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Formed in 1972, The Residents are an avant garde art collective that has released over 60 albums, numerous music videos & short films, 10 DVD's & 3 CD-ROMS.

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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
1 year
We are devastated by the news of Paul Reubens's passing. Our soundtrack work on the Pee Wee Herman show was one of the highlights of our career. In person, Paul, unassuming, thoughtful and intelligent, was the complete opposite of Pee Wee. He will be missed.
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@theResidents
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6 years
Our hearts are heavy but let us celebrate our brother, our friend, Hardy Fox.
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@theResidents
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6 years
Farewell, friend.
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@theResidents
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8 years
No thanks. We don't want him, either.
@GeorgeTakei
George Takei
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He's not our president. So I won't call him that. So what does that make him? At best "the Resident." It's like the President...minus the P.
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1 year
It is with profound sadness that The Residents pay their respect to the passing of Chris McGregor, their longtime lighting and tech guru and a generous, warm-hearted, and true friend for the last 30 years. A virtuoso lighting designer and a great guy, Chris will be dearly missed.
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@theResidents
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Happy birthday, Hardy Fox ♥️
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1 year
Many thanks to MisterBad for the fantastic art, Marco MisterBad Bargagna! It's fabulous!
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@theResidents
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3 years
Happy birthday, H. Wherever you go, there you are. You are missed.
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2 years
HBD HFOX. You are missed.
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@theResidents
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8 months
A MESSAGE FROM THE CRYPTIC CORPORATION
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1 year
FIFTY AND COUNTING!!! Here is a very nice 50TH Anniversary article written by @jimknipfel for @Truthdig !
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1 year
The Residents are delighted to hear they'd been listened to by over 100K unique humans on @Spotify last month. Maybe the recently uploaded 'LS1- Sketches For A Live Show' mini-LP did it. If they'd have known it be a hit, they'd have released it years ago
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@theResidents
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6 months
Demons Dance Alone pREServed is here! A 3CD set packed full of 20+ previously unreleased demos, live and live-in-the-studio tracks, plus a long-awaited 2LP set arriving in June. All you need to know right:
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@theResidents
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1 year
OUT NOW! Continue to celebrate five decades of THE RESIDENTS with the authorized, 396-page hardbound visual history book, The Residents: A Sight for Sore Eyes, Vol. 2. BUY OR DIE!
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
6 years
It's here! After several months of speculation, our new album #Intruders will be out on October 19th. This is all Residents, all the time! 11 glimpses into our own collective unconscious - you know that's just what you need, right?
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
3 years
A message from the office of The Cryptic Corporation.
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@theResidents
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6 years
The legendary, infamous and un-Googlable ‘ #BS ’ album will be released for @recordstoreday in April! We’d forgotten about its existence until the master tape fell from a shelf in the archive onto a singing Resident’s head. As a consequence, he has no memory of the recording #RSD19
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@theResidents
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6 years
Sometimes, it's only when you see your new album in the flesh that what you've just done really hits you....... In stores October 19th...... #intruders #theresidents
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
4 years
Are you still A RESIDENT? Here's a link to the DIE! DIE! DIE! video Now DANCE! DANCE! DANCE! Film it, upload your dancing videos @YouTube WITH THE HASHTAG #IAMSTILLARESIDENT & we'll re-edit the original video with you DANCING in it! One rule: WEAR A MASK!
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@theResidents
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1 year
And that's a wrap on the “Faceless Forever” 50th Anniversary Tour! Thanks to everyone that came to witness the weirdness! It's much appreciated! #fiftyisnifty #buyordie
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@theResidents
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6 years
Brilliant.
@tmbg
They Might Be Giants
6 years
This week's Dial-A-Song is here: Door to Door Minotaur. In memory of Hardy Fox.
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@theResidents
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6 years
The Residents are on tour in Europe (photo credit to @CreepingMcKroki ). Tonight they play to a sold out crowd in London. Are you ready London??
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@theResidents
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'The Residents' Secret Show' live album will be with us in two weeks, but in the meantime take a look at this MUNDO performance of 'Semolina', recorded on that weird evening last January...
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
1 year
God In 3 Persons Live Show Coming to the UK in 2024! 2 Apr Grand Hall, Glasgow 3 Apr Albert Hall, Manchester 5 Apr Town Hall, Birmingham 6 Apr Theatre Royal, Brighton 8 Apr Barbican, London Tix on sale / /
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1 year
The Residents: A Sight for Sore Eyes, Vol. 2, is a fully authorized visual history of that era, with rare and unseen photos, artwork, and other ephemera, and is set for release via @melodicvirtue on August 11th. PRE-ORDER NOW!
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@theResidents
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6 years
What kind of fools would release their debut album on April 1st?? Well, we figured nobody else would, so 45 years ago TO THE DAY #MeetTheResidents was unleashed! Discover the original 1974 mono mix, and later stereo remix, on our #pREServed edition...
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
2 years
SOMETHING WEIRD (Secret Show?) SPECIAL & ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME will be happening in San Francisco in Jan 2023. So HIDDEN, HUSH-HUSH n SWARMING IN SECRECY we can’t tell you yet...Those curious email REZ50 @residents .com... (ps: you'll get an auto-response, check your SPAM!)
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
7 years
Absurdly fun find in the archives. What could it be and when will it be released?
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
2 years
HOLY MOLEY!!! DIRT DAUBERS AND SQUIRRELS!!!! It's ACTUALLY HAPPENING!!! Just when you thought it was safe to stay home and suck seaweed, THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING ON TOUR AGAIN! Starting in Portland & going EVERYWHERE! (more or less) BUY! BUY! BUY! or...
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
6 years
In his own words, Hardy reflects on all things Residential. Don Hardy put together some clips of Hardy's musings including this one about how The Cryptic Corporation began.
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TheOfficialResidents
1 year
Out Now! Buy Or Die! The Commercial Album double vinyl with new RDX suite produced using the original multitrack tapes + exclusive 7" single. Find it here:
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
6 years
The Cryptic Corporation, with the release of this #BOBBLEHEAD , are proud to announce The Residents have finally reached the ULTIMATE PINACLE of pop success!. Eat your heart out, Guy Lombardo! The heads are bobbling here...
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@theResidents
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5 years
Yes, it’s true The Residents are postponing their eagerly awaited DOG STAB! American tour! This was not a decision that came easily for the Cryptics or THE UNDEFINED FOUR but these are STRANGE TIMES! But for you lucky dudes and dudettes in Europe, the dates remain unchanged.
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@theResidents
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3 years
Sam Coomes, Rob Crow, Zach Hill, Mike Morasky, Ego Plum, and Aaron Tanner cover “Santa Dog” to celebrate the impending release of The Residents: A Sight for Sore Eyes, Vol. 1. Check it out along with a review of the book at Dangerous Minds!
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@theResidents
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3 years
The Residents: A Sight for Sore Eyes, Vol. 1. is OUT NOW! Get the 356-page visual history book exclusively from  @melodicvirtue .
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3 years
Announcing The Residents: A Sight for Sore Eyes, Vol. 1, a limited edition coffee table book covering everything from their beginnings in San Mateo up to The Mole Show. Pre-order your copy now! @melodicvirtue
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2 years
TRIPLE TROUBLE PREMIERE AT @MuseumModernArt Shot in 10 days during the 2020 lockdown, this hallucinatory noir comedy uses footage from their unfinished 1970s feature Vileness Fats. Theatrical premiere March 7 + then streaming on MoMA’s member-only Virtual Cinema March 9-23
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8 months
ESKIMO? NIGHT OF IDEAS? HUH! The Residents will perform a condensed version of Eskimo this Sat, 3/2, as part of #ANightofIdeas at the @SFPublicLibrary . This FREE event starts at 6:45. Registration is required. Register: . The Residents are the closing act.
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@theResidents
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4 years
HBD, HFox
@CribbageForum
Michael Schell
4 years
Born on this date, the great Hardy Fox (1945–2018) of @theResidents , secret composer of Pollex Christi, upon which I reflected in this memorial article for @SecondInversion .
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@theResidents
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Have you heard?! The 'God In 3 Persons' live show is coming to the UK. The Residents have been eager to take one of their all-time favourite shows on the road for a while - find all of the dates at . Hubba!
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
7 years
Revealed! @pennjillette is a Resident! Find out who else is ready to unmask themselves. Is it you? #iamaresident
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
5 years
Thinking of expanding your family?? The Bobbleheads are back. Give one a home here: #theresidents
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
5 years
Yesterday was the one year anniversary of Hardy's passing. Here's a nice article eulogizing Hardy and his arp written by @EgoPlum for @tapeopmag
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
5 years
WE ARE BACK!!! Well practically... sort of... The Residents' American Dog Stab tour has been rescheduled for the spring of 2021 and all of us who aren't dead by then will be HUMPIN' and BUMPIN'!!! WE'RE COMIN' TO YOUR TOWN, WE'RE GONNA PARTY IT DOWN!!!
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@theResidents
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6 years
Hey everybody, it's me, Randy. I'm still hanging in there... well... sorta... kinda... Anyway, Happy New Year and stuff! #theresidents #randyreturns
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
5 years
Reserve your #pREServeds ! God In Three Persons has been resummoned and expanded in a fresh 3CD set stuffed full of instrumentals, live recordings, and, most exciting of all, some demos and a previously unheard 23-minute piece entitled ‘Knot In A Million Years’, It's out today!
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11 months
Sshh - The Residents' Secret Show remembered... hear The Eyeballs & pals makin' sense of fifty years. Live on stage! Feb 2024. Buy Or Die? Available on 2LP and CD/DVD... Here's a taster Hello Skinny featuring Les Claypool...
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@theResidents
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4 years
The Cryptic Corp has been beavering away in lockdown and can now announce that July 10th will see The Residents new album ‘Metal, Meat & Bone – The Songs Of Dyin’ Dog’ released worldwide in both 2CD and 2LP formats. Get your eyes a poppin on this...
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2 years
The first pREServed vinyl reissue announced! With unheard material, inc Ralph Records Guided Tour narrated by Harvey Sox! 3LP Meet The Residents out on 13 Jan & comes w/ mail order exclusive 7" reproduction of original flexi-disc.
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@theResidents
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5 years
Ever wondered what #Eskimo might have sounded like had it been recorded by #RenaldoAndTheLoaf rather than #TheResidents ? Well let's find out - it's a pleasure and a privilege to introduce their interpretation of our Arctic masterpiece...
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
6 years
"We were young and we had nothing to do." Hardy Fox talks about the origins of The Residents, The Cryptic Corporation and casting one's life out... Onward
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TheOfficialResidents
6 years
Brilliant
@Esoj_Adnarah
pepe
6 years
Feet The Residents @theResidents
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6 years
Thanks for all the love and positivity we're already feeling for our new album, 'Intruders' folks - here's a video for 'Voodoo Doll'. Is it a single? Kinda....
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@theResidents
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6 years
Festive Greetings and Farewell to a dear friend 🎩Here's our final news letter of 2018 for those of you that don't already subscribe to our mailing list - now there a perfect New Year's resolution - Subscribe to #TheResidents maling list!
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@theResidents
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7 years
A little live magic from #TheResidents in the popular Graphics Interchange Format to brighten up your day. Thanks and credit to Elizabeth Gohr. #gifs
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
3 years
Check out our fearless Cryptic Corp. President, Homer Flynn unboxing 9 glorious discs of Curious Stories From The Bible, aka our Wormwood extravaganza …Buy Or Die!
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
2 years
The latest in The Residents' ongoing Classic '70s 2LP reissues series! Fingerprince, complete with the Leapmus demo tape and the Tournament Of Roses RDX suite! Sure to be a HIT across the known world. Good things happen to good people, after all:
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@theResidents
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4 years
IT'S HERE! The stonking new album 'Metal, Meat & Bone: The Songs Of Dyin' Dog' hits the shops and the 'net today! Buy, download and listen now:
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@theResidents
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Take a 👀 at a new long read all about your favorite beat group The Residents and the curiosities uncovered during the reissue campaign, written by their archivist RA:
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@theResidents
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8 years
Happy whatevers to all. Especially you, Japan. 32 years since last visit but we’ll see you soon. How about March?
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9 years
We forgot to tune in to the #GRAMMYs . Did we win anything?
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@theResidents
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3 years
BAD DAY IS BACK! Long time Rez fan and super tech nerd Ryan Long (aka Sparky) got the classic CD-Rom Bad Day on the Midway up and running and will play it live on Twitch!. Join him Sunday, May 16 at 6:00 PM West Coast time exploring the Midway!
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@theResidents
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7 years
You heard it hear 1st, @pennjillette is a Resident! Now’s your chance to be one too! Find out more here: #buyordie
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
3 years
Well done! Very Residential.
@Will_Fuzz
Will Sergeant
3 years
Some time in the mid 80’s The Residents were unaware that I was resident. Me and Jake Brockman had surreptitiously snuck into the inner sanctum of the Residents in their San Franciscan HQ. Jake was ready with the 📸 . #bunnymen @theResidents
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@theResidents
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2 years
THEY!!! Are Coming!!! THAT’S RIGHT! The Residents are coming to Boston @TheSinclair - 3/28, New York @lprnyc (Le Poisson Rouge and Philadelphia @FillmorePhilly - 3/31 … AND MORE!!! Don’t miss THEM!!!!
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@theResidents
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1 year
GOD IN 3 PERSONS - LIVE!!! Roger Batty wrote a great article in Musique Machine on the God in 3 Persons - Live! DVD. Check it out here!
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@theResidents
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The new Secret Show live album is out - captured in San Francisco in 2023 & packed with choice cuts from the band's loooong career: The Eyeballs have announced Leftovers Again?! AGAIN?!? available on Record Store Day. Details from your local record shop!
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
2 years
This US tour has been bonkers in all the best ways. But we're saving our best for our home turf!
@GAMH
Great American Music Hall
2 years
JUST ANNOUNCED!⚡ Mysterious, genre busting iconoclasts @theResidents are headed to the GAMH stage for 3̲ ̲N̲I̲G̲H̲T̲S̲ this April 17, 18 & 19th !! 👓🤯🌀🧠👁️🎩 ❌ DON'T MISS THIS! ⏳On sale Fri, 12/9 @ 10am 👉Presale Thur, 12/8 @ 10am 🔓PWD: tophat 🎟️:
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@theResidents
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Out Now! The final pieces in The Residents' much delayed classic '70s double LP reissues jigsaw are upon us - 'Eskimo' and 'Commercial Album' both feat new RDX suites using original multitrack tapes + exclusive 7" singles. Buy Or Die! here
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
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Melodic Virtue ( @melodicvirtue ) is auctioning off the last remaining 6" polyresin Cube-E figure along with the one-of-a-kind molds used to create them! 100% of net proceeds will be donated to Openhouse. Auction ends November 12th.
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Not Available ... NOW AVAILABLE. For the 1st time on vinyl + original, 'X Is For Xtra (A Conclusion)' recordings which spawned it. Order from @CherryRedGroup / @mvdentgroup for mail order only 78 Work In Progress demo 7". Enjoy!
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
7 years
Fresh for 2018 - feast your eyeballs on these fancy 'Meet The Residents' and 'The Third Reich 'N Roll' pREServed reissues! You're just a click away from all your #buyordie dreams. MEET THE RESIDENTS: THIRD REICH ROCK N ROLL:
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@theResidents
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7 years
THE RESIDENTS are ready to reveal…pREServed: The Archival Reissue Series Daisy-fresh sets of newly remastered albums, singles, live recordings, alt versions & long-lost unreleased material. Meet The Residents: Third Reich ’N’ Roll:
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TheOfficialResidents
10 years
Our most prestigious W.E.I.R.D Fan Club member ever. http://t.co/DxLOdvoy6n
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@theResidents
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7 years
80 Aching Orphans! A 4 CD collection of oldies, goldies, live diversions & rarities compiled by the band is out now!
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TheOfficialResidents
2 years
Something classy, we hope!
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
4 years
The Residents take over @CherryRedGroup 's @sohoradio Label Lodge with a SPECIAL celebrating their long history with THE BLUES. It's happening THIS SATURDAY Sept 5 from 4-6 PM London time 11AM-1PM East Coast time and 8-10AM West Coast time. DON'T MISS IT!
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
7 years
Some wonderful art for you. Friday 27 April. The Residents look forward to seeing you at Union Stage. Washington DC. @unionstage #theresidents
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
7 years
The Residents Archive Vault is now open for the perusing and pillaging. #BuyOrDie
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7 years
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TheOfficialResidents
2 years
New Orleans! We're serving up a heaping spoonful of "Triple Trouble" tomorrow! Don't miss it! @BroadsideNola @ 7:00PM
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
6 years
Sitting comfortably?? Here's an entire Home Age Conversations podcast dedicated to the discussion and dissection of #TheResidents 1979 record #Eskimo (which is #pREServed , expanded and reissued in January, of course!)
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
8 years
Thanks for coming out, Toronto.
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TheOfficialResidents
1 year
Not Available ...for the first time on vinyl + original 'X Is For Xtra (A Conclusion)' recordings which spawned it. Order from @CherryRedGroup and @mvdentgroup for mail order only 1978 Work In Progress demo 7". When they're gone, they're gone etc. Enjoy!
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
6 years
Bookworms! There will be a #Brickeaters book signing and reading at Rough Trade in Brooklyn at 6:30pm on Monday, Aug 27th. Hope to see some of you there! #TheResidents
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@theResidents
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From Sept 5, 2009 through March 28, 2009, The Residents on behalf of their good friend Bunny, answered between 1500-2000 emails responding to Bunny’s plea for help finding his missing brother Harvey. The emails have now been collected in a book @ulule -
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
6 years
Following the success of the #Pledge campaign, #IAmAResident will be released in all good record stores in August! A 2CD collection of exclusive fan versions of 24 of your Residents faves... there's a vinyl version too: Double CD:
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
2 years
The first pREServed vinyl reissue out! With unheard material, inc Ralph Records Guided Tour narrated by Harvey Sox! 3LP Meet The Residents out on 13 Jan & comes w/ mail order exclusive 7" reproduction of original flexi-disc:
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
4 years
The latest #pREServed artefact is officially unleashed this Fridays folks 👁️
@CherryRedGroup
Cherry Red Records
4 years
Featuring loads of previously unreleased tracks: 'Cube-E Box The History Of American Music In 3 E-Z Pieces' is the latest in The Residents' 'pREServed' series! Take a deep dive into this remastered & expanded 7CD treasure here👉
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TheOfficialResidents
2 years
The Residents’ feature film #TripleTrouble premieres at @MVFilmFest @roxietheater on Sat. October 15, @ 7pm. Experience the upcoming Faceless Forever 50th Anniversary tour at @SweetwaterMV on Thurs., October 13. Tickets available from
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
7 years
Updated North American tour dates:
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@theResidents
TheOfficialResidents
3 years
Wonderful piece on the mysterious Mr. Fox.
@vocalfrier
Vocal Fry on WFMU
3 years
Sweet bio of Hardy Fox, chief raconteur of @theResidents , w/interviews w/his sisters, cousin, husband & bandmates. I agree w/the thesis that isolated areas often encourage utterly unique art.
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