DOG FASHION DISCO "Committed To A Bright Future"
by Rikki Nugent

Cover: 4 Tidy Bowl Men out of 10
Wow. It's a picture of a bathroom. There's a toilet and a sink. And in the sink, instead of a drain-hole, there's a mouth. I don't get it. Guess I'm not supposed to.

Booklet: 3 Tidy Bowl Men out of 10
It's an 8 page booklet, full-color, though most of the pages have a pale green color to them. There are a few pages of lyrics and credits and shit, but it's in that overused grainy typewriter font and it's very hard to read. There's a picture of the band members using the bathroom, and the back of the booklet has a posed photo of all the guys in the band. One guy has a mohawk, but the rest look pretty clean-cut, and they're all wearing suits and ties to be cool. And Iann Robinson says anyone in a band who wears a tie to be cool 'should be 'shot in front of people they care about.' I couldn't agree more.

Songs: 1 Tidy Bowl Man out of 10
With cool song titles like "Pogo the Clown," "Worm in a Dog's Heart," and "Fetus on the Beat," I was expecting something at least marginally tolerable. WRONG! These songs fucking blow. Period. It's an eclectic blend of jazz, ska, goth, death metal, and circus music, yet none of it is cool. Leave the 'out there' experimental stuff to seasoned pros like Mr. Bungle or something. This disc sucks so bad that I had to take a 10-minute break for every 30 seconds of listening to it. I couldn't in good conscience recommend this disc to even my worst enemies. I'd rather shoot them... and everyone who had anything to do with making this CD.

Comments: This is the first CD review I've written for Metal Sludge, and they're forcing me to do it. I think it's someone's idea of a sick fucking joke to break me in. A proper hazing would be making me change the oil in Floyd's ice cream truck, or going to Walgreen's and buying tampons for Donna Anderson. Anything but a Dogshit Fashion Disco CD! Fuck those guys! And fuck the staff at Metal Sludge for making me listen to this pile of crap!