The residents

Residents

The Residents

Hardy Fox, one of the creative forces behind the San Francisco art-rock band the Residents, has died. Or maybe not. In keeping with all things surrounding the infamously anonymous avant-garde pop group, that since 1972 has released more than 40 albums and two dozen multimedia projects, even the state of one of its key members’ mortality remains a mystery. On...

The San Francisco Police Department has issued a statement detailing the theft of one of the original Residents’ eyeball head masks. The mask, valued at $100,000 (yeah, OK), was signed for by an unknown person and is now missing. Along with the mask is an original photograph of the Residents which is valued at $20,000 (yeah, OK). SFPD has included an anonymous tip line, should you happen to see the famous eyeball in your local pawn shop. The missing mask And the case it came in A local San…

the residents

In the latest edition of our Underscore feature-- which covers undervalued artists and scenes from the musical past-- Marc Masters looks beyond the iconic eyeball masks to detail the distinctly weird wonders of art-rock provocateurs the Residents.

Emerging from the soup of groovy San Francisco, The Residents went on to outweird them all. Last week, one of the group's co-founders and its central composer died at 73 — but not anonymously.

Aliens, gnomes, and assorted food items made trendy costumes way back when.

The Residents Eyeball Helmet Mask,Top Hat & Cane Topper by AndyJPro

Residents records, LPs and CDs