The Residents – The Third Reich 'N' Roll (VG+/VG+) – LP, US 2012

The Third Reich 'N' Roll is an LP by The Residents from 2012 released on the MVD Audio label.

About this album

The Third Reich 'N' Roll is one of The Residents’ most notorious early statements, a savage experimental EP that turns familiar pop and rock idioms into warped satire. Issued in 1976, it helped establish the group’s reputation for anonymity, absurdity and cultural provocation at a moment when underground art-rock and electronic experimentation were converging. Built from fractured riffs, mock-anthemic gestures and aggressive studio manipulation, the record lampoons the power and mythology of mass entertainment while pushing the idea of the “cover version” into unsettling new territory. Its influence has endured as a key example of outsider performance and conceptual pop dissent.