title: Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course
text: # 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.
  
  ## Release and reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  
  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."
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Adapted from the Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course liner notes.
  
  * 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 |
  | United States | 1987 | SST | CS, LP | SST 123 |
  