I want to get into The Residents but I don't know where to start. Please help, Yas Forums

"the production feels so claustrophobic, very creative"
"this song smells of pollution"
"this album is from 1978? Holy fuck"
"wow! i remember this motif"
"these guys are amazing"

I see, thank you!

a lot of people I've introduced to them have been creeped out or scared by it, so maybe that?

Their whole thing is this “theory of obscurity”
>an artist can only produce pure art when the expectations and influences of the outside world are not taken into consideration
Basically, they hide their identities and try to change up their style all the time so the audience won’t have any expectations for what a Residents release will sound like (or make you feel)
They hide their faces with masks and costumes that change from era to era
They made this album that was a more straightforward rock album, and it got praised. So their next album was an ambient album based on the culture of Inuit people’s. That also gained success in a lot of art circles, so their next album was a bunch of commercial jingles.
They often make up stories that fall apart on further examination, but it’s all just myth making. They claimed their label released a record against their will, but they own that label. They claimed most of their musical ideas came from a Bavarian composer named N. Senada who was highly controversial and censored by his government, no such composer exists.
That’s their deal

That is very very based

Also good post user, thank you

>They claimed their label released a record against their will
It's more a "we didn't want to release this record but we didn't have any other records done and we needed to release a record" than an "it was released against our will"

try this
youtu.be/hr-I6-gxecg

You’re probably right, I’m going by memory. I remember hearing that they planned on not releasing it but their label released it without their knowledge or consent, which is of course absurd cause they own that label

'The 13'th Anniversary' is essential considering it's one of the highest regarded albums by old fans:

secretrecords.bandcamp
com/album/the-residents-featuring-snakefinger-13th-anniversary-live-in-holland-1986-sr08

I also highly suggest you look up the 'Cube E'

Third Reich and Roll plus Duck Stab are the best introductions to the whacky and wonderful world of The Residents.

The residents were the music equivalent of Yas Forums essentially.

Just start from the beginning and keep going forward until you don't feel like going forward anymore. All their classics are their earliest albums.

the mythos of the residents as an "anonymous band" is part of their gimmick. they could've easily been actually anonymous, but they still have press releases and have "representatives" give interviews. plus, for an "anonymous band", there sure is a lot of information on them regarding their formation and the making of each of their albums, especially their earlier work.

Pretty much anything from the 1974-80 era (except Eskimo) is a good introduction

>anonymous shitposters
They were the OG

Has anyone seen them on a recent tour? I got to see them right before Hardy died and it was pretty based, even if they don’t play any of their earliest material.

youtube.com/watch?v=7sJGC2xjnTw

I starten with Third reich n roll and not avaliable when i was 15, try those

Except not nearly as horny.

They could be kinda horny

Yeah, but compared to Yas Forums, they’re pretty much lightweights.

Eskimo is a good album to listen to on a hot summer day, especially when the air conditioning isn't working.