Porn for Pyros have shared a special new Christmas song, “Pete's Dad,” about (as the title suggests) guitarist Peter DiStefano's father, who just beat cancer.
While the song's drums and strange acoustic guitars occasionally stray into strange sonic spaces, “Pete's Dad” is obviously big-hearted, tender, and even a little funny. The first verse finds frontman Perry Farrell, who is Jewish, singing about welcoming him into the DiStefano family for Christmas, even crooning at one point: “Jews and Italians, they're a lot alike / I like Italian food.”
Later, he sings in the chorus: “Pete's dad doesn't have cancer anymore/The doctor called and told him/Just before/We sat down to Christmas dinner/When he found out we all cried a little/It was one of those miracles/ It was one of those Christmas miracles!”
In a statement, DiStefano said: “Best friends are people of action, when Porno for Pyros created this song 'Pete's Dad', that's when I knew this group of men were my best friends.”
“Pete's Dad” arrives on the heels of “Agua,” which was released in November and marked Porno for Pyros' first new song in 26 years. The track, described as “an ode to the sea and all its beautiful creatures,” was inspired by encounters the group had with dolphins while surfing in the 1990s. Before “Agua,” Porno for Pyros had not released a song since “Hard Charger,” which appeared on the soundtrack of the 1979 Howard Stern film. Private parts.
In July, Porno for Pyros announced their first tour in 25 years, only to postpone it a few months later, saying they were working on new music. However, when the band announced the rescheduled dates in November, they revealed that their reunion tour would now be a “farewell tour.” The race will begin next February in Santa Ana, California, and will end on March 10 in Montclair, New Jersey.
