chart peaks: * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/19950409/40/ |title=Drive-Thru Booty |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| SWI <ref name="SWI">{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Freak+Power |title=Swiss chart peaks |publisher=hitparade.ch |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

|- ! scope="row"| ''Drive-Thru Booty'' | * Released: 8 April 1994 * Label: 4th & Broadway (#BR606) * Formats: LP, CS, CD | 11 || 29 || 32 || 66 || 36 || 33 || 31 |- ! scope="row"| ''More of Everything for Everybody'' | * Released: 22 June 1996 * Label: 4th & Broadway (#BR619) * Formats: LP, CS. CD | 100 || — || — || — || — || — || 34 |- | align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |}

===Compilation albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! style="width:13em;"| Title ! style="width:18em;"| Album details

|- ! scope="row"| ''Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out'' | * Released: 2000 * Label: Spectrum Music (#544 274-2) * Formats: CD |}

===Singles=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"| Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title ! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"| Certifications ! rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"| Album |-

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| UK <ref name="UK"/>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| BEL <ref name="BEL">{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Freak+Power |title=Belgian (Flanders) singles chart peaks |publisher=ultratop.be |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| EUR <ref>European singles chart peaks: * {{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/93/MM-1993-11-13-OCR-Page-0019.pdf |title=Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out |publisher=Music & Media |access-date=10 October 2020}} * {{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/95/MM-1995-04-01-OCR-Page-0022.pdf |title=Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out (re-issue) |publisher=Music & Media |access-date=10 October 2020}} * {{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/98/MM-1998-05-16-OCR-Page-0010.pdf |title=No Way |publisher=Music & Media |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| FRA <ref name="FRA">{{cite web|url=https://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Freak+Power |title=French singles chart peaks |publisher=lescharts.com |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| GER <ref>German singles chart peaks: * {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-3034 |title=Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out (re-issue) |publisher=offiziellecharts.de |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| IRE <ref name="IRE">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=Irish singles chart peaks |publisher=irishcharts.ie |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NED <ref name="NED"/>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NZ <ref name="NZ"/>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| SCO <ref>Scottish singles chart peaks: * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19950312/41/ |title=Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out (re-issue) |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=10 October 2020}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19960602/41/ |title=New Direction |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=10 October 2020}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19980503/41/ |title=No Way |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| SWI <ref name="SWI"/>

|- | 1993 | style="text-align:left;"| "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" | 29 || — || 99 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="4"| ''Drive-Thru Booty'' |- | rowspan="2"| 1994 | style="text-align:left;"| "Rush" | 62 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Get in Touch" | 88 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |- | 1995 | style="text-align:left;"| "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (re-issue) | 3 || 26 || 11 || 33 || 21 || 4 || 23 || 17 || 4 || 36 | * UK: Silver<ref name="BPI">"[https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ Certified Awards Search] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20181021092428/https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ |date=21 October 2018 }}". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 4 October 2020. Note: User needs to enter "Freakpower" in the "Search BPI Awards" field and press Enter</ref> |- | rowspan="2"| 1996 | style="text-align:left;"| "New Direction" | 60 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 68 || — | | rowspan="2"| ''More of Everything for Everybody'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Can You Feel It?" | 152 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |- | 1998 | style="text-align:left;"| "No Way" | 29 || — || 80 || — || — || — || — || — || 36 || — | | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |- | colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |}

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==External links== * {{Discogs artist|30239}}

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