Well the thing is, The Residents did that avant garde stuff but in a much more accessible and entertaining way, in addition to that they were more diverse and knew what an actual melody sounded like.
Also nobody tries to make them out to be these untouchable poetic geniuses, I'm not saying they were either but goddamn they certainly qualify more than Beefheart does.
I just don't see the genius in a guy chanting out (all the while trying to make his voice sound as obnoxious as possible) words with no real meaning over what sounds like a bunch of instruments being stomped on and beaten with mallets.
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