The Residents ndi amodzi mwa magulu odabwitsa kwambiri pamasewera amakono. Chinsinsi chagona pa mfundo yakuti mayina a mamembala onse a gululo sakudziwikabe kwa mafani ndi otsutsa nyimbo. Komanso, palibe amene adawona nkhope zawo, pamene amachitira pa siteji mu masks.
Chiyambireni kulengedwa kwa gululi, oimba adamamatira ku fano lawo. Panali kusintha kwakukulu kochepa chabe. Kusintha koyamba kunali pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1980 pamene mmodzi wa mamembala a gululo adabedwa chigoba chawo. Kwenikweni, umu ndi momwe ngwazi yatsopano yokhala ndi chigaza chotchedwa Mr. Chigaza.
Mu 2010, oimbawo adakondwera ndipo adaganiza zopereka gawo la mndandanda kwa anthu. Omvera pamapeto pake adawona woyimba nyimbo Randy Rose, komanso yemwe anali ndi udindo pakumveka kwa gitala ndi kiyibodi.
Mafani adakondana ndi gululi kudzera mu The Cryptic Corparation. Poyamba, gulu lopangidwa linaphatikizapo oyang'anira anayi okha. Ena mwa "mafani" adanena kuti awa ndi oimba a gululo. Komabe, mamembala a The Residents adatsutsa izi.
Gululi lili ndi cholowa cholemera. Pa ntchito yayitali yolenga, atulutsa ma LP ambiri. Kuphatikiza apo, gululi lawonetsa mafilimu ambiri, kupanga ma CD-ROM atatu ndikusewera maulendo angapo apamwamba.
Gululo linatha kuthandiza pa chitukuko cha nyimbo zapansi panthaka. Iwo anakhala maziko a kutuluka kwa magulu: Choyamba, The KLF, Yello, Tuxedomoon, etc.
Sanalekere pa sitayilo imodzi. Nyimbo zawo zinali ndi avant-garde, jazi yaulere, rock yaphokoso, post-punk. Gululo linkakonda kuyesa nyimbo. Mwina izi zinali ndendende chidwi cha okonda nyimbo ku ntchito za The Residents. Chidwi cha anthu, mosakayika, chikuwonjezeka ndi machitidwe owala a siteji pogwiritsa ntchito zithunzi zomwe amakonda za "zoipa zosadziwika".
Nyimbo za The Residents
Gululi linakhazikitsidwa mu 1969. Zojambula za gululi zidatsegulidwa ndi mbiri ya Eskimo. Chochitika ichi chinachitika kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1970. Zolembazo zimakhala ndi mawu osakhala anyimbo, zomveka komanso mawu opanda mawu.
N'zochititsa chidwi kuti ngakhale ankafuna kusankha chimbale kuti diamondi chimbale. Oimbawo adapezeka pamwambo wapachaka wa Grammy Awards, koma chifukwa chake, mwayi sunamwetulire oimbawo. Chifukwa cha izi, gululo linatulutsa nyimbo za remix za nyimbo za LP, zomwe zidaphatikizidwa pa Diskomo EP.
Zosonkhanitsira The Commercial Album ndiyofunika chidwi kwambiri. Chimbalecho chili ndi nyimbo 40. Chochititsa chidwi n'chakuti nyimbo iliyonse inali ndi vesi limodzi lokha. Anadzipereka kubwereza nyimbo iliyonse kangapo motsatizana, kuti zotsatira zake zikhale nyimbo ya pop.
Gululo lidagula mphindi 50 za nthawi yamalonda pa KFRC. Kwa masiku atatu wailesiyi inkaimba nyimbo za The Commercial Album. Magazini ya Billboard inafotokozapo za chinyengo cha anyamatawa, poyang'ana kwambiri kuti amangoseka ntchito yawo.
Mu 2008, gulu la discography linawonjezeredwa ndi chimbale chatsopano. Tikulankhula za chopereka The Bunny Boy. Chojambulacho chinapitirizabe kumveka kwa ma Albums am'mbuyomu: Duck Stab, The Commercial Album ndi Demons Dance Alone. Chimbale chatsopanocho chinali ndi nyimbo zomwe zimayimira Apocalypse.
Malinga ndi mwambo wakale, gululo linayenda ulendo waukulu. Kuphatikiza apo, makanema osangalatsa okhudza The Bunny Boy, yemwe ndi mlembi wa kanemayo, adawonekera panjira yovomerezeka ya YouTube katatu pa sabata. M’mavidiyowa, iye akupempha omvera kuti apeze bwenzi lake, mbale wake Harvey, amene anazimiririka pachisumbu cha Patmo. Iwo omwe anali ndi malingaliro opanga adagawana makalata a The Bunny Boy.
Patapita nthawi, zidziwitso zidayikidwa patsamba lovomerezeka la gululo kuti Bunny Boy adafuna kuti mavidiyo omwe adatenga nawo gawo achotsedwe. Motero inatha nyengo yoyamba ya mndandanda wopenga umenewu, ndipo yachiwiri inayamba zaka ziwiri pambuyo pake.
Kusintha Kapangidwe ka Gulu
Mu 2010, oimba anapita paulendo waukulu wa Talking Light. Anyamatawo anayendera North America ndi mayiko a ku Ulaya. Mwa njira, m'modzi mwa omwe adatenga nawo mbali adasiya gululi paulendowu. Mtsogoleri wa gulu pamapeto pake ananenapo izi:
“Mosayembekezereka ku timu yathu, mmodzi mwa oimbawo adachoka m’gululo. Anali ndi zaka 40 ndipo mwadzidzidzi anazindikira kuti phwando la rock silinali lake. Anapita kukayang’anira amayi ake omwe anali kudwala mwakayakaya.”
Mu nthawi yomweyo, soloists anayesa zithunzi zatsopano ndi masks. Kusintha koteroko kunangowonjezera chidwi chenicheni pagululo. Wolemba mawu Randy adavala chigoba cha munthu wokalamba. Wolemba makiyibodi Chuck ndi woyimba gitala Bob adavala mawigi akuda a dreadlock ndi zomwe zimawoneka ngati zowoneka pankhope zawo.
Mu 2012, ulaliki wa chimbale chotsatira Coochie Brake unachitika. Nyimbo za kuphatikizikako zinali zolunjika pa mawu amitundu. Mawu a m’Chisipanishi ankamveka bwino m’zolembazo. Njirayi sinali yobadwa mu timu. Choncho, mafani ankaganiza kuti mbali za mawu zinkachitidwa ndi membala watsopano.
Pambuyo pake, oimba a gulu la The Residents adalengeza za kuyamba kwa ulendo, womwe unakonzedwa polemekeza zaka 40 kuyambira pamene polojekitiyi inakhazikitsidwa. Ulendowu udapitilira mpaka 2016. Chifukwa cha ulendowu, oimbawo adatulutsa zolemba zingapo zamoyo, zomwe ndi The Wonder of Weird ndi Shadowland.
Team ya Residents pakadali pano
Mu 2016, gululi lidadziwitsa mafani za kutha kwa trilogy ya Randy, Bob ndi Chuck. Gawo lomaliza la trilogy linali ulendo wa Shadowland. Pa siteji, Charles Bobak adanena kuti akufuna kutsazikana ndi sitejiyi. Charles anasiya gululo chifukwa cha kufooka kwa thanzi.
Charles sanali "wowonekera" monga momwe mafani amafunira. Chifukwa chake, zidapezeka kuti adayamba ntchito payekha. Koma mwanjira ina, Charles adawonekera pa siteji ndi gulu mpaka imfa yake (mpaka 2018). Malo a woimbayo adatengedwa ndi Rico.
Kuyambira 2016, gululi lakhala likugwirizana ndi chizindikiro cha Cherry Red Records. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, chidziwitso chinawonekera kuti kuwonetseratu kwa album yotsatira ya Ghost of Hope kudzachitika posachedwa.
Patatha chaka chimodzi, ulendo watsopano unadziwika. Pakati pa Maloto adawonekera koyamba ku Blue Note Club ku Tokyo. Posakhalitsa nyimbo za gululi zidawonjezeredwanso ndi chimbale chatsopano, The Ghost of Hope. Lingaliro la sewero lalitali likuchokera pa kafukufuku wakale wa ngozi za njanji kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma XNUMX ndi koyambirira kwa zaka za XNUMX.
Mu 2018, oimba adapereka disc ya Intruders kwa okonda nyimbo. Zosonkhanitsazo zinalandiridwa mwachikondi ndi mafani ndi otsutsa nyimbo. Oimba solo a gululo anali ndi ma concert angapo.
Patatha zaka ziwiri, nyimbo ya Metal, Meat & Bone The Songs of Dyin 'Galu idatulutsidwa, zomwe zidachitika mu 2020. Ena mwa makonsati omwe oyimba adakakamizika kuyimitsanso chifukwa cha mliri wa coronavirus.
