They’ve spent more than half a century together as bandmates and put out dozens of records. But the brothers behind the ...

The music of the Maels has often been imbued by the culture of their native L.A. and doing things their own way. While taking ...

Russel: It’s almost like Grace Kelly sitting in the back. General Motors probably wanted us to show their actual car from the ...

Music legend Paul McCartney gave a sweet nod to iconic pop duo Sparks by impersonating one of its members, Ron Mael, in his ...

Over the course of nearly 30 albums and 54 years, Russell and Ron Mael have had plenty of time to perfect the DNA of a Sparks ...

Photo: Ron Mael (left) and Russel Mael (right) with the Sparks for the television programme Generation 80 in Brussels (Belgium) in March 1981, when the album "Whomp That Sucker" was released ...

There’s a scene early in “The Sparks Brothers,” director Edgar Wright’s documentary on the brothers Ron and Russell Mael, where Russell reflects on a moment in the early ’70s when Sparks ...

Ron and Russell Mael talk about their forthcoming May album, a career-dream appearance at the Hollywood Bowl, and how they think their new single measures up to Mahler in Blanchett's recent ...

On a recent afternoon, Ron and Russell Mael Zoomed with Salon to discuss the impact of the documentary, as well as "The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte" and the importance of visuals to Sparks' existence.