Hardy Fox, main composer and producer for the Residents, has died following a battle with mind most cancers. The band confirmed the information in a statement, saying he “succumbed to a brief illness” following a collection of well being issues. He was 73. “Blessed with a vital sense of aesthetics, a keen ear, and an exquisite love of the absurd, Hardy’s smiling face was a constant source of joy to those around him,” the Residents wrote. “He was loved immeasurably and will be missed dearly.”
After rising up in Texas, Fox moved to San Francisco in 1969. There, he helped discovered what would develop into the avant-garde artwork collective the Residents. The group lastly settled on the moniker in 1972, releasing their first double single Santa Dog that very same yr. Their first full-length LP Meet the Residents, whose cowl notably parodied the Beatles’ Meet the Beatles artwork, arrived in 1974. The Residents shortly gained a cult following, due to extremely conceptual albums and theatrical multi-media artworks.
Anonymously, Fox served as main composer and producer on greater than 30 Residents albums earlier than retiring from the group in 2015, although he continued composing for them via 2018. Fox additionally recorded as a solo artist beneath varied names together with Charles Bobuck, Combo de Mechanico, Sonido de la Noche, Chuck, TAR, and extra.
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