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Revision as of 17:54, 25 December 2006
Founded: 1969
Headquarters: Los Angeles, CA
Website Link(s): Official Site
Label(s)
Genre(s)
- Rock
- Pop
- Glam
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Art Rock
- Dance
- Disco
- Orchestral Pop
- Electropop
RIYL
Band Members
- Ron Mael
- Russell Mael
- Ernie Mankey
- Jim Mankey
- Harley Feinstein
- Adrian Fisher
- Martin Gordon
- Norman "Dinky" Diamond
- Trevor White
- Ian Hampton
- Jeff Salen
- Sal Maida
- Hilly Michaels
- Bob Haag
- Leslie Bohem
- David Kendrick
- John Thomas
- Spencer Sircombe
- Dean Menta
- Tammy Glover
Includes Members of
- Bates Motel
- Concrete Blonde
- DEVO
- Radio Stars
- Jet
- The Jook
- Tuff Darts
- Milk & Cookies
- The Gleaming Spires
- Faith No More
Band Biography
Sparks started in the late 1960s under the name "Halfnelson", and their debut LP was produced by Todd Rundgren. Unfortunately, it didn't go anywhere, as it wasn't promoted. However, following a reissue with a name change to "Sparks", the album did quite a bit better, having a couple of Almost-Hits. A few albums later, and a few more almost-hits later, Sparks were having much more success in the UK, so they moved to London for a time, doing their particular 1970s mixture of glam, rock, disco and, well, Sparksness. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, they hooked up with Giorgio Moroder for a bit of a more electropop/dance sound, with a bit more of a rock tinge. In most cases, their lyrical sense of humor was intact, although Pulling Rabbits Out Of A Hat pretty much dropped all that, and suffered as a result, no longer sounding like a Sparks album but just a good, but generic 1980s Pop record. Their output has slowed in the 1990s and beyond, but they're still going strong, putting out some of their strongest work, in a more electropop vein, with the excellent Balls and Li'l Beethoven.
Discography
Albums
- Sparks/Halfnelson
- A Woofer In Tweeter's Clothing
- Kimono My House
- Propaganda
- Indiscreet
- Big Beat
- Introducing Sparks
- No. 1 In Heaven
- Terminal Jive
- Whomp That Sucker
- Angst In My Pants
- In Outer Space
- Pulling Rabbits Out Of A Hat
- Music That You Can Dance To
- Interior Design
- Gratuitous Sax And Senseless Violins
- Plagiarism
- Balls
- Li'l Beethoven
- Hello Young Lovers
EPs
Singles
Appears On
Compilations
Soundtracks
Mix CDs
- Dub Club: Aila's Dub Club Mix
- Wally's Novelty Mix: She Yo-Yos Me and I Yo-Yo Her Back
- Dub Club: Matt's 2005 Best Of -- Streets Named For New England Trees
- Dub Club Matt Auxilliary: KITTY!!!
- Dub Club IV: Critter! Critter! Critter! A Tribute to Critters
- Happy Birthday Dad
- Dub Club: Aren't You Going To Wish Me Happy Birthday? - Matt
- Dub Club V: The Final Frontier - Aila
- Mp3s Posted At Phancy.Com
- Pray For My TV Show
- Dub Club - Lindsey A. Baker - Space
- It Came From The Drive-In!
- Dub Club: Aila - The Radio Is Broken
- Aila.Vox.Com
- Revme.Vox.Com
- Dub Club: Aila - Rarities Schmarities
- Best Of 2006
Radio Shows
- 50 Skidillion Watts Of Good Will Episode 1
- 50 Skidillion Watts Of Good Will Episode 2
- 50 Skidillion Watts Of Good Will Episode 3
- 50 Skidillion Watts Of Good Will Episode 5