Sparks
Sparks
Latest Release
- 7
- February 2024
- • 8 Songs
Top Songs
| 1 | Angst in My Pants | ||
| 2 | Pretending To Be Drunk | ||
| 3 | Music That You Can Dance To | ||
| 4 | Beat the Clock | ||
| 5 | Hippopotamus |
Albums
Nov 2023 • 7 songs
Aug 2023 • 5 songs
May 2023 • 7 songs
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Popular On
- The Biggest Standup Comics
- The Home of Dance at 93.5
- All Things Dance
About
Biography
Sparks is the vehicle for the skewed pop smarts and wise-guy wordplay of brothers Ron and Russell Mael, Los Angeles natives who spent their childhood modeling young men's apparel for mail-order catalogs. While attending UCLA in 1970, the Maels formed their first group, Halfnelson, which featured songwriter Ron on keyboards and Russell as lead vocalist; the band was rounded out by another pair of brothers, guitarist Earle and bassist Jim Mankey, and drummer Harley Feinstein.
Halfnelson soon came to the attention of Todd Rundgren, who helped land the group a contract with Bears...