Singles I bought at the time.

John Peel played Satisfaction on the re-release and when I heard it .... that was it. I was gone.

I bought Third Reich n Roll and it had questionnaire inside. I filled it out and returned it and a couple of months later Santa Dog 78 arrived in the post (envelope pictured). What a great xmas I had that year as my girlfriend bought me Not Available.

The Commercial Single. I could have bought a couple of dozen of these as HMV had a box of them on the counter for 40p each. I bought two and gave one away. Should have bought the lot.

Sorry for sellotape. It's been adhered to the inner sleeve of Fingerprince for aeons - and after a few decades the tape deteriorates. It's probably from 78 and there's no author so I don't know who wrote it. This is probably the most detailed information we got on the band in the UK at the time.

Review by Andy Gill, one of my favourite writers of the era. He was really into The Residents, Chrome etc.

My first girlfriend bought me the OP purple label copy on import for Xmas 1978. It was expensive, I know that. Whatta great gift, even if the pressing was a bit ropey (and withdrawn I believe). It always sounded ok to me.

I've got some more cuttings and ephemera which I'll post in due course. I posted my Duck Stab poster a few weeks ago but my a/c got compromised so I had to start again.

Richard Cook reviews Mark/Tunes. He was a good guy. He went on to edit the Wire, when it was a jazz centered mag. He died aged 50 in 2007.

Edwin Pouncey aka Savage Pencil... ace cartoonist... wrote the Sounds review. Sounds were big on the Residents and covered them extensively back in the 70s and 80s. Funny - his reviews mentions the Warner Bros album and Baby Sex way back in 84. Sav X still dos cartoons and artwork for The Wire.

I bought my dad a ticket for his birthday but he can't go. If anyone wants it, I think i'd just need an email and I can transfer the ticket. I just want someone to be able to use it so price is negotiable; I honestly don't care that much.

Original Meet The Residents for 10 bucks. Yow!!!! Duck Stab T-shirts 5 bucks.

Pic is yellow as the light is dim in here, it's actually white.

I found this in a box of mags n stuff. I also found two Buy Or Die catalogues from 1978.

Eyeball-Museum/Psychofon Records news…

So, finally, an update from us.
You’ve surely been wondering why you haven’t heard much from us lately.
We had to deal with some family matters and other personal issues, which unfortunately forced us to take a longer break than anticipated.
But now we’re back in action, and we are excited to present our latest release—once again in collaboration with the Eyeball-Museum.

One of The Residents' most iconic albums is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year:
*The Third Reich 'N Roll*. Released in 1976, the album stands as one of the most controversial in music history.
Now, exactly 50 years later, author and Residents fan Samuel J. Umland has written a book about it to mark the occasion—a book we would like to introduce to you today.

SAMUEL J. UMLAND – THE RESIDENTS PRESENT – THE THIRD REICH ‘N ROLL – AN ABC X 40

This book offers the first comprehensive discussion of The Residents' *The Third Reich 'N Roll* (1976), one of the strangest, most unsettling records ever made. Situating the album within the political unease of the 1970s and the afterlife of the 1960s counterculture, it employs an innovative method to unpack the music's abrasive editing, its notorious Nazi imagery, and its enduring power to provoke. For fans of experimental music, cultural history, or the outer limits of rock, this book is essential reading.

Samuel J. Umland is a Professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, where he has taught film, literature, and cultural studies for over thirty years. His work explores the intersection of popular culture studies, film criticism, and experimental critical writing. He is the author of *Philip K. Dick: Contemporary Critical Interpretations* (1995), *Donald Cammell: A Life on the Wild Side* (2006), and *The Tim Burton Encyclopedia* (2015), as well as numerous book chapters, articles, and reviews. His latest book, on the science fiction film *The Man Who Fell to Earth* starring David Bowie, was published by Arrow Books in 2018.

Advance sales begin soon. We will, of course, keep you posted.
Stay tuned…

Psychofon

Just knew that the concert was cancelled. I was waiting so much for this.

Does anyone know what happened? Hope that everyone is doing well

I got VIP tickets for this last Christmas as a gift but due to delays have not had the show at the front of my mind, & as a result haven’t been able to research the venue much.

To people who have been to (residents) shows like this before, or have been to the music Hall, can you tell me how best to conduct myself for the meet & greet or where to find the basement area that the show will be taking place in? As most of the videos I find online are of the shows themselves, & of more mainstream artists than the residents.

Any & all advice & information on these shows & venues would be really helpful, thank you in advance.

Hey everyone

For those who’ve been to the recent Eskimo tour, are the visuals new?

They look really…. AI. But then again, a lot of their old visuals do

Any thoughts/insight on it? They’re so wildly creative; AI use wouldn’t totally destroy my love for the band, but it would be disappointing

I'm pretty sure I've never heard anything by the Residents; but I've been Resi-curious for a while now. Earlier today I did some searching through old Reddit threads for recommendations and explanations. But I have what I think is an odd question.

I noticed that one can pick up some of the pREServed series releases for what seem like *very* cheap prices, but they're not among the albums that people tend to recommend as one's first exposure to the Residents. On one hand, I like saving money; and if I get into them, then I'll probably start hoovering up everything, because that's generally what I do with artists I like. But OTOH, I want to avoid a situation where the very first thing I hear from them is something so out there that it scares me off, where I probably would have liked it more if I'd worked my way there via more accessible releases first.

Does that make sense? Or do I seem to be overthinking things? (I'm often guilty of that)

The albums in question are: Gingerbread Man, Freak Show, the Cube-E Box, and the Wormwood Box. Would you actively warn people away from any or all of these as one's first exposure, either because of how challenging they are, or because they're too unlike the rest of their catalog, or some other reason?

Don’t worry it’s totally related to this group!

looks like i won't be able to make the concert so i was wondering if anyone would wanma buy it , there going got about 40-50 bucks on the orange peels official website but obviously i'll give em to u for cheaper
if ur infested jus dm me:3

Recent interview aired earlier this week on "The Bonsulator".

Songs from the setlist

Article by me. Someone, I assume Homer Flynn, is discussed prominently. The Greatest Self-Taught Sax Players In Rock History

I’ve known about the residents for a long time and been intrigued for a pretty long time but I am having a very hard time getting into the band. Where do I start with their massive discography and what are things to help me get into it?

I am thinking about driving to the Atlanta show as that is the closest venue to me on the Eskimo tour, but looking at the really low ticket sales I am worried about making travel plans and spending money if the show may get canceled.

Looking at the available tickets, it seems like they have only sold maybe 20% of the seats for the show. Atlanta hotels are expensive, so I guess I may hold off until the last minute to buy a ticket. Wondering how the attendance has been at the other gigs so far.

For those interested, there is a reissue of the Theory of the Obscurity limited to 500 copies.

It appears to be identical to the 2015 release but includes an ugly slip cover.

https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/theory-of-obscurity?variant=44894275338282

mmmm yummy

Howdy everyone. I just interviewed Homer about Eskimo Live, the albums' significance and the impact The Residents have had. And in case anyone has is wondering about their AI usage, Homer opens up about that ,too.

https://faulttolerant.substack.com/p/unoptimized-12-the-residents

Somebody buzz the Bossman and suggest it - maybe sing some parts in Danish!