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About sparks

Sparks is an Yank rock and pop band shaped in Los Angeles in 1968 by brothers Ron (keyboards) and Russell Mael (vocals), initially underneath the name Halfnelson. Best known for his or her quirky approach to songwriting, Sparks' music is usually in the midst of intelligent, subtle, and acerbic lyrics, and an idiosyncratic, theatrical stage presence, typified within the contrast between Russell's wide-eyed hyperactive frontman antics and Ron's sedentary scowling. Beginning with their masterwork, "Lil' Beethoven" in 2001, the band began performing their albums in their entirety. 2008 saw the band perform all 21 of their albums in successive nights at the Islington Academy and Shepherd's Bush Empire in London. Though the band's long career has seen them successfully pioneer several different musical genres; as well as glam pop, power pop, electronic dance music, mainstream pop and most recently chamber pop, Sparks have created their own unique musical universe. While achieving chart success in varied countries around the globe as well as United Kingdom, Germany, France, and the United States, they have enjoyed a cult following since their first releases. Sparks have been highly influential on the development of popular music, in specific on the late Nineteen Seventies scene, when in collaboration with Giorgio Moroder (and Telex subsequently), they reinvented themselves as an electronic pop duo, and abandoned the ancient rock band line up. Their frequently changing designs and visual displays have kept the band at the forefront of contemporary, suave pop music. They're held in esteem by such bands and performers as Morrissey, Kurt Cobain, Franz Ferdinand, Arcade Fireplace, Fang Island, Ott, MGMT, Sonic Youth, Ramones, Duran Duran, Bjork, Depeche Mode, New Order, Def Leppard, Faith No A lot of, The Pixies, Ween, Mark Burgess of the Chameleons and They May Be Giants, all of whom cite Sparks as a significant influence. The 2002 unharness of Lil' Beethoven, their "genre-defying opus", further because the additional recent albums Hello Young Lovers (2006, their 20th studio album), Exotic Creatures Of The Deep (2008), and their latest fantasy musical The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman (2009-2010) have brought Sparks renewed critical and industrial success, and seen them still "steer clear of pop conventions." Sparks are best known for the song "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us", that reached number a pair of in the British charts in 1974, "Once I'm With You" which topped the French Charts in 1980, and "When Do I Get To Sing 'My Means'" which topped the German and European charts in 1994/95 and was the prime airplay record in Germany for 1994. They're conjointly noted for Russell Mael's falsetto voice and Ron Mael's keyboard style also their stage presence.