Hardy Fox was the primary composer of The Residents. He created an incredible body of work, using all kinds of names other than The Residents, amongst them Combo de Mechanio, Sonidas de la Noche, Dead Eye Dick, Charles Bobuck or Black Tar And The Cry Babies. Wallpaper was originally released on Hardy Fox's website and is an adaptation of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.