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Sparks, on TopPop, 17 May 1974.Left to right: Ian Hampton, Russell Mael, Ron Mael, Adrian Fisher, Norman "Dinky" Diamond Relocating to England in 1973 with a new manager, John Hewlett, founder of John's Children, [23] and a deal from Island Records, thanks in part to the exposure garnered by their BBC Two Whistle Test performance, [4]: 63 they placed an ad in music weekly Melody Maker ("Wanted ...
Russell Craig Mael (born October 5, 1948) [1] is an American singer best known as the lead singer for the band Sparks, which he formed in 1971 with his elder brother Ron Mael. Mael is known for his wide vocal range, in particular his far-reaching falsetto. He has a flamboyant and hyperactive stage presence which contrasts sharply with Ron Mael ...
Ronald David Mael was born on August 12, 1945, in Culver City, California.The Mael brothers grew up in Pacific Palisades – an affluent beach neighbourhood of Los Angeles – with their father, Meyer Mael, [4] [5] who was a graphic designer and caricaturist for the Hollywood Citizen-News, [6] [7] and their mother, Miriam (née Moskowitz), a librarian.
2 Originals of Sparks (1975, Bearsville) - Double LP set consisting of Halfnelson and A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing; The Best of Sparks (1978, Island Records) The History of the Sparks (1981, Carrere) Mael Intuition (The Best of the Sparks 1974-76) (1990, Island) Profile: The Ultimate Sparks Collection (1991, Rhino)
Angst in My Pants is the eleventh studio album by American pop and rock band Sparks.The album was released in 1982 by Atlantic Records in both the US and UK, and this was the sixth overall label that the band was signed to in the US, and, for the first time since the mid-1970s, the band would be signed to the same label in both the US and UK for three consecutive studio albums.
Performing as Bates Motel, they were enlisted by brothers Ron and Russell Mael to be a part of the 1981–85 incarnation of their band, Sparks.After completing demos with neophyte producer Stephen Hague, principal members Leslie Bohem and David Kendrick (later of Devo, Xiu Xiu) recruited fellow Sparks members Jim Goodwin and Bob Haag to form Gleaming Spires with the blessing of the Mael brothers.
Sparks, a 2013 film; Sparks, a 1996-1998 American television series starring Terrence Howard and James Avery; Sparks (Matrix character), a character in Enter the Matrix and The Matrix Revolutions; Sparks (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe; Sparks, a fictional football team in Footballers' Wives
The Sparks Brothers is a 2021 documentary film about Ron and Russell Mael, members of the pop and rock duo Sparks. The film, directed by Edgar Wright , and produced by Wright, Nira Park , George Hencken and Laura Richardson, premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and was theatrically released the following summer.