#BrianPoole (also known as #RenaldoMalpractice or Renaldo M) is one half of the English musical duo #renaldoandtheloaf
He collaborated with The Residents on their 1981 demo album 4 Daze and its studio equivalent #titleinlimbo
Faceless Forever - A Residents Encyclopaedia is a hardcover encyclopedia about The Residents, by jim knipfel and brian poole (with contributions from chris combs Paulie Kraynak , Andreas Mathews of the eyeball museum, Richard Anderson and the residents themselves), released in an edition of one thousand copies, exclusively via mail order, through Cherry Red Records on December 9th 2022.
A hardcover encyclopedia with 294 pages featuring more than five hundred entries, covering "every release, every tour, key collaborators, lesser-known curiosities, niche trivia and minutiae from the periphery of the group's universe",
The Residents released an instrumental album titled #DollarGeneral the liner notes of which featured a short story detailing #charlesbobuck last meeting with Carlos.
When Bobuck, the group's guitarist #lionelbob and their frequent collaborator Nolan Cook gathered between legs of the Talking Light tour to record #CoochieBrake as #SonidosdelaNoche they cast Carlos as lead vocalist; he delivered lyrics in Spanish for the album. Carlos was, in this instance, a pseudonym for #MaxVillalobos
Whilst Bobuck began his solo career, Carlos began to appear more and more frequently in his liner notes; particularlyin the 2012 release Codgers on the Moon, in which Carlos is used as a metaphor for anonymity, and 2014's The Highway, where "Carlos Bobuck" is credited with writing the Spanish liner notes.
In #bobuck and Hardy Fox Hacienda Bridge newsletter on September 1st 2017, it was stated that Carlos had returned to the stage with The Residents, performing electronic hand drums for their #Shadowlandtour between May 2014 and March 2015. However, during the shows themselves, the figure was always introduced as "Chuck".
Following Charles Bobuck retirement from #theresidents in 2015, #thecrypticcorporation official website described #Carlos as having been a pseudonym of #Charles
The lead guitarist and frontman of the North American Vanguard ensemble for the last 25 years, Nolan Cook was fired
Homer Flynn who is the president of The Cryptic Corporation, the record label that represents #theresidentsband and in a style totally branded by the house, tells us:
"The Residents recently approached me with an unusual and specific request. The group, as the majority of us knew, is an ongoing association, with the collaborative aspect having its most appreciated value.
Meanwhile, they were preparing to start a new project, coming to the conclusion that #NolanCook one of its lifelong members, could not fit in your future plans.
With sadness and regret, I inform Nolan of the group's decision.
#eekie was a pseudonym The Guitar Playing Resident used between 2017 - 2019 on The Residents' In Between Dreams tour.
Randy soon discovers that the figures in the promo photos are named #eekie #erkie #ChaCha and #Tyrone in what seems to be these names' first public use
The name was seemingly used to subtly usher away the personas of Randy, Chuck, Bob, Carlos, and Rico, who had prominently featured in The Residents' work from 2010 - 2016.
#LionelBob (usually referred to simply as "Bob") is a pseudonym used by The Residents' guitarist between 2010-2016.
The name was retired following the conclusion of the #Shadowlandtour in 2016, and was replaced by Eekie
Bob is all but confirmed to be a pseudonym for Nolan Cook, who is credited as guest on the 'Talking Light: Bimbo's' concert film & 'Shadowland' live album.
#lionelbob joined The Residents some decades following the creation of the band, possibly during the late 1990s. His identity was revealed as part of the group's #TalkingLighttour in 2010.
#carlosbobuck (usually referred to simply as Carlos) was an identity ascribed to the fictitious former drummer of The Residents, created for the group's Talking Light touring show in 2010 and appearing intermittently until 2015.
Carlos was said to have joined The Residents in 1972, and to have retired in spring 2009, first moving to Van Horn, Texas, and then to his birthplace in Mexico to care for his ailing mother.18 h
#AlvinSnow, aka the #dyindog According to the press release and liner notes, the Residents were told of Snow in 2013 during the making of their 2015 documentary #theoryofobscurity Former bandmate #rolandsheehan was interviewed for the documentary, which got him back in contact with the group.
Sheehan briefly worked with Alvin Snow during the 1970s in Shreveport, LA- which is where the Residents originate from
NOLAN COOK - AKA
N. Cook, Oddo, Bob, Eekie NifNar
Roger "Bunny" Hartley met Randy Rose, Charles Bobuck, and the other people who would become The Residents and The Cryptic Corporation in Shreveport, Louisiana in the mid-1960s, and joined the group in its earliest incarnation.
After disappearing from the group's lives for an extended period of time, Bunny reappeared in 2008, communicating with The Residents and their fans through email correspondence and a series of YouTube videos, as well as inspiring the group's album The Bunny Boy and its associated tour.
Bunny would then disappear from public life again for ten years, resurfacing once more and resuming email correspondence in April 2019 around the time of the release of the book The Bunny Boy Emails.
Hello everyone. First, allow me to correct some of the reporting.
I've actually been gone since the stroke of midnight, April 20, 2023, immediately after the U.S. tour. I just decided not to make a declaration about it. I consider that sort of thing as private and undeserving of a public airing.
Secondly, while I have never delivered pizza, I have indeed worked as a driver from time-to-time over the years in order to supplement my music income. This scenario is common to the great majority of artists around the globe. I suppose that the present-day Cryptic Corporation looks down on working people. This is a great example of what I mean about
heart / lack of...
Thanks everybody for your support and friendship and I hope to entertain you in the near future. There are some fun new endeavors on the horizon.
Carlos, the persona is later variously suggested to have been a pseudonym for other supposed members of the group, such as Charles Bobuck or "Bunny" Hartley.
Carlos was credited as the lead vocalist of the off-shoot project Sonidos de la Noche, providing lead vocals on their only album, Coochie Brake, in 2011. He returned to The Residents to play drums on their Shadowland tour between May 2014 and March 2015, after which the identity was permanently retired.
"Talking Light Tour" (which ran primarily from 2010 to 2011), The Residents performed as a trio, using the pseudonyms:
It is important to note that The Residents have always kept the identities of their members secret, and these names are merely pseudonyms used for live performances. During this era, they were often referred to as "Randy, Chuck & Bob", which also gave rise to the concept of "The World's Greatest Residents Cover Band".
For the 2017 "In Between Dreams" tour, the four musicians in the band The Residents, who performed under pseudonyms, were:
Eekie (Nolan Cook) (guitar)
Erkie (Eric Feldman) (keyboards)
Cha-Cha (drums and percussion)
For the 2016 Shadowland tour, The Residents continued to perform as a trio, using the pseudonyms:
It is important to note that while Chuck had been a prominent member of the previous tours in the Randy, Chuck & Bob trilogy (such as Talking Light and Wonder of Weird), he had retired from touring prior to Shadowland. So Rico took over on guitar for this tour.
The Residents have always kept the identities of their musicians secret, and these names are pseudonyms that are part of their artistic performance and mystery.
For their "Wonder of Weird" tour, which also celebrated their 40th anniversary and largely took place around 2013, The Residents continued to present themselves using the pseudonyms they had adopted for the "Talking Light" tour.
The three musicians who performed as The Residents were:
Chuck (keyboards/laptops)
This trio became widely known as "Randy, Chuck & Bob" during this period, solidifying their new on-stage personas after years of complete anonymity.
For the 2001 Icky Flix tour, (i saw Live) The Residents maintained their characteristic mystery and did not reveal the names of the musicians who performed.
The band is known for wearing masks and disguises on stage, and the identities of its members have been a closely guarded secret since its formation. Although some contributors are credited on their albums, such as Nolan Cook (guitar) and Molly Harvey (vocals), these credits usually refer to the studio recordings and not necessarily to the specific live lineup of the band for each tour.
On the "Icky Flix Tour", the focus was on the visual and musical presentation, with anonymity being a key part of the performance.
