Friday, April 10, 2020

The 1986 Listening Post - Zoogz Rift - Island of Living Puke

Zoogz Rift - Island of Living Puke



#601 LISTENING POST DISCOVERY
1986 Housekeeping
Zoogz Rift
Island of Living Puke
Genre: WTF?
4.75 out of 5



Highlights:
Rediscover Downtown Paterson
Island of Living Puke
The Breather



Everything Zappa thought he was but was not Zoogz Rift is. This is my first experience with them but I enjoyed it more than almost everything Zappa has ever put out. 
Hailing from Paterson New Jersey, Zoogz went on to become a wrestler and then died of Diabetes. 
By the third track it’s obvious that Robert Pawlikowski knows his way around a song but honestly doesn’t seem to give a shit about selling records. He’s an original and I think we were all lucky to have lived in the same universe as him, if even for a short spell. 
He’s like the Kenny Shopsin of Rock music. 

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