The Cryptic Corporation
The Cryptic Corporation was formed in 1976 by four friends
of The Residents: John Kennedy, Jay Clem, Hardy Fox, Homer
Flynn.
The Cryptics' first action was to reinvent Ralph
Records. A number of people were hired including Tom
Timony, Helen Purdum, Graeme Whifler, and Doug Kroll. The
company signed several new acts and all was relatively
stabile through the New Wave music trend.
In 1982, two of the Cryptics were interested in exploring
careers outside of running a record company (record
companies were not doing all that well at the time) and the
remaining officers, Homer Flynn and Hardy Fox, purchased
all the stock and continued with the operation.
The owners reshaped the business away from being a record
company and Cryptic became the full time personal and
business management for The Residents. Cryptic Corp
continues to handle the career demands of record contracts,
touring, accounting, legal needs, as well as career
guidance and direction.
The Cryptic Corporation