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 The Residents covered ''[[King Kong]]'', a track available on their compilation album ''Daydream B Liver'' (1991). <ref>https://www.united-mutations.com/r/residents.htm</ref> The guitar parts were played by Philip Lithman, better known as ''Snakefinger''. <ref>https://www.stevencerio.com/2010/05/interview-with-the-residents-seconds-43/</ref>
-Residents spokesman and collaborator, Homer Flynn,interviewed by Steven Cerio (Seconds, issue #43, 1997)n said that: ''"People don’t understand how you can use humor in music and not be [[Spike Jones]]. People think if you’re using humor then it must be a joke and that couldn’t be further from the truth with The Residents, as it obviously wasn’t true with Frank Zappa. You can set up your seriousness with humor and vice versa. They’ve never had the view that things should be one-dimensional from an emotional standpoint."'' <ref>https://www.stevencerio.com/2010/05/interview-with-the-residents-seconds-43/</ref>
+Residents spokesman and collaborator, Homer Flynn,interviewed by Steven Cerio (Seconds, issue #43, 1997), said that: ''"People don’t understand how you can use humor in music and not be [[Spike Jones]]. People think if you’re using humor then it must be a joke and that couldn’t be further from the truth with The Residents, as it obviously wasn’t true with Frank Zappa. You can set up your seriousness with humor and vice versa. They’ve never had the view that things should be one-dimensional from an emotional standpoint."'' <ref>https://www.stevencerio.com/2010/05/interview-with-the-residents-seconds-43/</ref>
 ==References==

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 [[Category:Record Producers|Residents, The]]
 [[Category:Tributes & Covers|Residents, The]]
-[[Category:Songwriters|Henry]]
+[[Category:Songwriters|Residents, The]]

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	The Residents covered ''[[King Kong]]'', a track available on their compilation album ''Daydream B Liver'' (1991). <ref>https://www.united-mutations.com/r/residents.htm</ref> The guitar parts were played by Philip Lithman, better known as ''Snakefinger''. <ref>https://www.stevencerio.com/2010/05/interview-with-the-residents-seconds-43/</ref>		The Residents covered ''[[King Kong]]'', a track available on their compilation album ''Daydream B Liver'' (1991). <ref>https://www.united-mutations.com/r/residents.htm</ref> The guitar parts were played by Philip Lithman, better known as ''Snakefinger''. <ref>https://www.stevencerio.com/2010/05/interview-with-the-residents-seconds-43/</ref>
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		+	Residents spokesman and collaborator, Homer Flynn,interviewed by Steven Cerio (Seconds, issue #43, 1997)n said that: ''"People don’t understand how you can use humor in music and not be [[Spike Jones]]. People think if you’re using humor then it must be a joke and that couldn’t be further from the truth with The Residents, as it obviously wasn’t true with Frank Zappa. You can set up your seriousness with humor and vice versa. They’ve never had the view that things should be one-dimensional from an emotional standpoint."'' <ref>https://www.stevencerio.com/2010/05/interview-with-the-residents-seconds-43/</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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 The Residents cite [[Captain Beefheart]] and [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] as two of their prime influences. Their first official release, ''"Santa Dog"'' (1972) was mailed to various recipients, including Zappa and [[Richard Nixon]]. Zappa never replied since the address was incorrect.
-The Residents covered ''[[King Kong]]'', a track available on their compilation album ''Daydream B Liver'' (1991). <ref>https://www.united-mutations.com/r/residents.htm</ref>
+The Residents covered ''[[King Kong]]'', a track available on their compilation album ''Daydream B Liver'' (1991). <ref>https://www.united-mutations.com/r/residents.htm</ref> The guitar parts were played by Philip Lithman, better known as ''Snakefinger''. <ref>https://www.stevencerio.com/2010/05/interview-with-the-residents-seconds-43/</ref>
 ==References==

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 '''The Residents''' are an American avant-garde rock band, active since 1974. They are notorious for their strange, haunting, amusing and dissonant songs, some of which are covers of well known popular songs. The band members are always masked during live concerts and their identities remain a mystery to this day.
-[[Don Preston]] played on The Residents' album ''Eskimo'' (1979). [[Lene Lovich]] performed ''Picnic Boy'' on The Residents' ''Commercial Album'' (1980).
+[[Don Preston]] played on The Residents' album ''Eskimo'' (1979). [[Lene Lovich]] performed ''Picnic Boy'' on The Residents' ''Commercial Album'' (1980). [[Fred Frith]] also collaborated with The Residents
 ==Zappa references==

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	[[Category:Celebrity Fans\|Residents, The]]		[[Category:Celebrity Fans\|Residents, The]]
	[[Category:Rock Artists\|Residents, The]]		[[Category:Rock Artists\|Residents, The]]
		+	[[Category:Record Producers\|Residents, The]]
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-'''The Residents''' are an American avant-garde rock band who have been active since the early 1970s. The band is notorious for their strange, haunting, amusing and dissonant songs, some of which are covers of well known popular songs. The band members are always masked during live concerts and their identities remain a mystery to this day.
+'''The Residents''' are an American avant-garde rock band who have been active since 1974. They are notorious for their strange, haunting, amusing and dissonant songs, some of which are covers of well known popular songs. The band members are always masked during live concerts and their identities remain a mystery to this day.
 ==Zappa references==
-The group cites [[Captain Beefheart]] and [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] as two of their prime influences. Their first official release, ''"Santa Dog"'' (1972) was mailed to various recipients, including [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] and [[Richard Nixon]]. Zappa never replied since the address was incorrect.
+The Residents cite [[Captain Beefheart]] and [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] as two of their prime influences. Their first official release, ''"Santa Dog"'' (1972) was mailed to various recipients, including Zappa and [[Richard Nixon]]. Zappa never replied since the address was incorrect.
 [[Don Preston]] played on The Residents' album ''Eskimo'' (1979).

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−	'''The Residents''' are an American avant garde rock band who have been active since the early 1970s. The band is notorious for their strange, haunting, amusing and dissonant songs, some of which are covers of well known popular songs. The band members are always masked during live concerts and their identities remain a mystery to this day.	+	[[File:Theresidents.jpg\|thumb\|right]]
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		+	'''The Residents''' are an American avant-garde rock band who have been active since the early 1970s. The band is notorious for their strange, haunting, amusing and dissonant songs, some of which are covers of well known popular songs. The band members are always masked during live concerts and their identities remain a mystery to this day.

	==Zappa references==		==Zappa references==