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Your average cult band might make a handful of great, overlooked albums, split up in frustration, and eventually reunite to ...
The music of the Maels has often been imbued by the culture of their native L.A. and doing things their own way. While taking ...
They’ve spent more than half a century together as bandmates and put out dozens of records. But the brothers behind the ...
Music legend Paul McCartney gave a sweet nod to iconic pop duo Sparks by impersonating one of its members, Ron Mael, in his ...
Over the course of nearly 30 albums and 54 years, Russell and Ron Mael have had plenty of time to perfect the DNA of a Sparks ...
Russel: It’s almost like Grace Kelly sitting in the back. General Motors probably wanted us to show their actual car from the ...
Since they first properly struck gold with 1974’s piano-pounding art-glam romp, This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us, ...
On a recent afternoon, Ron and Russell Mael Zoomed with Salon to discuss the impact of the documentary, as well as "The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte" and the importance of visuals to Sparks' existence.
There’s a scene early in “The Sparks Brothers,” director Edgar Wright’s documentary on the brothers Ron and Russell Mael, where Russell reflects on a moment in the early ’70s when Sparks ...
Sparks have a new album and are on their way to play in Dublin Sparks: Russell and Ron Mael have a new album, entitled Mad!