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Residents

BAND RANKINGS:

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All Time

of 150,013

438
Decades
- 1960s
  
  of 431
  
  0
- 1980s
  
  of 1,418
  
  0
- 1990s
  
  of 7,254
  
  306
- 2000s
  
  of 10,564
  
  312
Genres
- Alternative Rock
  
  of 5,292
  
  134
- Jazz
  
  of 1,947
  
  24
- Miscellaneous
  
  of 2,544
  
  96
- Pop
  
  of 13,665
  
  274
- Rock
  
  of 8,170
  
  213

CAREER SPAN:

Decade

Album Score

# Albums

1960s

0.0000

1980s

0.0000

1990s

2.9919

2000s

2.5167

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.

Overall Band Score: Residents is ranked overall as 2.7975 out of 4 stars

2.7975

Residents Biography

Formed:

1966

Genres:

Miscellaneous, Pop, Rock, Alternative Rock, Jazz, Classical: Instrumental, Soundtracks

Labels:

Cordless/ada, East Side Digital, Euroralph Records/forced Expos, Koch Entertainment, Milan, Mute Records/caroline, Restless Records, Ryko Distribution, Rykodisc

Band Members:

The Residents

Phil "Snakefinger" Lithman

History:

Over the course of a recording career spanning several decades, the Residents remained a riddle of Sphinx-like proportions; cloaking their lives and music in a haze of willful obscurity, the band's members never identified themselves by name, always appearing in public in disguise -- usually tuxedos, top hats and giant eyeball masks -- and refusing to grant media interviews. Drawing inspiration from the likes of fellow innovators including Harry Partch, Sun Ra, and Captain Beefheart, the ...more

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