The Residents The Commercial DVD

The Residents had recorded their album, The Commercial Album, in 1980. It contained 40 one-minute tunes. The DVD version of this required enlisting many talented film-makers from around the world, each contributing one or more one-minute videos to accompany the songs. Though the videos can be viewed in a linear fashion, more intriguing is wandering through a maze choosing ones you wish to watch.

When The Residents released THE COMMERCIAL ALBUM in 1980, their idea was to create a series of one-minute songs equal in length to an average television commercial. In addition to the songs, the band produced four one-minute videos that would later get heavy rotation during the birth of MTV. Released before the band ever toured, these videos gave the public their first visual images of The Residents. Twenty-five years after COMMERCIAL'S release, the Residents have produced 10 more one-minute shorts to accompany tracks from the album. Thirty prominent artists also contribute to this video collection, producing 40 short videos that go with the now legendary album's songs.