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The Residents

Musical Group
Forlisteners of experimental and avant-garde music, fans of concept albums, and adventurous listeners who enjoy sound collage and satire.
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The Profile

The Residents are an American avant-garde music collective formed in San Francisco in the late 1960s, known for experimental, collage-based music, conceptual albums and a long-standing practice of secrecy and anonymity.

Known facts: formed in San Francisco; maintain anonymity and perform with eyeball masks and tuxedos as iconography; associated with the Theory of Obscurity; released landmark albums including Meet the Residents, Not Available, Eskimo, Fingerprince, The Commercial Album and The Third Reich 'n' Roll; linked historically to the independent label Ralph Records.

The Residents are a long-running American avant-garde music collective from San Francisco, famed for anonymity and iconography (eyeball masks). Reviews on DeBaser consistently praise landmark albums such as Not Available, Eskimo, Fingerprince and The Commercial Album. Their work is characterised by collage, tape-manipulation, synths, theatrical concept albums and satirical takes on popular music. Listeners are advised to approach albums as immersive, often challenging experiences.

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