that's one of my fave covers EVER

I love this band so much. I was honestly surprised to see anything on them here considering how, eh, "different" their music is. I can't seem to find their albums up for grabs anywhere though, and iTunes is soooooooooooo expensive. Any help would be much appreciated. I have to say, based on what I've heard, my favorite album by them is their debut Meet the Residents. Was the first album I heard from them and one of the few albums where every song from it is in my 'Favorites' playlist.

Did they ever finish the Mole Trilogy?

These 2 blogs have some Residents albums...

URBAN ASPIRINES: The Residents

uuhngreh schpuggenuh: the Residents

The links should still be active.

And you can probably find most, if not all, of their albums on YouTube.

Does anyone have any theories on the identity of The Residents? As prolific as they are, I'm certain that they show up elsewhere in music. My friend has a Cromagnon record and when we were listening to it, I thought it was The Residents. At first I thought it was just a similar brand of music, but after a web search, it seems as if some other people agree with me. Here's Cromagnon, for your listening pleasure.

Out of all the great albums by The Residents, this is my favorite.
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Nice to see 'Not Available' getting some love! For me, it's a toss up between this and 'Mark of the Mole' for best Residents album.

I was a huge fan in the '70's, then stopped following them when the original band broke up and they became two whiny guys with a synthesizer. I have to say though, their latest stuff - Coochie Break, Mushrooms - has been a real return to form. Whoever the band is now, they've gotten really interesting again...

And if you can see them live, you should. I was fortunate enough to see them with Snakefinger and it was a really awesome show. 'Walter Westinghouse' scared the crap out of me. It's really more theater than a straight live concert.

As far as their mythos, it's pretty easy to figure out who the original four guys were and why the band changed so much when they initially broke up, because one of the guys that left was a major creative force, but the Residents just stringently deny everything so after awhile you just play along. In the end, it's all part of the fun.

I like residents. I saw them in Tokyo more than 15 years ago.
They had come to promote the CD-ROM album "Ginger Bread Man".

I prefer early days of their album like "Meet the Residents", "Commercial Album".

I've only heard Duck Stab, The Gingerbread Man and I began to warm up to them by the time I heard Commercial Album. The first two were hard to get into, but I didn't dislike them.

I've seen them perform live several times over the past 25 years. Now a trio, since the departure of their drummer in 2010. They've stripped down their stage shows from elaborate sets to minimalist ones over the past four years. Some pics from their 2013 tour (taken by another fan.)

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Still as weird and wonderful as ever!

documentary about the Residents coming soon ::)

****ing scum Baltimore. Wasting acid on ween, might have just gone to a Katy Perry concert and dropped.

not available is great, haven't heard any of their other stuff just yet.

Dance/Pop? The Residents? Okay... :bonkhead:

I'd say that The Residents could be considered experimental pop.

And I'm not gonna lie, I've danced to their music.

one of my top ten bands. the documentary theory of obscurity was amazing and fascinating i highly recommend it.

Ive heard some of their albums and some were phenomenal while others were kinda meh.

For exmpl i thought tweedles was pretty weak (Though insincere was pretty good) but i liked bunny boy and assorted secrets. Their album with Renaldo and the loaf was pretty good too.
I agree, i saw it recently and luved it. one thing i didn't like though was that they focused too much on their mystique and not enough on their music.

One subject that Residents docs don't cover is the equipment that they use or how they make their music, which I think is really interesting and important. They could do a whole documentary on the evolution of their instrumentation that could end up being fecking incredible.

Do any gearheads know which drum machine they use on this? Recorded in 1972

I agree. Im not a gearhead but seeing the evolution of their instrumentation woulda been really interesting. They kinda skimmed over that part despite the fact that they mentioned the residents are fascinated with technology and how it plays into their music.

The only memorable part where they went into their recording proccess was when their former piano collaborator went into detail about what it was like recording with them.

yeah.
my wife loves them. i think they gargle my balls.

I listened to The Residents the other day for the first time. I kinda hated them.

You say it like it's a bad thing.

Some points on Eskimo could be legitimate ball gargling audio clips.

Duck Stab!, Meet the Residents, and Freak Show will give you a good idea of their discography.

I say go for Demons dance alone. IMO it's one of their most melodic albums.

Not Available is my favourite but I always forget to recommend that one. Listen to Not Available.

I second this. Not Available is incredible. I might like Wormwood slightly more overall, if not just for the live concert film version of the album. If you have 1:44:00 to kill, I HIGHLY recommend watching it all.

(Hopefully someone who has the ability to will post a link to the video of it on YouTube.)

^ Here ya go...



I saw them play in a small venue on this tour. As weird and wonderful as the video is, it was a genuinely psychedelic experience seeing them perform it live.

I hope to see them live before they hang it up for good (if that ever happens). Sounds like quite an experience. How was the setlist when you saw them?

The Residents - Wormwood Tour (1999)

How to Get a Head
Mr. Misery
Tent Peg in the Temple
God's Magic Finger
Dinah and the Unclean Skin
Cain and Abel
Burn Baby Burn
Fire Fall
King of Kings
Bridegroom of Blood
Bathsheba Bathes
Attitude is Everything
Hanging by His Hair
Judas Saves
Revelation
Jesus Loves Me
In The Beginning
Old Time Religion

^ That was the setlist for the show I saw during the Wormwood tour. I think that was pretty much the standard setlist for the entire tour. They might have changed one or two songs every once in a while during the tour, though.

Just sayin'...

Not Available is such a haunting record in some ways. I have to be in a certain mood to really let it take me somewhere, but I think it stands at the peak of their output.

I'm a dum dum ding dong and misinterpreted what you said, thinking you saw them on their current tour. I'm so incredibly jealous that you saw the wormwood tour.

I admit, Im jelly too.

I've seen them six times on six different tours. I did see them recently on the 21'st of April during their current tour.


Here's the encore on video...

Interesting setlist. I would be curious to hear how Tourniquet of Roses has transformed. Re-listening to that song now for the first time in a while makes me wish they would release a pREServed version of Fingerprince. Earlier today they did announce some more of those planned for the future including God in Three Persons, and then teased something about a production of that same album.

Interesting stuff.