Dog Fashion Disco - Erotic Massage (1997)
Dogs, fashion, AND disco?! Sign your alcoholic aunt right up for this shit!! Or maybe not, because she might be offended by how their name used to be "Hug the Retard". Positive message. Might I suggest "Masturbate the Amputee" for Todd Smith's next band? No? Too far? "Email the Luddite" it is.
Well, SOMEONE's been jerking off an awful lot to Mr. Bungle lately.. And it turns out, so have these guys, but Dog Fashion Disco brings significantly much more ska to the dinner table than Mr. Bungle ever did. "Lost in Anacostia" sounds like it could've been a good tune if a band like Reel Big Fish performed it instead. Hell, portions of "China White" sounds like it could be a Goldfinger track. Aside from that, there's some metal influence throughout the album, perhaps most notably in "Corpse is a Corpse", which is a nice change of pace.
The problem with the band is that for the most part on this album, they sound like a ska band that can't properly seem to get its feet into the water. Sure, they create their own musical identities by mixing others, but it just doesn't end up being anything to write home about for the most part.
But yeah I just don't really give a shit about it, unfortunately enough. Silly lil ideas stretched out into an entire album rarely turn out well, especially when the gasoline for the general project tends to be Mike Patton worship. Be cautious when handling Patton Petroleum, because side effects from inhalation could include shitting in Axl Rose's orange juice container.
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6/10
