1997

The Residents with Molly Harvey, October

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 Japan . Not Available is released in Japan

### 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. The second pressing of *Pollex Christi* is released.

### 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 Japan
* 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.
* The Residents appear in print ads for the Deck II, published in *Mix*, *Keyboard*, and *Electronic Musician* magazine*.*

### September

* 9th: Not Available is released on CD in the USA. 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.
* The Residents start working on *Wormwood*.

### October

* 26th: *Mark Of The Mole* & *The Tunes of Two Cities* are released in Japan.
* 28th: The Residents perform Disfigured Night at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California
* 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, California

### November

* The Residents continue working on Wormwood

### December

* 21st: Diskomo / Goosebump is released in Japan.

### Unknown

* Pollex Christi is released sometime before March.
* 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

1. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Meet-The-Residents/release/740834
2. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-The-Third-Reich-N-Roll/release/740850
3. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Not-Available/release/740845
4. ↑ Kettles of Fish liner notes
5. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Pollex-Christi/release/3318618
6. ↑ https://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/810204
7. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Duck-Stab-Buster-Glen/release/812030
8. ↑ https://www.residents.com/historical/?page=disfigurednight
9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19970327122819/http://www.residents.com/biz/ralph.html
10. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Not-Available/release/800071
11. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Eskimo/release/834137
12. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Commercial-Album/release/3401218
13. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Mark-Of-The-Mole/release/2893841
14. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-The-Tunes-Of-Two-Cities/release/4451825
15. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19980123210302/http://www.requestmedia.com/concerts/103197.html#gen1
16. ↑ https://www.residents.com/historical/?page=liveatthefillmore
17. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Diskomo-Goosebump/release/805381
18. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19970330072640/http://www.euroralph.de/catalogue.html