The Talk of Creatures

I've known The Residents since Mark of the Mole. I was 18 at that time, and bought the record.
I liked it, but at the same time thought it to be very weird.
So weird in fact that after listening to it a few times I just stopped.
A few years later it was the same all over again, but this time with Stars and Hank Forever.
Loved the Hank-side, thought the Sousa side soso, and also stopped.
Got into The Smiths, Sonic Youth, Butthole Surfers, etc and lost track of The Residents.
That was until 2009 when I borrowed from the Rotterdam Central Library two CD's: Meet The Residents and The UGHS!
I was flabbergasterd! This. Was. The. Music. I. Looked. For. My. Whole. LIFE!
Since that moment I bought everything I could lay my hands on.

I always wear a Rez-tee, since that day.
Listen to their music as much as possible.
Want to know everything, and I really mean everything about them.
I love their music, their way of life (making music is way more important than being famous), their twisted sense of humour.
The way they reinvented themselves over and over again never stops to amaze me either.

To my surroundings I am sometimes almost religious about them.
So, a real pain in the ass methinks...

But hey: I love them. They enrich my life with their wonderful music, videos, books and stories.

"I don't like their marketing."

I agree with Egg

I'm Dutchfan. I'm 53 YO, and live in Holland.
I know The Residents since 1981 and bought "Mark of The Mole". I liked it, but somehow found it to weird.
A few years later I also bought "Stars and Hank Forever". Loved the Hank-side of the LP, was not so sure about the Stars...

Anyways lost track of them after that, until 2010, when I heard The Ughs.
Since then the rest is history.

Looks like Randy is on the verge of a nervous breakdown...
With Maurice gone, Chuck gone and Bigfoot out of the picture...