Frank Mertens
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| Birth name | Frank Sorgatz |
| Also known as | Maelstrom |
| Born | 26 October 1961 Enger, Germany |
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| Years active | 1982–1987, 1996 |
Frank Mertens (born Frank Sorgatz on 26 October 1961), is a German musician. He is a former member of the German synth-pop group Alphaville.[1] Personality wise, he was a shy and quiet person who doesn't like to talk.[2]
Shortly after the success of their debut album, he left the band in December 1984, because he found public attention stressful.[3]
After he left, he founded the group "Lonely Boys" with his girlfriend at the time Matine Lille (real name: Martina Richter) and Felix Lille (real name: Felix Schulte), But, in 1987 he disbanded the group and studied economics (finished in 1990).[4]
In 1991, Mertens moved to Paris, where he studied art (self study) in order to complete his project and back to Cologne, Germany in 1996 where he works as a plastic artist and lives reclusive.[5]
During the same year, he started but never completed a musical project called Maelstrom, which was a combination of ambient-style music, impressionistic and colorful art in the form of paintings, sculptures and etheric poetry.[6]
References
- ^ Frank Mertens, Discogs
- ^ "Cosmic Meadows: Interview with Frank Mertens".
- ^ "Alphaville". apple.com. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ^ Riese, Adam. "Was macht eigentlich...?" (in German). Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ Riese, Adam. "Was macht eigentlich...? Adam Riese informiert" (in German). Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ "Maelstrom". Archived from the original on 3 August 2001. Retrieved 3 August 2001.
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