Californian siblings Ron and Russell Mael have enjoyed a long and varied career
frequently reinventing themselves. Their heyday was undoubtedly the 1970s—the
brothers had arrived on the UK scene after initially forming the band Halfnelson
and subsequently re-packaging it as Sparks. Their first two albums Sparks and A
Woofer in Tweeter’s Clothing were both produced by Todd Rundgren and built up a
cult following for the group. After sacking the US-based backing band the
brothers relocated to England in 1973 and formed what many fans would say is the
definitive Sparks line-up featur...