The Residents

Summary

The Residents is a musical group^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,787 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• The Residents's instance of is recorded as musical group^[3].
• The Residents's instance of is recorded as artist collective^[4].
• The Residents's genre is avant-garde^[5].
• The Residents's record label is recorded as Ralph Records^[6].
• The Residents's discography is recorded as The Residents discography^[7].
• The Residents's Commons category is recorded as The Residents^[8].
• The Residents's country of origin is recorded as United States^[9].
• January 1, 1972 marks the founding of The Residents^[10].
• The Residents's location of formation is recorded as Shreveport^[11].
• The Residents's pseudonym is recorded as Delta Nudes^[12].
• The Residents's official website is recorded as http://www.residents.com/^[13].
• The Residents's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Residents^[14].
• The Residents's topic has template is recorded as Template:The Residents^[15].
• The Residents's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Residents'}^[16].
• The Residents's start of work period is recorded as 1969^[17].
• The Residents's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Residents'}^[18].
• The Residents's has works in the collection is recorded as Museum of Modern Art^[19].
• The Residents's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+10247'}^[20].
• The Residents's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+6170'}^[21].
• The Residents's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+10528'}^[22].
• The Residents's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+10512'}^[23].
• The Residents's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+7250'}^[24].
• The Residents's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+7930'}^[25].
• The Residents's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+15300'}^[26].
• The Residents's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+16900'}^[27].

Product Details

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• Type: Group^[28]

• Country: US^[29]

• Began / founded: 1966^[30]

• Genre(s): art pop, art rock, avant-garde, experimental, experimental electronic, experimental rock, minimal synth, progressive, progressive rock, proto-punk, rock, sound art, tape music, zolo^[31]

• Community tags: american, art pop, art rock, avant-garde, dada, experimental, experimental electronic, experimental rock, minimal synth, multimedia, progressive, progressive rock, proto-punk, ralph records, rock, satire, sound art, tape music, weird america, zolo^[32]

• MusicBrainz ID: 8c9b336e-acc8-4e20-9195-6ed0634da9fc^[33]

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Founding

January 1, 1972 marks the founding of The Residents^[10]. Its location of formation is recorded as Shreveport^[11].

Why It Matters

The Residents ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,787 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

It has been cited as an influence by Ego Plum^[36], a composer^[37], b. 1975^[38], of United States^[39].

FAQs

Who did The Residents influence?

The Residents has been cited as an influence by Ego Plum^[36].