Committed to a Bright Future

Committed to a Bright Future
Studio album by Dog Fashion Disco
Released	May 6, 2003
Length	52:45
Label	Spitfire Records
Producer	Dog Fashion Disco, Drew Mazurek
Dog Fashion Disco chronology
Anarchists of Good Taste (2001) Committed to a Bright Future (2003) Adultery (2006)

Committed to a Bright Future is the fifth studio album by American metal band Dog Fashion Disco, released in 2003. Music videos were made for the songs "The Acid Memoirs",¹"Grease"² and "Love Song for a Witch".³

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Exclaim!	(favorable)4
Rock Hard	5
Metal.de	6

The European release of Committed contained the bonus track "China White". It is a re-recorded version of a song that originally appeared on Erotic Massage, but with a different outro. This version also contains "Grease" as track fifteen, instead of in the hidden time.

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All songs written by Dog Fashion Disco except "Grease", written by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees.

• The song "Déjà Vu" is a version of song "En La Noche" from Experiments In Alchemy, but with alternate lyrics.
• The track "Acid Memoirs" heavily references Timothy Leary, mentioning him by name and including the lyrics "Tuning in and dropping out"
• "Pogo the Clown" (which originally appeared on Experiments in Alchemy) is about the infamous serial killer clown, John Wayne Gacy.

• Todd Smith – vocals
• Greg Combs – guitar
• Stephen Mears – bass
• Mike "Ollie" Oliver – drums (although he did not drum on the album)
• John Ensminger – drums
• Jeff Siegel – keyboards
• Matt Rippetoe – saxophones, clarinet and flute (+ woodwind arrangements)

Additional personnel

• Matt Rippetoe – Horns
• Drew Mazurek – Producer, Engineer, Mixer
• Joe Lambert – Mastering
• Jeff Cohen – Legal Representation
• Paul Campanella – Art Design & Layout
• Angela Boatwright – Photography
• Paul Cicoria – Title Design
• Derek Brewer – Manager

Both Greg Combs and John Ensminger played on the album, but quit the band before it was released.