![]() ![]() Rusty Coathangers for the Doctor, a pre-demo home tape was only ever released in a severely truncated form on Leftovers Again?! The Ballad of Stuffed Trigger, from around the same time, has never been considered for an official release.Missing Episode: A studio album was produced for the Cube-E tour, but never released.Keep Circulating the Tapes: Several of their earliest known recordings were constantly distributed, in bootlegs and later online, for decades prior to their official release.Hardy Fox had a solo career, though it switched names a lot - a good chunk of the work he did under these names was on the band's behalf.The lead singer featured in an educational rap song in the 1990s, under the name Seymour Hodges.Also, they were briefly rumored to have been The Beatles. He Also Did: These days, the band Cromagnon's line-up is pretty easy to look up, but back in the day it was rumored that a few of them were founding members of the Residents.The promotional campaign for God in Three Persons ran afoul of this - Rykodisc only wanted to put out the album proper, rather than the soundtrack (they did relent) or the related non-album singles (which Torso put out instead).Skull for fear of associating their product with death. Executive Meddling: The "Disfigured Night" show was hosted by Marlboro, who ordered Randy not to appear as Mr.Everyone Went to School Together: The founding lineup of the band met as students of Louisiana Tech, where they founded the "anti-fraternity" Delta Nu before leaving to California.The latter's place was taken up by a tribute to Ludtke's work. ![]() The incomplete footage from the former was included as-is in a 2006 reissue, as well as the Theory of Obscurity DVD. Known projects include the Freak Show DVD and a video for The Commercial DVD. Jim Ludtke ( Freak Show, Bad Day on the Midway, Icky Flix) was working or scheduled on projects for the Residents right up until he died (also of a heart attack) in 2005.The earliest versions of the Cube-E tour, planned before he died, were also meant to feature him. Died During Production: Snakefinger was their first pick of guest musician for God in Three Persons, but he had a fatal heart attack before they could even record his parts.Development Hell: There was a lot of turmoil between the band and personnel during the production of Eskimo, to the point where amidst all the release delays, their label put out Not Available just for the sake of having something out.He then dated (and eventually married) voice actor Steven Kloman, who voice-acted in projects throughout the 1990s. Creator Couple: Hardy was married to Nessie Lessons, a session vocalist for the group during the early eighties. ![]() In case there was any doubt of their distaste of the album, a limited rerelease had album art depicting a Resident covering his eyeball in shame with one hand and the camera with the other, along with blurbs stating "The One That Won't Go Away!", "They Hate It!!!", "You Shouldn't Listen To This.", and "Don't play this for your friends.". The band's live rehearsal album Assorted Secrets was only given a release out of desperation to recoup the costs of the Mole Show tour, and only received a limited print run.For this reason, The Warner Brothers Album and Baby Sex were not officially released to the public in full for decades, Rusty Coathangers for the Doctor was only ever released in a severely truncated form on an outtakes compilation, and The Ballad of Stuffed Trigger has never been considered for an official release. Creator Backlash: The band is known to hold their early demo tapes in low regard due to their amateurish nature and lack of resemblence to their later work.However, they remain steadfast in refusing to release Rusty Coathangers for the Doctor and The Ballad of Stuffed Trigger, with the former only receiving a truncuated release and the latter explicitly ruled out from being released. Album and Baby Sex official releases as part of their pREServed rerelease campaign. ![]() By the 2010s, they softened their stance to give The Warner Bros.
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