Legendary pop duo Sparks—the fifty-plus-year-long project of brothers Ron and Russell Mael—was formed in 1971. Earlier this year, they released their twenty-eighth studio album, MAD! , via Transgressive Records. Their latest release, the EP MADDER! , was released in October.
Very few artists have had as much influence on decades of popular music as Sparks. Their work includes the 1974 hit record Kimono My House, the Giorgio Moroder–produced 1979 electronic disco album No. 1 In Heaven, and (just in this millennium) eight new studio albums, a radio opera, a collaboration with Franz Ferdinand, a live album, and a film musical (2021’s Annette ). In 2021, they were featured in Edgar Wright’s documentary The Sparks Brothers. Photo by Munachi Osegbu
Biography via Criterion.
