"Angeles, Ron and Russell Mael were invited by Mike Patton and Co. to perform the Sparks' classic hit ""This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us."" They reprised the song that also appears as a collaboration with Faith No More on Sparks' 1997 album ""Plagiarism"" and had also been released as a single. In 2012 Ron and Russell collaborated with singer Gemma Ray who released a limited 12-inch single titled ""Gemma Ray Sings Sparks (with Sparks),"" which included Ray's covers of Sparks' """"How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall"""" and """"Eaten by the Monster of Love."""" Though the songs"
"Russell Mael Russell Craig Mael (born October 5, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Mael's music career spans more than 50 years. With his elder brother Ron, he formed the pop band Sparks in 1971, which was renamed from Halfnelson. He is also the co-founder of Lil' Beethoven Records. Russell Craig Mael was born on October 5, 1948, in Los Angeles, California. The Mael brothers grew up in Pacific Palisades - a relatively affluent suburb of Los Angeles - with their father, Meyer (of Russian and Austrian Jewish descent), who was a graphic designer and caricaturist for"
"and caricaturist for the ""Hollywood Citizen-News"", and their mother, Miriam (née Moskowitz), a librarian. After being educated at Palisades High School, both brothers enrolled at the UCLA; Ron began a course in Cinema and Graphic Arts in 1963 while Russell studied Theater Arts and Filmmaking between 1966–1968. Ron Mael plays the keyboards and synthesizers and writes most of the songs for Sparks. When the band hit the peak of its popularity in the 1970s, he was well known for his strange appearance, often remaining motionless over his keyboard in sharp contrast to Russell's animated and hyperactive frontman antics. Ron's conservative"
"Ron Mael Ronald David ""Ron"" Mael (born August 12, 1945) is an American musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. Mael's music career spans more than 50 years. With his younger brother Russell, he formed the pop band Halfnelson in 1971. After the release of their first album, the band name was changed to Sparks. Ronald David Mael was born on August 12, 1945, in Culver City, California. The Mael brothers grew up in Pacific Palisades – an affluent beach suburb of Los Angeles – with their father, Meyer Mael (of Russian and Austrian Jewish descent), who was a graphic designer"
"covered the band’s concert in London in May at 02 Forum Kentish Town. This concert will also be a part of the documentary. With Sparks With FFS Russell Mael Russell Craig Mael (born October 5, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Mael's music career spans more than 50 years. With his elder brother Ron, he formed the pop band Sparks in 1971, which was renamed from Halfnelson. He is also the co-founder of Lil' Beethoven Records. Russell Craig Mael was born on October 5, 1948, in Los Angeles, California. The Mael brothers grew up in Pacific Palisades"
"Deep"" and ""Kimono My House"" albums played in their entirety before a sold-out hometown crowd at Royce Hall at the Mael Bros. alma mater in Los Angeles, UCLA. Ron and Russell appeared as interview subjects in the 2009 documentary ""The Magnificent Tati"", discussing their involvement during the early 1980s in ""Confusion"", a proposed Jacques Tati movie for which a screenplay was written but never shot (due to Tati's death). On August 14, 2009, the band premiered the radio musical ""The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman"", commissioned by the Swedish public radio (SR) and featuring the Mael brothers themselves and Swedish actors"
"Glasgow, Scotland, prior to the release of a new studio album, ""Hippopotamus"" due out in September. The band, consisting of the Mael brothers with 5 other musicians, kicked off their 2017 tour in Copenhagen on August, 7. ""Hippopotamus"" was both a critical and commercial success, peaking at number 7 in the UK Albums chart. Sparks' musical style has varied dramatically with Russell Mael's distinctive wide-ranging voice (in particular his far reaching falsetto) and Ron Mael's intricate and rhythmic keyboard playing style being the common thread throughout their forty-year career. In the beginning they attempted to emulate the sound of their"
"that the recording of ""Hospitality on parade"" is from Finland, because Russell introduces the band in Finnish. (""""Moi, ystävät. Minä olen Russell. Hän on Ron. Me olemme Sparks."""") Composed by Ron Mael or by Ron Mael and Russell Mael. Two Hands, One Mouth: Live in Europe Two Hands, One Mouth: Live in Europe is an album by American rock/pop group Sparks, released in March 2013. It is their first ever live album, and first double CD album. In October 2012, Ron and Russell Mael performed for the first time ever as a duo, with no band. The 18-city European tour"
"and developing the music upon piano lines and lyrics of Ron Mael and the vocals of Russell Mael. In 2001, the Maels were commissioned by a German broadcasting company to produce a song for ""Günther Koch Revisited (Voll In Den Mann)"", an album that featured samples of sports commentator Günther Koch set to music. The band's contribution, ""Wunderbar"", placed Koch's highly-spirited commentary over an orchestral backing. The duo acknowledged that making the track provided them a blueprint for the sound of ""Lil' Beethoven"". Described by the band themselves as a ""career-defining opus"", ""Lil' Beethoven"" saw the duo move into a"
"the brothers' life"". For reviewer Will Hodgkinson, ""this is bright, witty music that lives on the margins"". ""Uncut"" rated it 8 out of 10. Reviewer Jason Anderson said that it ""is wide and rich enough to provide no end of delights"", whether it's an ode to Swedish aesthetics, ""a celebration of Gallic cool or marvels too many to count"". Commenting on the album's musical style, Randy Lewis, writing for the ""Los Angeles Times"", said, ""'Hippopotamus' brings the Mael brothers back more into the realm of rock music with the inclusion of electric guitars, bass and drums largely absent from their"
"The Ries Brothers The Ries Brothers (pronounced ”Rees”), a duo from Tampa, FL, blend rock, blues, funk, and reggae into a soulful-sophisticated sound. Older brother Charlie (22) sings lead vocals while simultaneously playing drums and keyboard bass giving the band it’s unique and full sound. Younger brother Kevin Jordan (19) completes the band’s “sonic creativity” on guitar, provides background vocals and co-writes many of their songs. They recently completed a 27 city tour in support of G Love & Special Sauce. This spring the boys will appear at the Gasparilla Music Festival in Tampa, Fl., SunFest in West Palm Beach,"
"be because the song was written without any regard for the vocal style of Russell Mael. Songwriter Ron Mael has explained: ""This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us"" was written in A, and by God it'll be sung in A. I just feel that if you're coming up with most of the music, then you have an idea where it's going to go. And no singer is gonna get in my way. Russell Mael has claimed in reply: When he wrote ""This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us"", Ron could only play it in that key."
"October, 2017, Ron Keel, along with other former DJ's Crash, The Rev, and Crazy Frank, from the defunct KBAD 94.5 radio station, partnered to form the internet streaming rock radio station, KBACK.ROCKS. Ron Keel Ron Keel (born March 25, 1961), is a heavy metal vocalist and guitarist for a number of bands from the 1980s to the modern day, including the hard rock band Keel. Ron Keel started his music career with a Tennessee-based band named Lust. He came to Los Angeles with his band Steeler, which later on featured Yngwie Malmsteen, Rik Fox and Mark Edwards. Steeler released one"
"high performance go-karts, Legends Cars, Thunder Roadster and Pro-Challenge series cars. Rachel Bolan Rachel Bolan (born February 9, 1966), born James Richard Southworth, is the bass guitar player and main songwriter of the metal band Skid Row. His stage name 'Rachel' is a hybrid of his brother's name, Richard, and his grandfather's name, Manuel. 'Bolan' is a tribute to one of his childhood idols, T. Rex frontman, Marc Bolan. He is the youngest of four children. Bolan, who grew up in Toms River, New Jersey, founded Skid Row in 1986 with guitarist Dave ""The Snake"" Sabo. Bolan has appeared as"
"Whether a solo project or a band, Runt had a No. 20 hit in the United States with ""We Gotta Get You a Woman"" in 1970, and two other Runt songs placed in the lower reaches of the Hot 100. By this time, Rundgren had effectively moved his base to Los Angeles. As he prepared for his second solo album, he was introduced to aspiring L.A. band Halfnelson, led by brothers Ron Mael and Russell Mael and guitarist Earle Mankey. After attending an elaborate, self-staged 'showcase' performance by the group at their L.A. rehearsal space, Rundgren became intrigued by their"
"County, California, during the ""Golden Age"" of the LA club scene, with the Doors, Love and the Standells regularly playing the Whisky a Go Go on Sunset Strip and the Beach Boys playing the afternoon event Teenage Fair. Both Ron and Russell Mael are seen in the audience during the Ronettes' section of the concert film ""The Big T.N.T. Show"", filmed in 1966. Both attended UCLA, Ron studying cinema and graphic art, Russell theatre arts and filmmaking. Detesting the folk music scene, which they considered ""cerebral and sedate and we had no time for that"", they developed a particular taste"
"Ronald Bell (musician) Ronald ""Khalis"" Bell, (born November 1, 1951) is an American saxophonist, composer, songwriter, arranger, producer, singer, and a co-founding member of Kool & the Gang, one of the most successful bands in music history worldwide. He is also the father of singer Rachid ""Rasalus"" Bell, who often performs under the stage name Ra. He was born Ronald Bell in Youngstown, Ohio, United States) to Aminah Bayyan (1932-2014) and Robert ""Bobby"" Bell (1929-1985) a professional boxer, who traveled extensively on the boxing circuit throughout the 1950s and 1960s. In the segregated South, black musical acts and boxers on"
"Bright (Peter Rowan), Michael Ramos (John Mellencamp), and Terri Hendrix. Chris Riemenschneider of the Minneapolis StarTribune calls it ""the best record of his 25-year career."" Martin Zellar Martin Zellar (born June 14, 1963) is a Minnesota-based musician and songwriter. Martin Zellar is the brother of writer Brad Zellar. Zellar grew up in Austin, Minnesota. While still in high school, Zellar formed his first band, Fallout, with childhood friend and bassist Nick Ciola. Zellar and Ciola have played in bands together for more than 30 years. Upon graduation, Zellar moved to the Twin Cities and in 1984 joined fellow Austin, Minnesotans"
"Rachel Bolan Rachel Bolan (born February 9, 1966), born James Richard Southworth, is the bass guitar player and main songwriter of the metal band Skid Row. His stage name 'Rachel' is a hybrid of his brother's name, Richard, and his grandfather's name, Manuel. 'Bolan' is a tribute to one of his childhood idols, T. Rex frontman, Marc Bolan. He is the youngest of four children. Bolan, who grew up in Toms River, New Jersey, founded Skid Row in 1986 with guitarist Dave ""The Snake"" Sabo. Bolan has appeared as a vocalist on two of Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley's solo albums"
"The Canadian Sweethearts The Canadian Sweethearts, sometimes known as Bob & Lucille, were a Canadian singing duo, who were popular during the 1960s, disbanding in 1977. The duo consisted of vocalist Lucille Starr, and her guitar playing husband, Bob Regan. They are best known for the rockabilly song, ""Eeny Meeny Miney Moe."" Their contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Regan was born Robert Frederickson, on March 13, 1931) in Rolla, British Columbia. As a child he played harmonica, guitar, mandolin and fiddle. Starr was born Lucille Marie Raymonde Savoie on May 13, 1938"
"Nathan Mahl Formed in 1981, Nathan Mahl are a Canadian progressive rock band with jazz fusion elements. Throughout a constantly evolving lineup of rock and fusion musicians from the Ottawa and Gatineau regions, keyboardist Guy LeBlanc (1960-2015) was widely regarded as the essence and constant of the band. Guy appears to be more widely known as the keyboardist for Progressive Rock Legends Camel since 2000. Recording and touring resulted in ""a Nod and a Wink"" and ""The Paris Collection (Live)"". They have released numerous concept-based CDs to critical acclaim, including ""Shadows Unbound"", and the ""Heretik"" Trilogy. Furthermore, they have played"
"Seal (musician) Henry Olusegun Adeola Samuel (born 19 February 1963), known professionally as Seal, is a British singer and songwriter who has sold over 20 million records worldwide, his first international hit being the song ""Crazy"", released in 1991 and his most celebrated song being ""Kiss from a Rose"", released in 1994. Seal has won multiple awards throughout his career, including three Brit Awards; he won Best British Male in 1992, as well as four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. As a songwriter, he received two Ivor Novello Awards for Best Song Musically and Lyrically from the"
"Ron Anderson (singer) Ronald David Anderson (born October 18, 1945) is an American singer who appeared on ""The Lawrence Welk Show"" for the last two years of its run as a member of the singing trio of Gail, Ron and Michael. Born in San Francisco, California, after college Anderson served as a choir director before moving to Hollywood to work as a musician. He started out in a gospel brass quartet and later as a stand-in actor for game show hosts during rehearsal. Later, he secured bit acting parts that led to other acting jobs and appearances on ""The Mary"
"and they were not able to fully record an album together. Nine years later, it was announced that the two bands were both performing at the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. While searching for a dentist in San Francisco, Alex Kapranos, a member of Franz Ferdinand, was found by Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks. The Mael brothers invited the band to watch their set at the festival, and later, the two bands agreed that it was time to record an album together. ""FFS"" was recorded at RAK Studios in London during a 15-day period in late 2014."
"two elder brothers, Marius and Alexander, moved in 1972 to Groenlo, where Peter received his first piano lessons at the age of six. Both Marius (1966) and Alexander (1968) become professional musicians - on string bass and tenor sax. After college, Peter studied from 1989 at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. He combined his music studies with law school, but he decided to concentrate exclusively on music. From 1985 the brothers performed together as The Beets Brothers. Peter won the Pall Mall Swing Award in 1988 and the Princess Christina Award in the following year. In 1990 The Beets"
"Melissa Vanderzee and Jennifer Redman. Michael Redman (singer) Michael M. Redman (born April 15, 1945) is an American singer who was a member of television's ""The Lawrence Welk Show"" from 1980 to 1982 as part of the trio Gail, Ron and Michael, with Ron Anderson and Anderson's wife, Gail Farrell. Redman was born in Portland, Oregon, and graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in performing arts and literature. He did voice work for famous cartoons including ""The Flintstones"" and ""Yogi Bear"". Later he appeared on television shows such as ""The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour"", ""Happy Days"","
"<br> Raymart – lead vocals; rhythm guitar<br> Ralph – lead vocals; bass Reo Brothers The Reo Brothers is a Filipino band composed of four brothers. The band perform renditions of 1950s–1970s music such as that of The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Dave Clark Five, Bee Gees, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, The Lettermen, America, The Ventures, VST & Co. and other prominent bands of the era. The band became more popular after they performed at the ABS-CBN Christmas Special 2013 in Araneta Coliseum. It was a concert graced by over a hundred local stars and celebrities but it was"
"broad swath of music including folk, soul, jazz, and classical music. Unlike many of their progressive rock contemporaries, their ""classical"" influences ranged beyond the Romantic and incorporated medieval, baroque, and modernist chamber music elements. The band also had a taste for broad themes for their lyrics, drawing inspiration not only from personal experiences but from philosophy and the works of both François Rabelais and R. D. Laing. In 2015 they were recognised with the lifetime achievement award at the Progressive Music Awards. The core of what was to become Gentle Giant comprised three brothers: Phil Shulman (born 1937), Derek Shulman"
"top-ten appearance in over 40 years. Having spent much of the past decade working on two musicals, ""The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman"" and the forthcoming movie musical ""Annette"", a collaboration with French director Leos Carax, the Mael brothers set out to return to a more traditional song-oriented, rather than narrative, pop format for their next Sparks release. They worked on the album over a 10-month period, starting at the beginning of 2016 and ending in October, with most of the recording done in Russell Mael's home studio in Los Angeles. Stylistically, ""Hippopotamus"" was classified as baroque pop by journalist Claire"
"of their songs have been used in the soundtracks of films: ""The Greatest"" (1977), directed by Tom Gries and Monte Hellman; and ""The Warriors"" (1979), directed by Walter Hill. The band continues to perform live. Their signature song is arguably ""Fencewalk."" ""Composite Truth"" (1973) was the band's most commercially successful album. Mandrill (band) Mandrill is an American multi-genre band formed in Brooklyn, New York City in 1968. Members of the band included three brothers: Carlos Wilson (trombone, vocals), Lou Wilson (1941-2013) (trumpet, vocals), and Ric Wilson (sax, vocals). The brothers were born in Panama and grew up in the Bedford–Stuyvesant"
"1999 consisting of brothers Jon, Peter, and Dann. Jon was born in Australia, while Peter and Dann were born in New Zealand. The three were raised and home-schooled in Feilding, Manawatu. The brothers were introduced to music at a young age by their parents, and frequently listened to their record collection. The name ""Evermore"" was taken from the Led Zeppelin song ""The Battle of Evermore"" in 1999. Jon says the trio's parents were highly supportive of them taking up music, stating ""they always wanted us to do something creative...Nothing was too risky."" In 2012, youngest brother Dann took a break"
"by Jenny Morris for her charity, Nordoff-Robbins' Music Therapy Australia. In April 2015, Mason performed guest vocals on ""Not Even Jesus"", the final track on Paul Mac's album Holiday From Me. In late 1983, Mason was forced to give up performing after contracting hepatitis, which was one of the reasons The Reels went into hiatus. Upon his recovery in August 1985, the group reconvened and continued until disbanding in 1992. From about 1995 to 1997, Mason spent three years confined to his bedroom and was subsequently diagnosed with major depression. As part of his ongoing treatment, he was encouraged by"
"Cyril Neville Cyril Garrett Neville (born October 10, 1948) is an American percussionist and vocalist who first came to prominence as a member of his brother Art Neville's funky New Orleans-based band, The Meters. He joined Art in the Neville Brothers band upon the dissolution of the Meters. He has appeared on recordings by Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, Edie Brickell, Willie Nelson, Dr. John and The New Orleans Social Club among others. Neville wrote an article for the December 16, 2005 edition of ""CounterPunch"", titled ""Why I'm Not Going Back To New Orleans"" and was featured in the 2006 documentary"