HOMER FLYNN, THE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE AND SPOKESMAN OF THE MOST BIZARRE ART COLLECTIVE OF OUR TIME, THE RESIDENTS, TALKS ABOUT LATEST ALBUM “ESKIMO DECONSTRUCTED”, THEIR PLANS FOR NEW RELEASES, CURRENT TOURS AND NEW VIDEOS, INSPIRATIONS, AS WELL AS MUCH MORE
The Residents could be marked as the most mysterious art project from the 20th and 21st century. Their approach is known for the total anonymity of the group members that hide their personalities under surrealistic images that are changed from time to time, depending on The Residents current album’s moods and concepts. These bizarre outfits include their most famous stage image of an elegant gentleman in a top hat and eye-mask – that already became a pop-cultural mem, Ku Klux Klan, aliens, Dark Times plague doctors, and much more products of their fantasy that became the part of The Residents mythology.
Having around 60 albums under their belt, The Residents have been puzzling the world for 40 years now. Starting from their early years, they released a bunch of albums with their own strange and infernal interpretations of other people’s music. Lately, they have created conceptual works with backbones plots and their own lyrics.
The Residents are also famous for their multimedia approach when making art. They were one of the first groups who explored the ways of incorporating cutting edge technologies into their shows – like early forms of computer graphics and using MIDI devices. Breaking the borders of being just a musical group, they have done a few musical movies based on their albums, which are a perfect and exclusive example of one of the first music videos that was done long before the MTV era.
In line with their principles of staying anonymous, The Residents never give interviews. They have an associated company, The Cryptic Corporation, that manages the band. One of The Cryptic Corporation founders, Homer Flynn, is also a current spokesman for The Residents and he gives the interviews for the band as their official representative. Many rumors and evidence say that The Cryptic Corporation members are The Residents themselves and Homer personally is the band’s frontman. We can’t be totally sure or unsure of that, and even if it were to be true we don’t think it’s a good idea at all to disclose the band members’ personalities, as this mystery is the part of The Residents concept that creates the magical vibe around this bizarre art collective and forming their fantasy world.
Homer Flynn was kind enough to talk to All Andorra about the new and interesting stuff that is going on in The Residents world, their plans for new albums, videos, touring and many other interesting things.
Interview: Dmitry Tolkunov
Hi Homer! Thank you for finding time to talk with us. We are really interested to know what The Residents are up to at the moment – are there any new releases, tours, videos planned?
Actually, a lot of things are going on with The Residents at the moment. The band is preparing for a big show in the Modern Art Museum in New York at the end of January next year, it is a really exciting project.
Also, they are working on a new album that will be based on some lost recordings of an old blues singer that they have found. His name is Alvin Snow and his moniker was Dying Dog. The Residents have found some of his demos that have never been released and they liked them so much that they decided to make a whole new album based on this material. It will come out at the beginning of next year. A lot of touring with this new album is planned. A US tour is going to happen in spring next year – in April-May, and a European one in October-November.
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