The Mael brothers will be joining us to answer your questions in a live webchat from 1pm on Wednesday 23 August
10.32am BST
They are one of the most idiosyncratic acts in pop history, probably the only band to have made disco with Giorgio Moroder, formed a supergroup with Franz Ferdinand, and created a musical about the life of Ingmar Bergman.
Now approaching 50 years in the game, Sparks aka brothers Ron and Russell Mael emerged from Los Angeles in the glam rock era, and they scored a UK No 2 hit in 1974 with This Town Ain’t Big Enough For the Both of Us, before embracing electronics and dance music. They have continuously released records since: in 2008, their Sparks Spectacular concert series saw them perform all 21 in their entirely. Their 23rd album Hippopotamus is out on September 8.
Sing Like A Bird 