“If you strip away the images, you could put us beside King Crimson. The musicality and ambition it would fit. But for us it’s 50 per cent about the music, 50 per cent about the hair”: Sparks’ commitment to silliness is very prog indeed

Ron Mael (the operatic one) and Russell Mael (the staring one) never discussed being different; but as LA brothers inspired by British prog and glam, they always were. They only rule they made was: “Shake up the universe” (LouderSound)

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October 5, 2025