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The Residents are an avant-garde/experimental music and visual arts group largely shrouded in mystery and myth. The Residents began recording in 1969, although many of these recordings from their early years have still gone unreleased to this day. The earliest material from The Residents, traded among bootlegs, was recorded in 1971. The Residents’ first official release, Santa Dog, was released in 1972.
Allmusic had this to say about the Residents: “Over the course of a recording career spanning several decades, the Residents remained a riddle of Sphinx-like proportions; cloaking their lives and music in a haze of willful obscurity, the band’s members never identified themselves by name, always appearing in public in disguise — usually tuxedos, top hats and giant eyeball masks — and refusing to grant media interviews. Drawing inspiration from the likes of fellow innovators including Harry Partch, Sun Ra, and Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, the Residents channelled the breadth of American music into their idiosyncratic, satiric vision, their mercurial blend of electronics, distortion, avant-jazz, classical symphonies and gratingly nasal vocals reinterpreting everyone from John Philip Sousa to James Brown while simultaneously expanding the boundaries of theatrical performance and multimedia interaction.
Allmusic had this to say about the Residents: “Over the course of a recording career spanning several decades, the Residents remained a riddle of Sphinx-like proportions; cloaking their lives and music in a haze of willful obscurity, the band’s members never identified themselves by name, always appearing in public in disguise — usually tuxedos, top hats and giant eyeball masks — and refusing to grant media interviews. Drawing inspiration from the likes of fellow innovators including Harry Partch, Sun Ra, and Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, the Residents channelled the breadth of American music into their idiosyncratic, satiric vision, their mercurial blend of electronics, distortion, avant-jazz, classical symphonies and gratingly nasal vocals reinterpreting everyone from John Philip Sousa to James Brown while simultaneously expanding the boundaries of theatrical performance and multimedia interaction.
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Meet the Residents
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Duck Stab
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Shoutbox
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polymorphous71 wrote:
I wasn't the one that mentioned Muse first. So NO FAIR! Anyway comrades, salvation lies within --->http://www.last.fm/group/Oblique+Satellites
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MovingPictures7 wrote:
Duck Stab, Meet the Residents, Eskimo, Not Available, Commercial Album, and Third Reich 'n Roll. All of them are uniquely good starting albums.
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pherftyy wrote:
Holy hell, big discography. Anyone care to suggest a couple albums to start with?
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OlavOrganist wrote:
Also, why would you think I like Muse more than The Residents?
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OlavOrganist wrote:
I knew people'd get pissed off. I don't mind them.
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Lurholm wrote:
I didn't get The Residents at all for the longest time, until I heard Fire (from Santa Dog). Things sort of fell into place right there and then. Maybe OlavOrganist needs a similar heureka moment. Or maybe The Residents just isn't for him.
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polymorphous71 wrote:
Oh yeah!!! definately. Muse; keeping the prog flag flying for all the noughtie indie brigade.
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mattmacneil wrote:
lol @ polymorphous..if only these guys sounded more like Muse, THEN they'd be good.
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NihiliFacere wrote:
<3
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manofknives wrote:
the coolest word at last fm - 'overrated'
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polymorphous71 wrote:
Yr right! We want musicians that can play their instruments. We want overblown and baroque music that is akin to a tapestry woven from the golden pubes of a cherub depicting mythical creatures. We want Porcupine Tree and Jetrho Tull. We want prog-rock even if we are a 15 year old Norwegian.
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OlavOrganist wrote:
Overrated. I mean, the gimmick is fun 'n all, but the music is kind of really bad.
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johntardsbaby66 wrote:
OOOHHH SHIT TIME TO GO TO LA
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mynameishuman wrote:
Run! Run! Fast as you can! You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!
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Chumsicles wrote:
holy shit they're actually playing somewhere in CA that isn't 6 frickin hours away from me like Santa Cruz was LA HERE I COME
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Cox_of_Seagulls wrote:
XXX Residents: http://www.chipple.net/mt/agenda/2009/11/14_006787.php
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PMSingGremlin wrote:
i'm ringo starr
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Inci90 wrote:
i was resident in your friend's mom for halloween once, so sick.
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thatssodeirdre wrote:
my friends mom was a resident for halloween once, so sick.
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PMSingGremlin wrote:
You can buy The Ughs! on the webstore, or at your local retailer, or at Ralph America.
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