Meet the Residents is the debut studio album by the Americanavant-garde music group the Residents, released on April 1, 1974 through Ralph Records. Recorded as a break from their film project Vileness Fats, the album was home produced and recorded throughout 1973 with help from fellow musician Snakefinger and based around N. Senada's "Theory of Phonetic Organization". Its album cover brought the band to prominence, being a parody of Meet the Beatles!, the Beatles' second US album release. EMI and Capitol were angry with the cover and threatened to sue (though it… read more
Meet the Residents is the debut studio album by the Americanavant-garde music group the Residents, released on April 1, 1974 through Ralph Records. Recorded as a break from their film p… read more
The Residents are an experimental music and visual arts group from Louisiana, United States, largely shrouded in mystery and myth. The Residents began recording in 1967, although many of these recordings from their early years have still gone unreleased to this day. The earliest material from the group, traded among bootlegs, was recorded around 1969. In 1972, the group adopted the name The Residents and issued their first official release, Santa Dog. Allmusic had this to say about the Residents: "Over the course of a recording career spanning several decades, the Residents rem… read more
The Residents are an experimental music and visual arts group from Louisiana, United States, largely shrouded in mystery and myth. The Residents began recording in 1967, although many of th… read more
The Residents are an experimental music and visual arts group from Louisiana, United States, largely shrouded in mystery and myth. The Residents began recording in 1967, although many of these recordings from their early years have sti… read more