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Formed: 1966 in San Francisco, CA
Years Active: 70 's, 80 's, 90 's, 00's
Genre: Pop/Rock

Biography:
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... Continue Bio >>

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Discography:
2009 Ughs!
2009 Ten Little Piggies
2008 Bunny Boy
2007 Voice of Midnight
2006 Tweedles!
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Group Members: Phil "Snakefinger" Lithman More >> Similar Artists: Eugene Chadbourne Captain Beefheart Fred Frith Moondog John Zorn More >>

Influenced By: The Beatles John Cage Harry Partch Brian Wilson Stan Kenton More >> Followers: Renaldo & the Loaf The Flying Lizards Mr. Bungle Aviador Dro They Might Be Giants More >>

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