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"An invaluable source for filling in the gaps in The Residents' collective hive memory with occasional nuggets of information it turns out everybody has forgotten over the past fifty years."

The Cryptic Corporation, Faceless Forever - A Residents Encyclopaedia, 2022

Welcome to Meet The Residents Wiki, an unofficial (but officially acknowledged!) fan-sourced guide and resource dedicated to North Louisiana's Phenomenal Pop Combo! For 50 years and counting, The Residents have existed at the forefront of virtually every new technology in sound, video, performance and interactive media - all while operating under a veil of obscurity and anonymity.

Since January 29th 2017, this wiki, founded and maintained by members of the fan group The Mysterious Spanish Ladies, has aimed to build a free and comprehensive hypertext encyclopedia and reference point on The Residents, sourced by and for fans, while also aiming to include details on The Cryptic Corporation, Ralph Records and other related entities.

Meet The Residents Wiki has been derived largely from the online resources (both official and unofficial) listed below, as well as other reference texts, many more of which we hope to transcribe and preserve for Residents fans and historians for decades or even centuries to come.

You can begin your journey through the wiki either by typing phrases or words into the search bar to the upper right hand side of the page, using the quick links in the "explore", "contents" and "recent projects" tabs in the drop-down navigation menu at the top of the screen, or the links under the "navigation" heading below.

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Faceless Forever/50th Anniversary

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A Sight For Sore Eyes

  • A limited edition 10" vinyl single by super-group Star Stunted II has been announced, featuring a cover of The Residents and Renaldo & The Loaf's "Mahogany Wood", to celebrate the July 2023 release of the book A Sight For Sore Eyes, Vol. 2. The single follows the 2021 Star Stunted cover of "Santa Dog", and features Neil Burke of Men's Recovery Project, Rob Crow of Pinback and PLOSIVS, Roy Mayorga of Ministry and Nausea, Dren McDonald, Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran, and Aaron Tanner of publisher Melodic Virtue. Pre-orders opened in early February 2024, and the single is scheduled for release on March 8th.

Psychofon Records

  • The sixth instalment in Psychofon Records' collector vinyl "Classic Series", a deluxe Eskimo box set, was released in early October 2023 via the Psychofon website. The edition of only 50 hand-numbered copies includes two variants (of 25 hand-numbered copies each); the first variant is on transparent vinyl filled with blue liquid, and includes a paper cut-out "iceberg". The second variant is pressed on transparent blue and white two-color liquid filled vinyl, with a unique "snow globe" album cover. Both editions sold out within seconds of becoming available for pre-sale; they are housed within a light blue "Classic Series" branded tote bag.
  • The seventh instalment in Psychofon Records' collector vinyl "Classic Series", a special pop-up gatefold edition of Commercial Album, was released in October 2023 via the Psychofon website. The edition of 200 copies on transparent, rainbow splatter vinyl features a gatefold cover with a pop-up design in the center, housed within a green "Classic Series" branded tote bag.
  • English writer Andrew Hook (O for Obscurity, Or, The Story of N) has penned a second Residents-related book; titled Commercial Book, it is a genre-hopping short story collection inspired by the forty one-minute songs from The Residents' Commercial Album, with each of the book's forty stories exactly 1000 words in length. The book is endorsed by The Residents, who are said to have found the stories "delightful". Commercial Book will go on pre-sale on February 21st 2024, with an anticipated release at the end of March via Psychofon Records and Eyeball Museum.

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Miscellaneous releases

Future projects

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  • Filmmaker Marie Losier is filming a new feature-length documentary on The Residents, following the band "from Bourges to Brussels, from Paris to Essen and to San Francisco" during (and after) their 50th Anniversary tour Faceless Forever. The film, titled Behind The Mask, has been in development since 2020, and began production in late January 2023. The project is co-produced by Barberousse Films, and supported by ZDF and the Centre National du Cinema in partnership with ARTE and Villa Albertine. Further details (such as a release date) are yet to be announced.
  • The Residents have "almost finished" recording a new studio album in collaboration with conductor Edwin Outwater and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. The album, Doctor Dark, is said to be a "modern opera" inspired by the life of euthanasia advocate Jack Kevorkian and the 1990 Judas Priest subliminal message trial. The album is currently expected for release in the second half of 2024, with a planned theatrical adaptation to follow.
  • A long-in-development series of "uber niche" limited CD releases, to be sold via mail order and aimed primarily at specialist collectors, is expected at an unknown time in the future, possibly under the long-defunct UWEB branding.
  • The Residents are said to be preparing a book for release which collects their numerous unproduced screenplays and treatments for film and television. Further information is yet to be announced.
  • Homer Flynn and The Residents are currently seeking financial backing to produce their 2004 screenplay Loveland, described by Flynn as "a classic tale of Southern Gothic dysfunctionality, revolving around three generations of the Dupree family, anonymous nobodies in nowhere, Mississippi". A full-page treatment is said to be available; interested parties should contact The Cryptic Corporation for further information.

Upcoming live shows

God In 3 Persons Live

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The cancellation of the April 2024 UK/Europe God In 3 Persons Live mini-tour was officially announced on February 15th 2024; tickets can be refunded from point of sale.

On September 27th 2023 The Residents announced a new mini-tour of their theatrical production God In 3 Persons Live, taking place across the United Kingdom in April 2024. An additional performance in Athens was announced in January 2024, and The Residents were said to be planning a one-off warm-up show in Paris in the lead-up to the mini-tour.

On February 15th 2024, The Cryptic Corporation confirmed the cancellation of the UK/Europe mini-tour due to unspecified "circumstances beyond [The Residents'] control"; fans are encouraged to refund their tickets at the point of sale.

The following dates have been cancelled as of February 15th 2024:

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Photo montage by Graeme Whifler and The Residents for "Hello Skinny", 1979

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Philip Charles Lithman
June 17th 1949 - July 1st 1987
Hardy Winfred Fox Jr.
March 29th 1945 - October 30th 2018

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Meet The Residents Wiki is compiled and maintained by members of the fan group The Mysterious Spanish Ladies for the education and information of other fans, and has not been officially endorsed by The Residents, The Cryptic Corporation, or their record labels past or present. Although we have attempted to derive as much of our information as possible from official sources, some information seen in these pages may nevertheless be missing, incorrect, outdated, or apocryphal.

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