Five Billion Pinheads Can't Be Wrong

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Five Billion Pinheads Can't Be Wrong
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Studio album by
Zoogz Rift
Released1996 (1996)
RecordedFall 1996 (1996)
StudioLotek Studio
(Los Angeles, CA)
Genre Experimental rock
Length61:41
Label AVT
Zoogz Rift chronology
Villagers
(1992)		Five Billion Pinheads Can't Be Wrong
(1996)
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Five Billion Pinheads Can't Be Wrong is the fourteenth studio album by experimental rock composer Zoogz Rift, released in 1996 by AVT Records. [2]

Experimental rock is a subgenre of rock music which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments with the basic elements of the genre. Artists aim to liberate and innovate, with some of the genre's distinguishing characteristics being improvisational performances, avant-garde influences, odd instrumentation, opaque lyrics, unorthodox structures and rhythms, and an underlying rejection of commercial aspirations.

Zoogz Rift was an American musician, painter and professional wrestling personality.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Zoogz Rift.

No.TitleLength
1."Contradictions"10:34
2."I Work On The Retard Farm"4:32
3."Ill-Conceived"5:34
4."Triumph Of The Won't"4:52
5."Comprachico Boogie"4:45
6."Psychoaquatic Demons"8:43
7."Dissemblers"12:23
8."Oasis"3:00
9."Fin"7:18

Personnel

Adapted from the Five Billion Pinheads Can't Be Wrong liner notes. [3]

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Drum kit collection of drums and other percussion instruments

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Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States 1996AVT CD 002

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References

  1. ↑ Schulte, Tom. "Zoogz Rift: Five Billion Pinheads Can't Be Wrong > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ Gehr, Richard; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Zoogz Rift". Trouser Press . Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ Five Billion Pinheads Can't Be Wrong (booklet). Zoogz Rift. AVT Records. 1996.CS1 maint: others (link)
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