The Residents
- Type: Band/Group
- Country: United States
- Born: 1969 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
- Active: 1969 - present
Biography
The Residents are an American experimental music and visual arts group, formed in 1969 by musicians who met in Shreveport, Louisiana and later settled in San Francisco, California. They work anonymously, perform in eyeball helmets and founded Ralph Records, issuing 'Santa Dog' in 1972 and 'Meet the Residents' in 1974. Hardy Fox identified himself as co-founder and primary composer in 2017.
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The Residents Discography
- Meet The Residents (1974) - Album - rated 4.2/5
- The Third Reich 'n Roll (1976) - Album - rated 3.79/5
- The Beatles Play The Residents and The Residents Play The Beatles (1977) - EP - rated 3.5/5
- Fingerprince (1977) - Album - rated 3.93/5
- Duck Stab / Buster & Glen (1978) - Album - rated 4.33/5
- Duck Stab (1978) - EP - rated 3.9/5
- Not Available (1978) - Album - rated 4.72/5
- Eskimo (1979) - Album - rated 3.75/5
- Babyfingers (1979) - EP - rated 3.46/5
- Commercial Album (1980) - Album - rated 4.04/5
- Mark of the Mole (1981) - Album - rated 3.84/5
- Intermission (1982) - EP - rated 3.82/5
- The Tunes of Two Cities (1982) - Album - rated 2.43/5
- George & James (American Composer Series - Volume 1) (1984) - Album - rated 3.35/5
- The Big Bubble (1985) - Album - rated 2.19/5
- Stars & Hank Forever! (The American Composer's Series - Volume II) (1986) - Album - rated 3.19/5
- God in Three Persons (1988) - Album - rated 4.07/5
- The King and I (1989) - Album - rated 3.1/5
- Freak Show (1990) - Album - rated 3.77/5
- Gingerbread Man (1994) - Album - rated 3.49/5
- Wormwood (1998) - Album - rated 3.87/5
- Live at the Fillmore (1998) - Album
- Refused (1999) - Compilation - rated 3.55/5
- Wormwood Live 1999 (1999) - Album - rated 3.81/5
- dot.com (2000) - Compilation - rated 3.31/5
- Diskomo 2000 (2000) - EP - rated 3.47/5
- Demons Dance Alone (2002) - Album - rated 3.91/5
- WB:RMX (2004) - Album - rated 3.47/5
- Animal Lover (2005) - Album - rated 3.93/5
- Tweedles! (2006) - Album - rated 3.61/5
- The Bunny Boy (2008) - Album - rated 3.51/5
- The Ghost of Hope (2017) - Album - rated 3.33/5
- Metal, Meat & Bone: The Songs of Dyin' Dog (2020) - Album - rated 3.51/5
- Doctor Dark (2025) - Album - rated 3.58/5
- Eskimo Folk Tales (2026) - EP - rated 3.13/5