Artist Info: Zoogz Rift

Zoogz Rift (born Robert Pawlikowski; July 10, 1953 – March 22, 2011) was a musician, painter and a professional wrestling personality.

The Trouser Press described Rift as "an iconoclastic original" who was "as imaginative and stimulating as he is irritating and vitriolic." Rift was influenced by Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart as well as Salvador Dalí and Ayn Rand. He began his recording career with the album "Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course", released by Snout Records in 1979. [read more...]