{"id":418,"date":"2017-12-10T17:36:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T17:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/?p=418"},"modified":"2017-12-10T17:42:24","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T17:42:24","slug":"2017-the-year-in-world-providing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/news\/2017-the-year-in-world-providing\/","title":{"rendered":"2017: The Year in World Providing"},"content":{"rendered":"

2017 was the first year that I didn\u2019t do any WP shows since 1999, or in other words, in the entire history of the WP. That feels strange. However, I did stay busy with music.<\/p>\n

Working with producer Murray Lightburn for the third time, I recorded five new songs. They sound pretty different than anything I\u2019ve done so far, so I\u2019m curious to see what people will think. Murray and I did most of the music ourselves, Stacey sings on a bunch of tracks, and longtime WP cohorts Chilly Gonzales<\/a>, Steve Raegele and my brother Nick Fraser<\/a> all make appearances. These tunes will be released in some form in 2018, and the WP will get back on the road.<\/p>\n

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For better or worse, the sax track was never added<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The other thing that kept me busy was the 30th<\/sup> anniversary tour of the Permanent Stains<\/a>, the band I\u2019ve been in since junior high school. We released an updated edition of our autobiography, Let\u2019s Get Greasy<\/a><\/em>, and did five shows in Ontario and Quebec. The tour was probably one of my favourite experiences ever. In our heyday we were notorious for being theatrical and confrontational but not very good\u2014but today, with half the band being full-time pro musicians, I knew we could make an impact musically as well as theatrically. Some may be surprised by this, due to my reputation for haphazard sloppiness, but I actually have very high standards both for the WP and the Stains: I want to blow people\u2019s minds. And if I may say so, I think we accomplished that this summer. But don\u2019t take it from me\u2026<\/p>\n

\"\"Some of the shows were mostly for old friends, which was fun, but when we played in North Bay and Peterborough, the audience was all young people rocking out, which was super energizing. We also got to play with a bunch of really cool bands and artists, including old friends like garbageface<\/a>, Broken Puppy<\/a> and Just Like the Movies<\/a>, but also new (or new to us) artists like Ugly Cry<\/a>, Eliza Kavtion, Gamma Scum<\/a>, Like a Girl<\/a>, Coastal Pigs<\/a>,\u00a0 Worn Robot<\/a> and Lonely Parade<\/a>. The tour was full of friendship, hysterical laughter and ridiculous stunts both onstage and off. To be able to spend that time with the band\u2014my brother and a bunch of my closest friends\u2014and to pull off our absurdist spectacle so successfully, was really like an adolescent fantasy come true, and I hope to work with the Stains again before too long.<\/p>\n