United Kingdom, Dec. 31 -- Fatboy Slim got to meet his "heroes" as a direct result of being sued.

The Praise You hitmaker - whose real name is Norman Cook - was the subject of legal action from Paul Simonon of the Clash after his Beats International single Dub Be Good to Me sampled the baseline from the punk group's Guns of Brixton.

While the superstar DJ insisted the rules of sampling weren't clear at the time and he ended up having to give The Clash songwriting credits and an unspecified payment, he can still see a silver lining in the situation.

He told BANG Showbiz and other media: "This was really bizarre because The Clash were my favourite band in the world, still are. And to meet your heroes with a phone call saying, 'I'm going ...