![]() They are also favorites in Japan, where their current tour began with shows in various theaters and broadcast performances from television studios. ''Major labels here have shown interest, but requested that the group add a drum box or do something else to make their sound more marketable, which was, of course, ridiculous.'' But in Europe, the Residents are on contract to Warner Brothers on their last visit, they sold out shows at Paris's Olympia Theater and London's Hammersmith Odeon. ''The label operates almost like a fan club,'' Mr. Their records are distributed independently by Ralph Records in the United States (109 Minna Street, San Francisco, Calif. Indeed, on their current tour the Residents have been playing to audiences of roughly 1,500 to 2,000 people a night. They're a lot larger than people suspect.'' It's a word-of-mouth thing, but on the underground level, the Residents are one of the biggest things in existence. ''These people tend to know each other, and to tell other people who might be interested. ''Virtually every town, no matter how small, has its group of weirdos who like offbeat music,'' Mr. Strange or not, Residents fans are more numerous than one might imagine. The Residents are not fond toward talking.'' ''I've been involved with them since their early days, as a button-pusher, doing engineering,'' he said. Fox flatly denied being one of the Residents. ![]() Like the band, the Cryptic Corporation personnel grew up in Shreveport, La., and migrated in the late 60's to San Francisco, where they presently live and work.) Mr. (Actually, longtime Residents-watchers have theorized that the four members of the Cryptic Corporation and the four anonymous band members are the same people. Hardy Fox, a member of the Cryptic Corporation, agreed to answer questions for the band. And earlier this week they were even speaking, after a fashion. They have embarked, it seems, on their second tour, the first to take in the Middle West and East Coast of the United States, in honor of their 13th anniversary. They do not give interviews, preferring to hide behind the ''brain trust'' that handles their affairs, the Cryptic Corporation.īut tomorrow and Friday the Residents are giving their first New York performances, at the Ritz. For their relatively few public appearances so far they have worn masks, most notably huge plastic eyeballs that completely cover their heads. On ''The Third Reich 'n' Roll'' (1975) they detonated various pop-rock oldies with blasts of machine-noise and Dadaist humor, in a manner that has become practically mandatory for pop deconstructionists since.īut the Residents' faces have never adorned an album cover. ''Not Available'' (1974) and ''Duck Stab'' (1978) laid foundations for today's more adventurous electronic rock and synthesizer-pop. Their concept-album ''Eskimo'' (1979) brought a new sophistication to the descriptive use of sound effects in instrumental rock. THE Residents have been making records for 13 years.
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