Last update: 21 Nov 2004

Welcome to this (non-official)
fansite.

Disclaimer (16 Aug 2005): due to "lots of reasons" I have decided to discontinue this website. This website won't be updated anymore and is here only for archive purposes! As the latest news and gossip can nowadays be found at the Official Sparks website, better go there for news and forums, just see this as a piece of Sparks history! In the near future I will make sure that the old www.fanmael.net link will forward to this archive. Feel free to use anything from this archive for your own Sparks(-related) website!
Regards, Carl.

In case you want to download this whole archived website as a series of .zip files, go here! (simply extract all files to one and the same directory/folder and it will work)

The last Sparks Convention in Calais, France, February 26, 2005 was a huge success
Thanks to the organizers for a great weekend.
Click here for the pictures!!

New Sparks DVD out now: Lil'B live in Stockholm - available from the 9th of August 2004

Contents are:

  • Lil Beethoven set
  • Bonus Live Tracks, including This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us, The Number One Song In Heaven, and When do I Get To Sing 'My Way'

    • PLUS:
  • Backstage With Sparks
  • The Legend Of Lil' Beethoven
  • Soundcheck
  • Meet The Fans
  • Sparks Facts

    • "THE JOY OF MORE HOGWASH" - 2nd solo album of former Sparks member Martin Gordon out now!!!
    More (loads of (also Sparks related)) info at www.martingordon.de

    New Sparks Website by Martin Truksa - loads of reviews - take a look !!!

    Sparks Convention October 16th 2004 !!!
    The convention was a huge success!! Thanks to Lynn, Steve, Simon, Gregby and everybody else involved.
    Click here for the pics!!

  • New Sparks Photo Website: www.sparksphotos.fr.tc by Nicole Pimont (be patient, the site is huge!)
  • New into Sparks???: simply read these independant reviews:
    Mark Prindle reviews ALL(!) Sparks albums
    and George Sharostin (until Pulling Rabbits)
  • Also check sparks.pagina.nl - new Sparks startpage (Dutch)
  • Must read: John Potter interviews James Lowe and Martin Gordon - at The Fossil Sparks Website !!!

    • New mp3's and midi files here!

    Russell, Tamera and Ron
    Sparks: the brothers Russell and Ron Mael,
    with drummer/percussionist Tamera Glover.
    (picture taken at the 1999 Shephards Bush concert by Gary Styles)
    Major (upcoming and ongoing) events:
  • Dinky Diamond R.I.P.
  • New Sparks DVD: Lil'B live in Stockholm - out 9th of August 2004

    • Apart from Sparks' current activities, this website also spends a lot of space to the glorious past of the Maels and tries to fill in that gap of information that you've always lacked.

    Items that you can find here:

    • Most complete and updated discographies;
    • The notorious and updated Mighty List, as previously published on Steve Pond’s website;
    • Information on unreleased songs, live recordings and reviews;
    • Trading of records, videos and rare recordings;
    • Facts and fairytales about the brothers Mael;
    • News and updates on current activities.

    A lot of info (including lyrics) is hidden behind album- and songtitles, so click around !

    Also check the New Official Sparks Website and all the other magnificent non-official fansites !

    The JET album available now (20 bonus-tracks...)! - A must for Sparks / John's Children / Jet / Radio Stars fans...
    Live CD "Music For The Herd Of Herring" released (albeit not in Fan Mael)

    This site is best viewed with a resolution of 800x600x64k or better
    (we have to draw a line somewhere... sorry).

    We are still missing the lyrics of the following songs:
    A Glimpse Of Mother (Mai, The Psychic Girl)
    About To Burst (Demo Kimono My House)
    Bad Manners - soundtrack "Bad Manners/Growing Pains"
    Bigger Than Me, Bigger Than You (Mai, The Psychic Girl)
    Cigarettes And Politics
    David (on the forthcoming... Mulu album(?))
    Grandmother's Theme (Mai, The Psychic Girl)
    Green Thumb (Demo Kimono My House)
    Intrusion (Confusion Demo)
    Jane Church (Woofer Demo)
    Kakadu (on "One Word One Sound" sampler)
    Keep Me (Outtake Introducing)
    Kidnapped (Outtake Introducing)
    Kimono (collaboration with Pizzicato 5)
    Manchester (Halfnelson/Woofer period live concerts)
    My Brains And Her Looks (Demo Kimono My House)
    My Way (The Sinatra song - MTV)
    Netherlands Christmas Jingle 1972 (Dutch Radio)
    Now That I Own The ABC (Australian single)
    Pardon My French (Outtake Kimono My House)
    Quote Unquote (Demo with M.Hopkin/T.Visconti 1975)
    Room For Two (Demo with Marianne Faithfull 1975)
    She Used To Be One Of Us (Mai, The Psychic Girl)
    She's Getting Funnier (Demo Kimono My House)
    Spider Run (Early demo)
    Summer Days (Early School Tape)
    Take The Field Friday (Demo Kimono My House)
    That Looks Great On You (Mai, The Psychic Girl)
    The Chosen Ones (Part 1: The Wisdom Alliance Tour) (Mai, The Psychic Girl)
    The Chosen Ones (Part 2: Turm/Mai Battle) (Mai, The Psychic Girl)
    The Date (Mai, The Psychic Girl)
    The Dream (Mai, The Psychic Girl)
    The Matchmakers (Mai, The Psychic Girl)
    The Melancholy Patchwork Symphony (Mai, The Psychic Girl)
    The Patchwork Symphony (The Wake-Up) (Mai, The Psychic Girl)
    The Tribal Theme (Mai, The Psychic Girl)
    The Wisdom Alliance (Mai, The Psychic Girl)
    Titanic (presumably recorded by Christie Haydon)
    Too Bad (Mai, The Psychic Girl)
    Up From A Dream (Mai, The Psychic Girl)
    V6 Jeans (Knock Off soundtrack outtake)
    Wagner Metal (Mai, The Psychic Girl)
    We Will Make Great Pets (early home recording 1969)
    What Was That? (Mai, The Psychic Girl)

    If you can (and wish to) help us, please email us. (Eternal fame will be your destiny...)

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