Residents
USA
Formed: 1966
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Pop/Rock, Avant-Garde
Styles: Experimental, Modern Composition, Punk/New Wave, No Wave, New Wave, New York Punk, Post-Punk, Mixed Media, Sound Art
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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, the Residents channeled the breadth of American music into th...
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