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2001

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The year of 2001 was kicked off with the release of The Residents' first of several DVDs, Icky Flix, which collected most of the group's music videos (along with new ones created for the project), as well as remastered Vileness Fats footage. The music tracks for these short films were given newly-recorded alternate versions, which formed the basis of the group's next world tour.

As for new material, at least one of The Residents was interested in a project about the American Civil War. Although the rest of the group did not share a lot of interest in the initial sketches, The Residents did employ the idea of reprocessing public-domain folk tunes for an unrelated mini-album titled High Horses.

The European leg of the Icky Flix tour was in progress when the September 11 attacks in New York City took place, and the emotional shock of that event inspired the group to record material for another project, eventually titled Demons Dance Alone, while the "Civil War album" was shelved for the time being.

Timeline

January

Feburary

  • 13th: The Residents perform at the State Theater in Falls Church, Virginia.
  • 14th: The Residents perform at the Trocadero in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • 15th: The Residents perform at the Beacon Theater in New York City.
  • 17th: The Residents perform at the Berklee Performance Centre in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • 18th: The Residents perform at the Higher Ground in Winooski, Vermont.
  • 19th: The Residents perform at Le Spectrum in Montreal, Québec. Icky Flix wins an award by the DVD Association.
  • 20th: The Residents perform at the Phoenix in Toronto, Ontario.
  • 21st: The Residents perform at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  • 22nd: The Residents perform at the Orpheum Theater in Madison, Wisconsin.
  • 23rd: The Residents perform at the Congress Center in Chicago, Illinois.[2]

March

  • 7th: The European PAL version of Icky Flix is released by Euro Ralph.
  • 9th: The Icky Flix soundtrack CD is released.[3] Hardy Fox is interviewed via chatroom by the Smelly Tongues community.
  • 29th: The Residents perform at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • 30th: The Residents perform at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, Washington.[4]

April

  • 1st: The Residents perform at the Roseland Theatre in Portland, Oregon.[5]

May

  • 25th: The Residents perform at the UCLA Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.
  • 26th: The Residents perform at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz, California.[5]

June

  • 4th: The Residents perform at the Freizeitpark in Moers, Germany.
  • 6th: The Residents perform at L'Usine in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • 7th: The Residents perform at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
    • While in the Netherlands, the group visits the National Museum of Utrecht where they record various mechanical instruments as inspiration for a future project.
  • 8th: The Residents perform at the Hof ter Lo in Antwerp, Belgium.
  • 9th: The Residents perform at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, England.[6]
  • 24th: The Icky Flix DVD and soundtrack CD are released in Japan.[7][8]

July

  • The Residents record sketches for a project about the American Civil War, which would eventually morph into the Animal Lover album.

August

  • 19th: The High Horses project is announced.

September

  • 2nd: High Horses, an EP inspired by the Golden Gate Carousel and credited to "Combo de Mechanico", is released by Ralph America.
  • 6th: The Residents perform at the Szene in Vienna, Austria.
  • 8th: The Residents perform at the Shestnadzat Tonn Club in Moscow, Russia.
  • 9th: The Residents perform at the Sala Kongresowa in Warsaw, Poland.
  • 10th: The Residents perform at the Columbiahalle in Berlin, Germany.
  • 11th: The Residents perform at the Fabrik in Hamburg, Germany.
    • On this day, the twin towers of the World Trade Center are destroyed in a terrorist attack. The emotional shock from the event inspires The Residents to write music for a new project.
    • Also on this date, The Residents' Wikipedia page is created.
  • 12th: The Residents perform at PC 69 in Bielefeld, Germany.
  • 14th: The Residents perform at the Royal Festival Hall in London, England.
  • 15th: The Residents perform at the 013 in Tilburg, the Netherlands.
  • 16th: The Residents perform at the E-Werk in Cologne, Germany.
  • 18th: The Residents perform at the Posthof in Linz, Austria.
  • 19th: The Residents perform at the Tvornica in Zagreb, Croatia.
  • 20th: The Residents perform at the Centralstation in Darmstadt, Germany.
  • 21st: The Residents perform at the Teatro delle Celebrazioni in Bologna, Italy.
  • 23rd: The Residents perform at the Rote Fabrik in Zürich, Switzerland.
  • 24th: The Residents perform at the Tollhaus in Karlsruhe, Germany.
  • 26th: The Residents perform at the Elysée Montmartre in Paris, France.
  • 27th: The Residents perform at the Rock School Barbey in Bordeaux, France.
  • 29th - 30th: The Residents perform at the Grande Auditório da Gulbenkian for two nights in Lisbon, Portugal.

October

  • 25th - 28th: The Residents perform for four nights at the Brava Theatre in San Francisco, California.
    • The last concert is filmed and mixed professionally, and footage of it is later released in a DVD.
  • 31st: The Residents perform one more time at the Brava Theatre in San Francisco.

November

  • With plenty of demos recorded during the European tour, The Residents begin work on Demons Dance Alone while the Civil War project is shelved indefinitely.

December

  • Promo copies of Freispiel titled Ravvivando Remixes begin circulating.

Releases

Re-releases

Collaborations

  • Ravvivando Remixes (CD, Klangbad, Promo)
    • Remix album based on Ravvivando by Faust.
    • The Residents remixed the track "T-Électronique".
    • Later re-issued under the name Freispiel

Compilation appearances

Home video releases

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20010302175908/http://www.ralphamerica.com:80/nofl_fr.html
  2. ↑ https://residents.com/historical/?page=ickyflix
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20010302175908/http://www.ralphamerica.com:80/nofl_fr.html
  4. ↑ https://residents.com/historical/?page=ickyflix
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://residents.com/historical/?page=ickyflix
  6. ↑ https://residents.com/historical/?page=ickyflix
  7. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Icky-Flix-Original-Soundtrack-Recording/release/5785948
  8. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Icky-Flix/release/3085936
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