The band widens their geographic presence with shows in New York, Maine and Boston in addition to their Vermont shows. Chris Kuroda begins working for the band in March of this year. In April, Phish participated in the Rock and Roll Rumble at the Front. Fish lowered himself, naked, from the rafters, to begin his vacuum solo, but it wasn't plugged in. The band won a prize of recording time which they would use to record Lawn Boy. For their first show at the Paradise in Boston, the venue is rented by the band since the club didn't feel they'd do well enough to book them for a show. Many friends come from Burlington by bus. 650 people sell out the club, with 200 more outside. By then, they were routinely playing two and three nights in a row at the Front in Burlington and in March, played their last Nectars shows. Touring grew wider with shows in Providence, Syracuse and as far afield as Baltimore and Philadelphia. Lawn Boy is recorded at Dan Archer's studio in Winooski, Vermont (with some free recording time from winning that Rock and Roll Rumble) and released on Absolute A-Go-Go (an independent label distributed by Rough Trade). In August, the second Oh Kee Pah Ceremony occurs (source of Union Federal). At the end of December, New Year's Eve is observed at the World Trade Center in Boston.