Vinyl: Near Mint, Cover: signes of use on corners and edges Swastikas are digitally covered for catawiki guidelines, however this is a satire piece, and does not envoke any nazi empathy at all, see below summary of release The album The Third Reich 'N' Roll by The Residents is a scathing, left-wing parody and satire of the pop music industry and the mass mentality it creates, and is not a neo-Nazi type release. The band used Nazi imagery for shock value to criticize the "power-mad minds in the music industry". Key Points Satire and Parody: The album is intended as a sharp satire on the music industry, comparing the unquestioning mass appeal of 1960s bubblegum pop and garage rock to the way Nazi ideology brainwashed the German public. Controversial Imagery: The notorious cover art depicts American Bandstand host Dick Clark in a Nazi uniform, and the original pressing prominently featured swastikas, leading to controversy and censorship. The use of such imagery was meant to be confrontational and critical, not promotional of the ideology itself. Musical Deconstruction: The album consists of two side-long suites ("Swastikas on Parade" and "Hitler Was a Vegetarian") that feature heavily warped, "semi-phonetic" interpretations and deconstructions of well-known pop hits. The Residents would record the original songs, layer their own material on top, and then remove the originals, leaving behind a bizarre, deconstructed version. Misinterpretation: The use of the imagery, combined with the band's anonymous nature and other controversial visuals (like costumes that accidentally resembled KKK hoods in a related short film), led some to mistakenly believe the group was promoting right-wing extremism. The band members and those close to them have confirmed the imagery was used as a critical, satirical device. In essence, The Residents adopted a fascistic aesthetic to critique a perceived cultural and commercial fascism within the music world.