1997

1997 was a year of projects being greenlight by the group, then shortly abandoned. The only true fruits of 1997 would by their Live at the Fillmore album, and Wormwood, which was likely in early stages.
Due to this, the year the subject of the 'missing year' series of digital downloads, each focusing on another stage of development surrounding the Live at the Fillmore show/album. 
Part of the reason for the year's lack of projects, is thanks to the implosion of the CD-ROM market, leaving the group no choice but to abandon 'I Murdered Mommy,' a CD-ROM which the group had scheduled their entire year around producing. As a result the group threw themselves into live performance, giving their first touring show since Cube-E in 1990.
==Timeline==
===January===
*The Residents continue work on Scattered Unfinished Music Sketches. During these sessions they also record America.
=== April ===
* 27th: Meet The Residents & The Third Reich 'n Roll are released on CD in the US and Japanhttps://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Meet-The-Residents/release/740834https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-The-Third-Reich-N-Roll/release/740850 . Not Available is released in Japanhttps://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Not-Available/release/740845
=== March ===
* 27th: The earliest archives of Residents.com are from this date
===May===
*The Residents perform 'Adobe Disfigured Night' at The Adobe World Headquarters, San Jose, California. The backing music is entirely based on their now abandoned Scattered Unfinished Music Sketches demos.Kettles of Fish liner notes The second pressing of Pollex Christi is released.https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Pollex-Christi/release/3318618
===June===
*20th: Bouquet Of Dreams Volume 3 is released.
*22nd: Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Huddled Masses, Fingerprince & Duck Stab/Buster & Glen are all released on CD in the US and Japanhttps://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-%E3%82%B6%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84-Fingerprince/release/810204https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Duck-Stab-Buster-Glen/release/812030
*The Residents begin working on The Original Disfigured Night Arrangement demo EP.
===July===
*The Residents finish working on The Original Disfigured Night Arrangement demo EP.
===August===
*16th: The Residents perform Disfigured Night at The PopKomm Music Festival, Köln, Germany.https://www.residents.com/historical/?page=disfigurednight
*The Residents appear in print ads for the Deck II, published in Mix, Keyboard, and Electronic Musician magazine.https://web.archive.org/web/19970327122819/http://www.residents.com/biz/ralph.html
=== September ===
* 9th: Not Available is released on CD in the USA.https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Not-Available/release/800071 The Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Huddled Masses promo cassette is sent out to promote the 2xCD edition, released the same day.
* 28th: Eskimo & The Commercial Album are released on CD in the US & Japan.https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Eskimo/release/834137https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Commercial-Album/release/3401218
* The Residents start working on Wormwood.
===October===
*26th: Mark Of The Mole & The Tunes of Two Cities are released in Japan.https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Mark-Of-The-Mole/release/2893841https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-The-Tunes-Of-Two-Cities/release/4451825
*28th: The Residents perform Disfigured Night at The Fillmore, San Francisco, Californiahttps://web.archive.org/web/19980123210302/http://www.requestmedia.com/concerts/103197.html#gen1
*29th: The Residents perform Disfigured Night at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California
*30th: The Residents perform Disfigured Night at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California
*31st: The Residents perform Disfigured Night at The Fillmore, San Francisco, Californiahttps://www.residents.com/historical/?page=liveatthefillmore
=== November ===
* The Residents continue working on Wormwood
=== December ===
* 21st: Diskomo / Goosebump is released in Japan.https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Diskomo-Goosebump/release/805381
=== Unknown ===
* Pollex Christi is released sometime before March.https://web.archive.org/web/19970330072640/http://www.euroralph.de/catalogue.html
* Eyesore is released in Japan sometime in the Summer
*Klanggalerie is formed
== Releases ==
* Pollex Christi
* Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Huddled Masses
*Disfigured Night
=== Re-Releases ===
* Meet The Residents
* Not Available
* The Third Reich 'n Roll
* Fingerprince
* Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
* Eyesore: A Stab At The Residents (Japanese CD)
* Commercial Album (CD)
* Mark of The Mole (Japanese CD)
* The Tunes of Two Cities (Japanese CD)
* Diskomo / Goosebump (Japanese CD)
== References ==
Category:Years