Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course

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]

Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course
Studio album by Zoogz Rift
Released	1979 (1979)
Genre	Experimental rock
Length	43:16
Label	Snout (original release) SST (123) (reissue)
Producer	Zoogz Rift
Zoogz Rift chronology
Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course (1979) Amputees in Limbo (1982)

Release and reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

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]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Restrooms of Erotic Fantasies"		0:39
2.	"The Great Apes Ate Grapes"	Richie Hass	4:05
3.	"Lobotomy 4"		0:35
4.	"Feeling in My Bones"		3:13
5.	"The Night They All Came Out"	Richie Hass	3:13
6.	"Lazy Susan"		3:05
7.	"Ostriches Have Sex Too, You Know"		4:05
8.	"I Did So!"		1:27

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course"		0:28
2.	"Golden Showers"	Richie Hass	2:37
3.	"Judge Bludge, The Hangin' Judge"	Richie Hass	1:34
4.	"Lobotomy 2"		0:37
5.	"The Rabbit and the Lady"		3:00
6.	"You Can Go Fuck Yourself"		2:12
7.	"Dinkle Dance"		4:59
8.	"We're All Born on Little Planets"		4:02
9.	"What Can We Feed to the Lions?"		3:25

Personnel

Adapted from the Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course liner notes.^[3]

• 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