1971

=== January ===
* 1st: Rev. James Cleveland - Something Got A Hold On Me is released. The Residents later sample it on their album In Between Screams.
=== March ===
* 19th: Leonard Cohen's Dress Rehearsal Rag is released. The Residents would later reference the song in The Ghost Snake.
=== May ===
* The Group who would become The Residents finish recording The Warner Brothers album and submit it to W.B for consideration. It was ultimately returned with a rejection slip. Due to there being no name on the album, it was addressed simply to "The Residents" out of respect for the industry, the group named themselves Residents. Uninc.
=== August ===
* Margaret Smyke introduces Residents. Uninc to her friend from England, Phillip Lithman. 
* Residents. Uninc begins to record their second demo for Warner Brothers, B.S. 
=== September ===
* Fred Frith meets Chris Cutler. 
=== October ===
* 18th: Residents. Uninc, along with Snakefinger, N. Senada and Peggy Honeydew, makes their live debut at The Boarding House. They're very well received by the audience. 
** A recording of this event was released on Daydream B Liver in 1991. 
* 30th: Snakefinger & N. Senada are interviewed by local radio station, KHSC-FM, they perform a track alongside The Residents known as "Cantaten Un Symptomen For Der Saxofoonen Un Violine."
** A recording of this event was released on Daydream B Liver in 1991.
* 31st: Residents. Uninc perform at the wedding between Snakefinger & Miss Deborah Keadle. 
** A recording of this event was released on A Nickel if Your Dick's This Big in 2019. 
=== November ===
* Residents. Uninc submits their second demo album for Warner Bros, once again to no avail. I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) is released. 
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