For most music fans, The Residents are a quartet dressed in tails, their faces
masked by eyeballs. But beyond the image, the San Francisco band is one of the
most original and innovative in rock history. Formed in 1966, but emerging at
the height of the no-wave wave at the end of the following decade, The Residents
let loose a unique style flirting with jazz, electronic music, classical and
easy listening. This melting pot, which includes a satirical vision of American
society and various ambitious multimedia projects, revels in hijacking all
references, and is the source of some...