I-The Residents ingelinye lamaqembu ayindida kakhulu esigcawini somculo wesimanje. Impicabadala isekutheni amagama awo wonke amalungu aleli qembu akaziwa kubalandeli nabagxeka umculo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, akekho owabona ubuso babo, njengoba benza esiteji begqoke imaski.
Kusukela kwasungulwa leli qembu, abaculi banamathele emfanekisweni wabo. Kube nezinguquko ezimbalwa ezibalulekile. Ushintsho lokuqala lwaba maphakathi nawo-1980 lapho elinye lamalungu eqembu lebiwa imaski yalo. Empeleni, le yindlela iqhawe elisha elinogebhezi olubizwa ngokuthi uMnu. Ugebhezi.
Ngo-2010, abaculi bajabula futhi banquma ukwethula ingxenye yalolu hlelo emphakathini. Ekugcineni izethameli zibone umculi wezwi uRandy Rose, kanye nowayephethe umsindo wesiginci namakhibhodi.
Abalandeli bathandane nebhendi nge-The Cryptic Corparation. Ekuqaleni, iqembu elakhiwe lalihlanganisa abaphathi abane kuphela. Abanye “babalandeli” baphakamise ukuthi laba ngabaculi baleli qembu. Nokho, amalungu eThe Residents aliphika leli qiniso.
Iqembu linamagugu anothile. Emsebenzini omude wokuqamba, bakhiphe inani elikhulu lama-LP. Ngaphezu kwalokho, leli qembu selithule amafilimu amaningi, lakha ama-CD-ROM amathathu futhi ladlala izinkambo eziningi ezinhle.
Ithimba likwazile ukufaka isandla ekuthuthukisweni komculo womshoshaphansi. Baba yisisekelo sokuvela kwamaqembu: primus, I-KLF, Yello, Tuxedomoon, njll.
Ayenganqunyelwe isitayela esisodwa. I-repertoire yabo yayihlanganisa i-avant-garde, i-jazz yamahhala, i-rock yomsindo, i-post-punk. Iqembu belithanda izivivinyo zomculo. Mhlawumbe lokhu kwakuyikona kanye ukunaka kwabathandi bomculo emisebenzini yeThe Residents. Intshisekelo yomphakathi, ngokungangabazeki, yanda ngokusebenza kwesiteji esikhanyayo kusetshenziswa izithombe eziyintandokazi "zobubi obungaziwa".
Umculo weThe Residents
Iqembu lasungulwa ngo-1969. I-discography yeqembu yavulwa yirekhodi elithi Eskimo. Lesi senzakalo senzeka ngasekupheleni kwawo-1970. Irekhodi liqukethe imisindo engeyona eyomculo, ukushaywa kanye namazwi angenamagama.
Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi baze bafuna ukuqoka i-disc ye-diamond disc. Abaculi bahambele umcimbi waminyaka yonke wama-Grammy Awards, kodwa ngenxa yalokho, ingcebo ayizange imamatheke kubaculi. Ngenxa yalokhu, ibhendi ikhiphe amaqoqo e-remix amathrekhi e-LP, afakwe ku-Diskomo EP.
Iqoqo elithi The Commercial Album lidinga ukunakwa kakhulu. I-disc ihlanganisa amathrekhi angu-40. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi iculo ngalinye laliqukethe ivesi elilodwa kuphela nekhorasi. Banikela ngokuphinda iculo ngalinye izikhathi eziningana zilandelana, ukuze umphumela ube ukwakheka kwe-pop.
Iqembu lithenge imizuzu engama-50 yesikhathi sokuthengisa ku-KFRC. Kwaphela izinsuku ezintathu lo msakazo udlala izingoma ze-Commercial Album. I-Billboard edition iphawule ngaleli qhinga lezinsizwa, zagxila ekutheni zivele zihleke ngomsebenzi wazo.
Ngo-2008, i-discography yeqembu yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu entsha. Sikhuluma ngeqoqo elithi The Bunny Boy. Irekhodi liqhubekile nesimo esijwayelekile sama-albhamu adlule: I-Duck Stab, I-albhamu Yezohwebo kanye ne-Demons Dance Alone. I-disc entsha yayihlanganisa izingoma ezazifanekisela i-Apocalypse.
Ngokwesiko lakudala, leli qembu lahamba uhambo olukhulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amavidiyo athakazelisayo mayelana noBunny Boy, ongumbhali wevidiyo, avele esiteshini esisemthethweni se-YouTube kathathu ngesonto. Kula mavidiyo, ucela izethameli ukuba zithole umngane wakhe, umfowabo uHarvey, owanyamalala esiqhingini sasePhatmose. Labo ababenemibono yobuciko babelane ngeposi ethi The Bunny Boy.
Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, ulwazi lwafakwa kuwebhusayithi esemthethweni yeqembu ukuthi u-Bunny Boy wayefuna ukuthi amavidiyo ngokuhlanganyela kwakhe asuswe. Yaphela kanjalo-ke isizini yokuqala yalolu chungechunge oluhlanyayo, kanti eyesibili yaqala eminyakeni emibili kamuva.
Izinguquko Zesitayela Seqembu
Ngo-2010, abaculi bathatha uhambo olukhulu lwe-Talking Light. Abafana bavakashela eNyakatho Melika namazwe aseYurophu. Ngendlela, omunye wabahlanganyeli ushiye ibhendi kulolu hambo. Umholi weqembu ugcine ephawule ngalesi simo:
“Bekungalindelekile eqenjini lethu omunye wabaculi ushiye iqembu. Wayeneminyaka engu-40 ubudala futhi kungazelelwe waqaphela ukuthi iphathi ye-rock yayingeyona eyakhe. Wahamba wayobheka umama wakhe owayegula kakhulu.”
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abadlali be-solo bazama izithombe ezintsha namamaski. Ushintsho olunjalo lwandise isithakazelo sangempela eqenjini. Umculi wezwi uRandy wafaka imaski yekhehla. Umculi wekhibhodi u-Chuck no-Bob oshaya isigingci babegqoke amawigi ama-dreadlock amnyama nalokho okubonakala sengathi okokukhanya ebusweni babo.
Ngo-2012, kwethulwa i-disc elandelayo Coochie Brake. Amathrekhi okuhlanganiswa ayegxile emsindweni wobuhlanga. Amagama ezinhlamvu ngeSpanishi ayezwakala ngokucacile ezingomeni. Le ndlela yokwenza bekungeyona imvelo eqenjini. Ngakho-ke, abalandeli babecabanga ukuthi izingxenye zezwi zenziwa ilungu elisha.
Ngemuva kwalokho, abaculi beqembu iThe Residents bamemezele ukuqala kohambo, olwaluhlelelwe ukuhlonipha iminyaka engu-40 kusukela kwasungulwa lo msebenzi. Ukuvakasha kwaze kwaba ngu-2016. Ngenxa yalolu hambo, abaculi bakhiphe amarekhodi amaningana abukhoma, okuyi-Wonder of Weird ne-Shadowland.
Ithimba labahlali njengamanje
Ngo-2016, iqembu lazisa ngokusemthethweni abalandeli mayelana nokuphela kwe-trilogy ye-Randy, Bob no-Chuck. Ingxenye yokugcina ye-trilogy kwaba uhambo lwe-Shadowland. Esiteji, uCharles Bobak uthe ufuna ukuvalelisa esiteji ngalokhu. UCharles walishiya iqembu ngenxa yempilo ewohlokayo.
UCharles akazange "abe obala" njengoba abalandeli babefuna abe njalo. Ngenxa yalokho, kwavela ukuthi waqala umsebenzi we-solo. Kepha ngandlela thize, uCharles wabonakala esiteji nebhendi waze washona (kuze kube ngu-2018). Indawo yomculi ithathwe nguRico.
Kusukela ngo-2016, iqembu lihlanganyele nelebula leCherry Red Records. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, kwavela ulwazi lokuthi ukwethulwa kwe-albhamu elandelayo ye-studio ethi The Ghost of Hope kuzokwenzeka maduze.
Ngemva konyaka, ukuvakasha okusha kwaziwa. In the Between Dreams ikhishwe okokuqala eBlue Note Club eTokyo. Ngokushesha i-discography yeqembu yaphinde yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu entsha, ethi The Ghost of Hope. Umqondo we-longplay usekelwe ocwaningweni lomlando mayelana nezingozi zesitimela ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-XNUMX nasekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-XNUMX.
Ngo-2018, abaculi bethule i-Itruders disc kubathandi bomculo. Iqoqo lamukelwe ngemfudumalo abalandeli nabagxeki bomculo. Abacula ngabodwana beqembu babambe amakhonsathi amaningana.
Ngemuva kweminyaka emibili, kwakhululwa i-albhamu ethi Metal, Meat & Bone The Songs of Dyin 'Dog, ukwethulwa kwayo okwenzeka ngo-2020. Ingxenye yamakhonsathi abaculi baphoqeleke ukuthi bahlele kabusha ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-coronavirus.
