Look Forward to Failure

Look Forward to Failure is an EP released on November 10, 1998, by The Ataris on Fat Wreck Chords. This was the first album released to feature fan favorite "San Dimas High School Football Rules", a song that would later appear on Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits. The band also intended on putting the song "That Special Girl" on Blue Skies, Broken Hearts as well but it didn't make the cut. The song features Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 on backing vocals. The version of "My Hotel Year" that appears on this EP is the electric version and contains an extra verse at the end. The version that ended up on Blue Skies was acoustic and shortened.

Look Forward to Failure
EP by The Ataris
Released	November 10, 1998
Recorded	September 14–18, 1998
Studio	Silver Cloud Recording, Redondo Beach, California Sound City Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Pop punk, skate punk
Length	14:40
Label	Fat Wreck Chords
Producer	Bill Stevenson, Stephen Egerton, Joey Cape
The Ataris chronology
Anywhere but Here (1997) Look Forward to Failure (1998) Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits (1999)

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Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"San Dimas High School Football Rules"	2:45
2.	"Not a Worry in the World"	2:22
3.	"My So Called Life"	2:41
4.	"My Hotel Year"	2:18
5.	"Between You and Me"	2:36
6.	"That Special Girl" (featuring Mark Hoppus)	1:55
Total length:		14:40

Band members

• Kris Roe – vocals, guitar
• Patrick Riley – guitar
• Michael Davenport – bass
• Chris Knapp – drums

Additional personnel

• Backup vocals were provided by Mark Hoppus and Chad Price.
• Tracks 2, 3, 4, and 6 were recorded and mixed at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, CO on September 14–18, 1998. They were produced and engineered by Bill Stevenson and Stephen Egerton and mixed by Jason Livermore.
• Tracks 1 and 5 were recorded at Orange Whip Studios in Santa Barbara, CA. They were produced by Joey Cape and engineered by Angus Cooke.