![]() In early 1971, Fox, now joined by other collaborators, anonymously submitted a demo tape to Harve Halverstadt at Warner Brothers Records with the hopes of being signed by the label. That same year, they began to record themselves performing strange music on a high-end two-track tape recorder he had been gifted by a Vietnam Veteran. In 1969, Fox and Flynn moved to San Mateo, California. They graduated four years later with a major in art and a minor in business. The two bonded over their shared musical interests, and became fast friends. At the age of 18, Fox enrolled in Louisiana Tech University, where he became roommates with later Cryptic Corporation member Homer Flynn. The family later returned to Texas after his father 'lost his faith'. ![]() For part of his childhood Fox's father became a missionary, and moved the family to the Southern Philippines, where a young Fox was exposed to Kulintang music, a style he would imitate for his entire career. His earliest experiences with playing music came from describing his nightmares to his mother by bashing on a piano, and talking in strange voices. It was through this collection that he was exposed to Stan Kenton's "Artistry in Tango", as well as the music of Jimmie Lunceford and The Dorsey Brothers. He developed an interest in music at the age of 6, after hearing selections from his grandfather's jazz 78 collection. Fox was emotionally distant from his father and took after his mother, who his future husband described as "a creative, poetic soul" who "understood him better than his father and his sisters." His parents, Hardy Wilford Fox Sr and Lillian Idell Fox, were Baptist and Methodist Christians, respectively, and so he was raised Protestant. Hardy Winfred Fox II was born on March 29, 1945, in Longview, Texas. His newer solo albums were published by Austrian record label Klanggalerie. During his 44 years with The Residents, and after leaving the band in 2016, he recorded as a solo artist under many names, such as Charles Bobuck, Combo de Mechanico, Sonido de la Noche, Black Tar, and more. From 1982 to 2016 he was the president of The Cryptic Corporation. He was co-founder of the band The Residents as well as their primary composer. (Ma– October 30, 2018) was an American musician. ![]()
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