Murdering Hell's Happy Cretins

Murdering Hell's Happy Cretins is the tenth studio album by experimental rock composer Zoogz Rift, released in 1988 by SST Records.

Murdering Hell's Happy Cretins
Studio album and Live album by Zoogz Rift
Released	1988 (1988)
Recorded	Various De Effenaar (Eindhoven, NL) Trigon Records Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre	Experimental rock
Length	49:59
Label	SST (211)
Producer	Zoogz Rift
Zoogz Rift chronology
Nonentity (Water III: Fan Black Dada) (1988) Murdering Hell's Happy Cretins (1988) Torment (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Track listing

All tracks are written by Zoogz Rift, except where noted

Side one – Live in Holland

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Story of a Soldier"	Ennio Morricone	0:51
2.	"Alienation"	John Trubee	3:39
3.	"Mongoloid Middle America"		4:12
4.	"Heart Attack"		2:12
5.	"With the Necessary Changes Having Been Made"		3:20
6.	"Look at the Fool" (Tim Buckley cover)	Tim Buckley	4:19
7.	"Sleazeball"		2:41
8.	"When My Ship Rolls In"	John Trubee	4:10

Side two – Dead in Los Angeles

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Puke Island Paradise"	3:00
2.	"Murdering Hell's Happy Cretins"	5:40
3.	"Tender Romance Sequence"	3:01
4.	"One of Us!"	7:47
5.	"A Equals A"	5:07

Personnel

Adapted from the Murdering Hell's Happy Cretins liner notes.

• Zoogz Rift – vocals, guitar, production, illustrations

Musicians

• Tom Brown – drums (side Two)
• Richie Hass – drums (side One), vibraphone (side Two)
• Toby Holmes – trombone
• Rocky Howard – accordion
• Willie Lapin – bass guitar
• John Trubee – guitar (side One)

Production and additional personnel

• Pieter Bruegel – illustrations
• Theo Van Eenbergen – recording (A1-A8)
• John Golden – mastering
• Steve Greeno – photography
• Marc Mylar – recording (B1-B5)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1988	SST	LP	SST 211
	1995		CD

External links

• Murdering Hell's Happy Cretins at iTunes
• Murdering Hell's Happy Cretins at Discogs (list of releases)