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becky sharp · Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6814

Doesn't bear thinking about but without an intervention,from Todd Rundgren, we might not have had Sparks! Shocked

I like these two... Cool

... a lot

Ron and Russell Mael are best known as the art pop geniuses behind the iconic band Sparks. What is less known is that they are born and bred California boys who came of age in the first flowering of 1960srock'n'roll.

As LA teenagers, the Maels prowled the clubs of the Sunset Strip, witnessing first-hand early gigs by the likes of The Doors (Russell modelled his look on Jim Morrison's), The Byrds, Bob Dylan, The Ronettes, Love, Buffalo Springfield, Alice Cooper and The Beach Boys.

Too ahead of their time for the hippy trippy LA scene, a last throw of the musical dice (and a change of name) saw them despatched to London where they found favour with an Art School rock crowd hungry for more of the kind of showmanship deployed by Bowie and Roxy Music.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b39j09

oldraver · Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Posts: 1175 Location: London

I've always liked and enjoyed Ron and Russell. Totally original.

Came across this a couple of days ago. Thanks for the link, Becky.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr5Nzfds-SU
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becky sharp · Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6814

becky sharp · Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6814

Their set at Glastonbury was just fabulous - love these two. 🌟🌟

Guest appearance from Cate Blanchett - little reminiscent of Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction.

Enjoyed a film made a couple of years ago (which Russell mentioned at the end of the set) about these two called The Sparks Brothers.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8610436/