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Residents

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The Resume

    (1966- )
    Formed in Shreveport, Louisiana
    Albums include 'Meet the Residents (1974),' 'Third Reich 'N' Roll (1976),' 'Not Available (1978),' 'Duck Stab (1978),' 'Eskimo (1979),' 'The Commercial Album (1980),' 'The Mark of the Mole (1981),' 'George and James (1984),' 'Stars and Hank Forever (1986),' 'God in Three Persons (1988),' 'The King and Eye (1989),' 'Freak Show (1991),' 'Have a Bad Day (1996)' and 'Demons Dance Alone (2002)'

Why they might be annoying:

    The band members have never revealed their identities.
    They refuse to be interviewed by the press.
    To protect their anonymity, they always perform wearing weird masks - often three eyeballs and a skull.
    They upset some by using swastikas, KKK-like hoods, and images of Hitler on an album cover.
    Many of their albums use bizarre gimmicks.
    Examples: one album was entirely made up of advertising jingles, another used native Inuit chants, another John Philip Sousa marches, etc.

Why they might not be annoying:

    They have a goofy, subversive sense of humor.
    Capitol Records forced them to pull their first album from stores because it made fun of 'Meet the Beatles.'
    They play music in many different styles.
    They've never been afraid to do their own thing.
    They've influenced bands as diverse as Devo, They Might Be Giants, and Primus.
    They still have a devoted cult following, more than 30 years after the release of their first record.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 19 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 20 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 56.67% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 37 Votes: 54.05% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 83 Votes: 59.04% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 114 Votes: 55.26% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 241 Votes: 69.71% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 162 Votes: 62.35% Annoying