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    Get To Know Sparks, Your Favorite Band's Favorite Band

    Brothers Ron and Russell Mael have made music as Sparks for more than five decades, mostly under the radar despite superstar fans. Now, a new documentary and a buzzy musical put them in the spotlight.
    by Allyson McCabe Aug 06, 2021 2 minutes
    Brothers Russell and Ron Mael in director Edgar Wright's film <em>The Sparks Brothers</em>, a Focus Features release.

    Influential, underrated, and overlooked—that has long been the prevailing view of the musical duo , which counts among its most ardent fans Steve Jones of the , Stephen Morris of / and the pop producer Jack Antonoff. The Sparks story begins in 1960s Los Angeles, where the music scene was dominated by the California sound popularized by the Beach Boys and the folk rock artists of Laurel Canyon.

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