Rick Sparks began composing music while in high school. Even though he had received very little in the way of formal training, his choral teacher was impressed enough to collaborate with the school's band instructor to create an independent music study class for the lad. The grade for the class was determined solely upon Rick's ability to compose an original instrumental song. He received an "A" grade for the class. Some mostly disastrous experiments with synth-driven pop/rock music during the late 80s led Sparks to found the experimental industrial music proj… read more