It's been one year since Hardy's passing. Rest in peace ❤️🎩👁️

I discovered these guys because of a reference from Les Claypool. SO MANY huge artists have referenced them as a major influence yet they are known to a relative few. I feel like they are a huge facet of the musical universe that I never knew about but are an absolutely fundamental part of.

@sexobscura

9 ай бұрын

In a way (out way), they're kind of like SPARKS, as in being extremely influential, but remaining very obscure

@arthurmadison3396

3 ай бұрын

I got turned onto these guys in 1983, from my best friend's brother. I was 15. I used to play this BLASTING throughout the 'back bakery' I worked at throughout high school. I still randomly get a fb message from a dude I don't even keep in touch with who I worked with..who asks me if I still like Tunes of Two Cities, which is what I used to play. When I left Maui over 10 yrs ago, I had to abandon a picture disc album of their Bayou album..pictured with a 'Meet The Beatles' motif..where their pictures were of the Beatles with fucked up graffiti faces and the back was a cartoon drawing of them drawn as men with fish heads..Ringo Starfish, etc.. I bought it for $35 in 1985..priceless to me now!

@nicolasmrn

3 ай бұрын

DEVO, Primus, Ween, Mr. Bungle...The Residents are an institution 👁

At around 1:05 Hardy says "I'm not sure, actually I know myself" and it just dawned on me that he uses practically the same vocal inflection as the singer in the Residents' track Godsong off of Fingerprince when he says "I'm not sure" at the end of the song. It's just a really cool connection in my opinion. Definitely not a coincidence.

@coffeerules111

3 жыл бұрын

I think he liked believing in him much better

@coffeerules111

3 жыл бұрын

Also really glaring when he said "a trait that he long desired for himself"

@whatevershebrings

Жыл бұрын

@@coffeerules111 ...but I'm not sure...

@Cl4rendon

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it`s the same voice who does: "Eat exuding oinks upon and bleed decrypted broken bones of caustic spells of hell" (on the 13th anniversary ) ^^

@Ryguzapi

Жыл бұрын

In Hardy's wikipedia it's said that it's known that he did perform in some of their stuff, maybe that's one of them

A fan in Orange County reported the stolen eyeball and the band convinced the guy to give it back.

At 3:12 Hardy predicts the Randy, Chuck, and Bob era of The Residents.

Rest in peace Hardy

"who couldn't poke fun at it, it's ridiculous"

It would take a power drill to get their music out of my head.

@buddhafx5973

2 жыл бұрын

Primary reason I like them alot and never listen to it that much. Except Eskimo, I've listen to it while sleeping or under some altered states. To which measure, its song are not sticked first degree in my head. Are you ready? Here I come Constantinople....

Turns out that Hardy was actually the primary composer and producer of the Residents, he retired during the Shadowland tour. He passed away recently. RIP.

@theo9952

5 жыл бұрын

So Homer Flynn (and whoever else participates in the residents currently) has carried on without him since then, I suppose.

@BeadyMurray

5 жыл бұрын

@@theo9952 From what I've heard, someone named Eric Feldman (who was also in Beefheart's Magic Band during the Ice Cream For Crow era) took his place during the remainder of the tour, but the live band and the ones behind the studio lineup could be very different.

@theo9952

5 жыл бұрын

@@BeadyMurray Yes, Feldman also appears in the DEMONS dvd, though masked of course, he is in the credits anyway. He played in Snakefinger's Manual of Errors too. The Residents fans always took Homer Flynn and Hardy Fox for granted, I suppose, but unless stated*, nobody really knows who the rest of performing residents band might be. *Like the guitarist, who performs masked like the rest but his identity is known by his own word.

@IllicitMediaproductions

3 жыл бұрын

@@theo9952 The guitarist is also known he is listed in the Demons DVD credits performing along side eric drewfeld. He face is also shown in the residents DVD. He is Nolan Cook and he is AWESOME!

Watch someone pulls off all the eye ball heads to reveal skulls.

Actually this clip was the very first thing I ever saw on KZread . Someone told me it was like a TV databank & they typed this in as an example, knowing I was a RZ fan

Damn, who knew that he was actually interviewing one of The Residents?

@Schlagageul

4 жыл бұрын

Alice Michael McCartney Didn’t Hardy confessed being Charles Bobuck AKA Chuck, a former member of The Residents?

@Schlagageul

4 жыл бұрын

@@Retroalicemichael Actually, Randy's the singer. meettheresidents.fandom.com/wiki/Randy_Rose

@Schlagageul

4 жыл бұрын

@@Retroalicemichael That's okay.

@iamdamosuzuki_

4 жыл бұрын

@@Schlagageul Randy is very obviously Homer Flynn. And yes, Fox is Bobuck.

@nadiaaugustine9798

Жыл бұрын

It's kind of obvious, but the Cryptic Corporation IS The Residents, but at the same time, not. The Residents are the embodiment of the music and performance itself, and not necessarily the people recording and playing instruments.

The Residents, amazing avantgard "rock" band, I love unexpectedness, creativity and way of creating their own world and ambience through music.

I saw The Residents in Adelaide South Australia back in 1986. RIP Hardy Fox.

@darrenpearn9083

3 жыл бұрын

Wow same here at the Tivoli hotel. If I'm right. I heard one of the residents had their eyeball stolen and they had to cancel the rest of the tour.

30 plus years later and here I am still :D

Hello skinny in the background at the end

he was actually the skull... RIP hardy 👁👁👁👁

Aw, bless him. Such a sad loss. Rest in peace Suburban Bather x

I like to think that the residents are actually just aliens trying to make human music and that's why their music is so strange.

I originally saw them in a video on NBC in the early 80s. It was a video show that came on after snl and sctv. I think it was called night flight or something like that. It showed a lot of offbeat acts. I loved them ever since. My wife thinks I'm nuts. But I'm not.

I attended their gig at The Tivoli in Sydney during that tour and it was a great thrill seeing them live with Snakefinger.

@tonylane8873

Жыл бұрын

So did I! Later, when I saw him on TV, I suspected that Penn Jilette was the singing resident on that tour.

@albertvangestal3696

6 күн бұрын

Yes...I remember it well. Scattered Order was the support band. Unforgettable.

The best band ever ❤️

Damn I missed them ! Please come back to N.Z ! Cant wait to see Theory of Obscurity !

I miss Hardy. A lot. RIP Bobuck.

Great Rez interview.

I don't understand why some people want to know who they are.

@seacamelswim6319

7 жыл бұрын

Here at Camel Productions, we love everything and all types of art. But who ARE the Residents!?

@esolog5phil394

7 жыл бұрын

homer flynn, hardy fox, jjay clem, john kennedy "til 82, nolan cook.

@medotata5356

6 жыл бұрын

true, it would just ruin the magic

@esolog5phil394

6 жыл бұрын

10 years back i thought the same. somehow the old guys have a good right to be a little famous.they enjoyed this game over 40 years.sorry grammar.german

@Cl4rendon

6 жыл бұрын

Jay Clem & John Kennedy left the collective long time ago early 80s ... The only ones left are Homer Flynn & Hardy Fox with occasional musicians and dancers prancing around them. Both guys are in their 70s now and they`re shedding more & more light into their identities and roles within the collective and productions - Only some die hard fans believe they have to save some " magic" .. But that has died out since ages - The Residents are still brilliant in what they`re doing though.

so cute...

I saw the residents in Christchurch NZ great show , very freaky .

@explanationmark_

5 жыл бұрын

roman brandle did any of them sing at all?

The dates for the NZ tour (according to the Residents website) are thus: Christchurch 22-08-86 Auckland 23-08-86 Wellington 26-08-86 I was at the Christchurch show...... 18 years old......something I will never forget! The 13th Anniversary tour album they put out is great too. If you saw this tour, it's a necessity. Snakefinger died a year later sadly. www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Featuring-Snakefinger-13th-Anniversary-Show-Live-In-Japan/master/21166

I love how the actual residents look bored as hell

@smiley19092

6 жыл бұрын

Counter-Weight Official Channel im assuming you havent heard the news but hardy fox actually was one of the residents

@counter-weightmedias2263

6 жыл бұрын

The Puzzlr What does that have to do with my comment?

@smiley19092

6 жыл бұрын

You referred to the people in the back as 'the actual residents,' which i thought implied that he is not a resident

@counter-weightmedias2263

6 жыл бұрын

The Puzzlr Lol you know I meant the band that was there at the time in the costumes haha

@idrisgregory2102

2 жыл бұрын

you all probably dont give a shit but does anyone know a tool to get back into an Instagram account? I stupidly lost the password. I would love any help you can offer me

Love how so many nz interviews I get recommended are ‘rare’.

At 2:00 when one Resident started walking around the ladder and another started following him, I was secretly hoping they would both start walking faster and faster and faster until they were both literally running around the room in a small circle.

They played Wellington also. I went to that (13th Anniversary tour)

oh yah except hardy fox recently came out as a member of the residents...

@aestheticaltwat

5 жыл бұрын

Jackleford, because he was dying.

R.I.P Hardy Fox💙🌹

RIP Hardy Fox

I want the eye again !

Great post. In my opinion the band highlights the depth of social engineering. The Masonic "all seeing eye" looks very much like a CCTV or web cam. I particulary like the image of the skull holding a piece of corn, in their Constantinople vid. Given that their music is "grating" to say the very least, it appears that the band uses audio to shock one into a visual state, as the band seems more dedicated to concept rather than music.

@blazefortesque7777

7 жыл бұрын

RebelRadius i think the same

@mbsb1376

2 жыл бұрын

Nah. They are still a band. They had a phase of doing weird shit that sounded well, everything else is rationalization post-facto.

Don't eyeball me, son.

It was stolen in Australia, I remember them complaining about it at their concert.

@gostrum1

3 жыл бұрын

I’m keeping an eye out for it

@darrenpearn9083

3 жыл бұрын

At the Adelaide concert at the tivoli hotel, if I'm right.

Saw them on that tour and pretty sure it was 1986

I'm already two minutes in, and they're not talking about music.

You looking at me huh, you looking at me

Miss you, Hardy. Did that eyeball ever show up though?

@ChristianMikula

2 жыл бұрын

They convinced the guy to give it back! But mr. Skull stuck around

Who are you doing interview

Enigmatics

Don't eyeball me.

Really? The interviewer must know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about this band. Asking the most mundave questions.

I think this was 1986 not 87

@slydogmania

2 жыл бұрын

You are correct - I'll adjust title. Thanks

I know these guys.

@anadelope9234

6 жыл бұрын

do you?

DEVO before DEVO

@zhiracs

5 ай бұрын

The Residents and Devo were founded within a year of each other.

My dad was a member I want to talk to you

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Hardy looks a bit like jeffrey dahmer.

We can’t people donate eyeballs and aren’t their synthetic eyeballs

@hgcommons

3 жыл бұрын

Not in the 80’s, I wager.

Hardy was gay.

@Hal9000ize

Жыл бұрын

Not there’s anything wrong with thar

@incumbentvinyl9291

Жыл бұрын

@@Hal9000ize Get an education and try again.

@Hal9000ize

Жыл бұрын

@@incumbentvinyl9291 Huh?

@incumbentvinyl9291

Жыл бұрын

@@Hal9000ize ''Huh?''

@grahammcnamara4803

9 ай бұрын

And.....Why mention it?