[5] His earliest experiences with playing music came from describing his nightmares to his mother by bashing on a piano, and talking in strange voices.

[11][non-primary source needed] In early 1971, Fox, now joined by other collaborators, anonymously submitted a demo tape to Harve Halverstadt at Warner Bros. Records with the hopes of being signed by the label.

[12] In 1972 Fox, along with the rest of Residents Uninc moved into a warehouse at 20 Sycamore Street in San Francisco, where they set up their first recording studio.

[16] In 1976, Fox and Flynn, with fellow Louisiana natives John Kennedy and Jay Clem, formed the Cryptic Corporation, an organisation intended to deal with the business side of Ralph Records and the Residents.

[22] In December 1985, while the Residents were on their 13th Anniversary Tour, Fox's eyeball mask, which had been constructed for the cover of their 1979 album Eskimo, was stolen from backstage.

The group decided to replace it with a skull mask, which had previously been a prop for Vileness Fats, and Third Reich 'n Roll promotional material.

[28] During the 2001 Icky Flix tour, Fox began recording a solo EP, High Horses, inspired by an acid trip he had taken 31 years prior.

In 2002, Fox recorded his first album worth of solo material, a 30-minute suite entitled Maxine, which was released under the Bobuck name in 2012.

[31] For the 2010 Talking Light tour, the Residents each became unique characters: the singer became Randy Rose; the guitarist, Bob; and Hardy Fox, Charles 'Chuck' Bobuck.

[33] One year later, Fox, under the Bobuck name, released his first solo album, GOD-O: Music for a Gallery Opening, through the Residents' digital store.

[34] Throughout the year, Bobuck released four more albums: CB Suite (a collection of outtakes from Coochie Brake), Codgers On The Moon, Maxine (recorded 2002), and Lying Horse Rock.

[37] Halfway through the show, Randy would tell the audience that Chuck lived on a chicken farm with his husband, something true of both the Bobuck character and Fox.

Fox wanted the show to represent the death of Randy, Chuck and Bob, and the rebirth of the Residents as a truly nameless band, bringing with it a drastic new direction of sound.

Starting with the March 1, 2017, issue, the newsletters began featuring a serialized novella entitled The Stone, the final chapter of which revealed that Fox and Bobuck were one and the same.

[47][50] Hardy Fox performed on Residents recordings from 1972's Santa Dog to 2015's Shadow Stories, with his final writing for the group appearing on 2017's The Ghost of Hope.