LEADER 03018nam 2200445 450 001 9910160288503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-909454-27-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000001023412 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4782986 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4782986 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11326966 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL939383 035 $a(OCoLC)968479745 035 $a(BIP)058944041 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001023412 100 $a20170127h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aNever known questions $efive decades of the Residents /$fIan Shirley 210 1$aLondon, England :$cCherry Red Books,$d2016. 210 4$d2016 215 $a1 online resource (166 pages) 300 $a"First published in Great Britain in 2015"--T.p. verso. 311 $a1-909454-26-5 330 8 $aSince their inception in the early 1970s, The Residents have confused, confounded and delighted fans and critics for over forty years. Shrouded in anonymity, the band has charted a course with no beginning and no end that has taken them to the outer limits of entertainment and audience expectations. From their debut Santa Dog single, through warped sonic tributes ranging from the Beatles to Hank Williams, mysterious recordings made among the Inuit, iconic eyeball imagery and collections of one minute songs to jaw dropping live shows, innovations in audio visual technologies and social media, conceptual albums and tours, abandoned film projects and eventual semi de-masking to reveal the slightly unsettling Randy Rose, the band is unquestionably one of pop's most innovative acts.Never Known Questions delves deep into The Residents' psyche, charting their rise from cottage industry imagineers to art pop figureheads and exploring forty plus years of chameleonic musical adventures, along with the lore and legend that has built up around the group.Were they really Talking Heads and Brian Eno, or even The Beatles, in disguise?What is a Cryptic Corporation? Who was Nigel Senada?Did they really forget about recording an album?How's Randy doing now?And what kind of a band sells a fridge full of records for 100,000 anyway?Packed with interviews and imagery, Never Known Questions tells a unique and original tale that music historians will thank the author for preserving.Late 2015 also sees the public release of the crowdfunded 'Theory Of Obscurity' film about the group, which premiered at SXSW to critical acclaim and will roll around the international film festival circuit for the rest of the year, taking interest in the band to new levels. 606 $aRock musicians$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aRock musicians 676 $a781.660922 700 $aShirley$b Ian$01380108 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910160288503321 996 $aNever known questions$93421186 997 $aUNINA