extensive history<\/a> at their official site.<\/p>\nThe Residents have created experimental music for over 40 years, their identities have always been closely guarded. Their now iconic large eyeball masks are only one of multiple stage personas. During the Mole Show, their presence was additionally shielded with large burlap scrims, back lighting, and stage hands and dancers dressed in Groucho Marx glasses.<\/p>\n
If you don’t know The Residents work, this video is a good place to start to experience their\u00a0bewildering\u00a0and peculiar\u00a0world. Keep music weird, people.<\/p>\n
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