Line #10 Music/DogFashionDisco


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3	Dog Fashion Disco is an AlternativeMetal band from Rockville, Maryland. Under their original name, 'Hug the Retard', they formed in 1996 by vocalist Todd Smith, keyboardist Jeff Siegel and drummer John Ensminger. According to WordOfGod, they changed their name because they thought it was too offensive and could cost them fans. Between then and their final show in 2007, they released seven albums (not including the [=EPs=] or live albums). Their subject matter included witches, lepers, [[SerialKiller serial killers]], [[ReligionOfEvil evil]] {{cult}}s... You get the idea.
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5	After they broke up in 2007, Todd Smith announced a new project, Polkadot Cadaver, which has a similar style to Dog Fashion Disco. They have released two albums; ''Purgatory Dance Party'' and ''Sex Offender''.
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7	They reunited in 2013 and released a new album, ''Sweet Nothings'', in July 2014.
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9	Main discography:
10	* ''Erotic Massage'' (1997)
11	* ''Experiments in Alchemy'' (1998)
12	* ''The Embryo's in Bloom'' (1998)
13	* ''Anarchists of Good Taste'' (2001)
14	* ''Committed to a Bright Future'' (2003)
15	* ''Adultery'' (2006)
16	* ''Sweet Nothings'' (2014)
17	* ''Ad Nauseam'' (2015)
18	* ''Tres Pendejos'' (2019)
19	* ''Cult Classic'' (2022)
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21	Current band members:
22	* Todd Smith - Vocals
23	* Jasan Stepp - Guitar
24	* Brian "Wendy" White - Bass
25	* Tim Swanson - Keyboards
26	* John Ensminger - Drums
27	* Matt Rippetoe - Saxophone, woodwinds
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29	Former band members:
30	* Greg Combs — guitars (1995–2003); Reunion 2013
31	* Stephen Mears aka "Grand Master Super Eagle Sultan" — bass guitar (1996–1998; 1998–2003); Reunion 2008
32	* Jeff Siegel — keyboards (1998–2006; 2006–2007); Reunions 2008, 2010, 2011, and 2013
33	* Mike "Ollie" Oliver — drums (2003–2005), (2014-2015) (Live)
34	* Sennen Quigley — guitars, keyboards (1997–1998)
35	* Mark Ammen — bass guitar (1998)
36	* Rob Queen — drums (2015 (Live))
37	* Jason Stevens — guitar (2003)
38	* Geoff Stewart — alto/tenor/bari saxophone (1997–1998)
39	* Kristen Ensminger — trumpet (1997–1998)
40	* Josh Gifford — trumpet (1996–1997)
41	* Dave Sislen — saxophone (1996–1997)
42	* Ken Willard — bass guitar (1995)
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44	!! Dog Fashion Disco provides examples of:
45	* AlbumIntroTrack: "The Uninvited Guest" on ''Adultery''.
46	* AllJustADream...OrWasItADream: The lyrics in the 'elevator music' part of "The Hitchhiker". Subverted within the remainder of the song.
47	* BlackComedy: The lyrical content. Todd Smith's later projects kept this aspect.
48	* {{Bowdlerize}}: The band was originally called Hug the Retard, but they dropped that name very early on due to concerns over how it would be received.
49	* BrownNote: Some people consider "Dead Virgins Don't Sing" to be a real one. With the strange discordant music and the chanting vocals, it can be unsettling. Some people consider it one of the high points of ''Adultery'' for that very reason.
50	* CarefulWithThatAxe: If Todd Smith is going to unleash the axe, he's probably going to do it during the bridge sections of the song. Some examples...
51	** "Scores for Porn", both the ''Experiments in Alchemy'' and ''Committed to a Bright Future'' versions. GREASE THAT PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG!
52	** "Rapist Eyes" off ''Committed to a Bright future''. "LIVING IN LUST! YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!
53	** "Magical Band of Fools", also off ''Committed.'' "BLOOD LETTING! HYPNOTISTS! Repeat after me, only fools believe they won't be fooled again! VAMPIRE! ORGAN GRINDER! In my youth I was bitten by a girl with a rabbit tooth!"
54	** "The Darkest Days" off ''Adultery''. "You remind me of the flowers... on... your... GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE!"
55	* ColdHam: Todd Smith's PrivateEyeMonologue on "Private Eye" manages to be incredibly scenery chewing despite never raising his voice. His exaggerated Gutteral Growl and PurpleProse has a lot to do with this.
56	* ConceptAlbum: ''Adultery'', which is about a seemingly normal guy with a normal job and a normal family life...who's actually a serial killer with split personalities.
57	* DarkMessiah: The cult leader who appears in the spoken word part of "Dead Virgins Don't Sing".
58	* DarkReprise: "Deja Vu" off ''Committed to a Bright Future'' is a dark reprise of "En La Noche" off ''Experiments in Alchemy''.
59	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The title of their 2008 compilation ''Beating a Dead Horse to Death... Again''.
60	* TheDevilIsALoser: Main/{{Satan}} himself appears in the music video for "Leper Friend." He hires a hooker, but she runs off with his money.
61	* EnnioMorriconePastiche: "Desert Grave", complete with a trumpet solo that could have been ripped right from a Creator/SergioLeone film.
62	* {{Fanservice}}: The music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vflh9E4LMLI "Tastes So Sweet"]] takes place at a strip club & casino, and for a fairly large part of the song Todd Smith is singing with a thong-clad stripper's ass next to him. At one point they decide to lampshade the whole thing, and '''ASS''' appears on the screen over the stripper's ass in huge letters.
63	* FanDisservice: Deliberately invoked in the music video for "Leper Friend," which featured a female dwarf in a miniskirt, a pregnant woman with a giant skull instead of a head writhing on a bed, and two genuinely attractive identical twins in a bathtub filled with milk and rose petals making out while Todd Smith stares with an insanely creepy look on his face and licks his lips.
64	* FilmNoir: ''Adultery'' has a deliberately over the top film noir/ExploitationFilm aesthetic, complete with a ridiculously hammy PrivateEyeMonologue on one track.
65	* GayCowboy: Hank Steel, from the song "Hank Steel the Real Queer Cowboy."
66	* GenreMashup: Their 'sound' is based on a mix of metal, jazz, 1970s psychedelic and circus music. They just considered their music (specifically the album ''Adultery'') 'Movie Metal'.
67	* HellHotel: "Vertigo Motel".
68	* IntercourseWithYou: The TitleTrack of ''Adultery'', natch.
69	* LyricalDissonance: They love this trope. For example, "Pogo the Clown" is mostly an upbeat jazzy song - about John Wayne Gacy killing people (the bridge is pretty metal, though).
70	** "Vernal Equinox" manages to subvert this until the final verse.
71	* MadDoctor: Dr. Piranha in the song of the same name, who rose up from a toilet bearing gifts and went into orbit to search for a baboon's heart.
72	* MaskedLuchador: There was one credited as El Death in the music video for "Leper Friend"
73	* MetalScream: Usually used sparingly; often {{justified\|Trope}} when you read the lyrics.
74	* MonsterClown: "Pogo the Clown", with lyrics about the RealLife example of John Wayne Gacy.
75	* MushroomSamba: "The Acid Memoirs".
76	* PrivateEyeMonologue: "Private Eye" appropriately features one.
77	* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: "Antiquity's Small Rewards" is about, and from the point of view of, a religious cult leader (probably the infamous Jim Jones, although the lyrics are open to interpretation) speaking to a female member of his cult who he has chosen as either a concubine or a 'companion of the moment'.
78	* RevolvingDoorBand: See all those people up above? Todd Smith is the only constant member of the band, although horn player Matt Rippertoe has been a constant in the lineup since he became an official member of the band.
79	* SerialKiller: The main character of ''Adultery''.
80	* ShapedLikeItself: "Corpse Is a Corpse".
81	* SharpDressedMan: The band often wears suits. Frequently Todd Smith will wear a flamboyant suit while the other band members wear matching more subdued suits. For example, in the music video for "Leper Friend", the band wears dark blue dress shirts with white ties, and Todd wears a tan plaid suit. In the music video for "Tastes So Sweet", Todd dresses up in a pink suit like an 80s televangelist while the rest of the band wear black suits.
82	* SillyLoveSongs: "Devil's Wife" is a surprisingly straightforward example.
83	* SopranoAndGravel: A lot of the songs on ''Adultery'' involve Todd Smith alternating between falsetto and 'gravel', most notably in "Sweet Insanity".
84	* SpokenWordInMusic: Several examples of spoken dialogue on ''Adultery'', including all of the vocals on "Mature Audiences Only".
85	* StopAndGo: "Magical Band of Fools" subverts this. After four minutes of silence a completely different song plays: the remake of "Scores for Porn" off an earlier album. (And {{averted}} with the iTunes release, which removes the pause and separates the two tracks.)
86	* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "En La Noche" off ''Experiments in Alchemy'' is a Latin jazz inspired straight up romantic love song.
87	* TitleDrop: They've done it a couple times.
88	** "Cartoon Autopsy", which mentions the album title ''Anarchists of Good Taste''.
89	** In reverse order, "Pink Riots" contains a verse that goes 'The city is alive tonight'. This was then used in the title of their live album, ''The City Is Alive Tonight: Live in Baltimore''.
90	* TitleTrack: "Adultery".
91	* WhiteDwarfStarlet: "Plastic Surgeons" is a plastic surgeon's serenade to his White Dwarf Starlet clients.
92	* WhoWantsToLiveForever: "100 Suicides" is about someone who wants to die but keeps being reincarnated.
93	* WordSaladTitle: Though it's subverted for those who think their music is actually disco.

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