Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course explained

Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course
Type:	album
Artist:	Zoogz Rift
Cover:	Zoogz Rift - Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course.jpg
Genre:	Experimental rock
Length:	43:16
Label:	Snout (original release) SST (123) (reissue)
Producer:	Zoogz Rift
Next Title:	Amputees in Limbo
Next Year:	1982

Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course is the debut studio album of experimental rock composer Zoogz Rift, released in 1979 by Snout Records. It is dedicated to Don Van Vliet.^[1]

Release and reception

Critics of the Trouser Press wrote that "this collection of private surrealistic humor, overambitiously complex writing and selfconsciously zany performances sets the tone for much of what was to follow."^[1]

Personnel

Adapted from the Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course liner notes.^[2]

• Zoogz Rift – guitar, vocals, ARP 2600, production

Musicians

• Steve Bassel – guitar
• Richie Hass – drums, bass guitar, marimba, vibraphone
• Jonathan "Mako" Sharkey – piano
• Jim Simcoe – saxophone
• John Trubee – guitar
• Eric Williams – guitar, bass guitar, violin
• Mark Zimoski – drums

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1979	Snout	CS	ZRSI 20062
	1987	SST	CS, LP	SST 123

External links

• Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course at iTunes
• Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course at Discogs (list of releases)

Notes and References

1. Richard . Gehr . Ira . Robbins . Zoogz Rift . . 2007 . July 6, 2013.
2. Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course . . 1979 . booklet . Snout .