Meet The Residents: America's Most Eccentric Band!

Based in San Francisco, The Residents initially unleashed their daring attempts at self-promotion on an unreceptive world, producing music that seemed doomed to the furthermost outpost of anonymity. With titles like Third Reich and Roll and Duck Stab their records where some of the strangest and most uncompromising ever made. By the time full-scale notoriety arrived, The Residents kept their real identities a closely guarded secret. In this updated edition, Ian Shirley takes an outsider's view of their operations - a world where nothing is as it seems.