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Mat Fraser (born 1962) is a rock musician, actor and performance artist. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works This article is about Performance art For other uses see Performance (disambiguation Between 1980 and 1995 he was a drummer with several rock bands including "Fear of Sex," "The Reasonable Strollers," "Joyride," "The Grateful Dub," and "Living in Texas," who had a number one single in Italy. A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion

Fraser was born with phocomelia of both arms, due to his mother being prescribed thalidomide during her pregnancy. Phocomelia (from Greek φώκη = "seal" plus μέλος (plural μέλεα = "limb" is a Congenital disorder involving the limbs ( Dysmelia Thalidomide is a Sedative - Hypnotic, and Multiple myeloma Medication. As a live artist he was a member of the performance art group The DHSS in the early 1990s. He was included in Manuel Vason's book "Exposures" and has performed at numerous internationally renowned venues. He received considerable critical acclaim for his one-man show "Seal Boy". In 1999 he worked with the Hydra Collective on an event known as "Wrong Bodies" at the Institute of Contemporary Arts. The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA is a Modern art centre on The Mall in London, England. As an actor he has performed with the "Graeae Theatre Company," Europe's leading disabled theatre company. Graeae Theatre Company is a British organisation composed of artists and managers with physical and sensory impairments He is the creator and main performer in a new play called Thalidomide!! A Musical. Thalidomide!! A Musical is a British musical written and composed by Mat Fraser, who was born disabled as a result He also co-hosts the BBC's Ouch! Podcast [1] with Liz Carr. Liz Carr is a British Actor, Stand-up comedian, television Presenter and international disability rights activist

Fraser has appeared on television both as a presenter and as an actor, in a number of productions including Metrosexuality and Every Time You Look at Me. A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event Metrosexuality is a British television Dramedy, which aired on Channel 4 in 1999 He is also a martial artist having studied hapkido, tae kwon do, choi kwang-do. Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for Combat. Hapkido (also spelled hap ki do or hapki-do) is a dynamic and eclectic Korean martial art. Taekwondo (Korean태권도thɛʔkwʌndo Englishˈteɪˈkwɒnˈdoʊ is a Korean Martial art and the National sport of South Korea He currently practices the discipline Dynamic Self-Defence in which he has a second degree black belt. The term Black belt has become widely known as way to describe an expert in Martial arts where a practitioner's level is often marked by the color of the belt

Fraser coined the term 'blacking up' to be used to describe when an able-bodied actor plays the part of a disabled person rather than the part going to a disabled actor. A neologism (from Greek neo = "new" + logos = "word" is a word that although devised relatively recently in a specific time period has been Blackface in the narrow sense is a style of theatrical Makeup that originated in the United The term was originally used to describe the controversial practice where non-black actors take on the characters of black people. Fraser illustrates his point in his song 'Blacking Up,' which can be heard at his website.

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