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Frank Mertens

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Birth name
  
Frank Sorgatz

Occupation(s)
  
Composerkeyboardist

Albums
  
Forever Young

Also known as
  
Maelstrom

Years active
  
1982–1987

Genres
  
Frank Mertens httpsimgdiscogscomgQGFhYRTBOKowEtgjHdDY7ijm

Born
  
26 October 1961 (age 55)Enger, Germany (
1961-10-26
)

Instruments
  
Piano, synthesizer, keyboards, guitar

Associated acts
  
Alphaville, Lonely Boys

Music groups
  
Alphaville (1982 – 1984), Band für Afrika


Similar
  
Marian Gold, Michael Kunze, Peter Schilling

Frank Sorgatz (born 26 October 1961), known as Frank Mertens, is a German keyboardist and composer. He is a former member of the German synthpop group Alphaville.

Frank Mertens Is this a photo of Frank Mertens Alphaville Forum The Dreamroom

After he left Alphaville in December 1984, Mertens founded the group "Lonely Boys" with Matine Lille (real name: Martina Richter) and Felix Lille (real name: Felix Schulte).

In 1991, Mertens moved to Paris where he studied art (self study) in order to complete his project "Maelstrom" and back to Cologne, Germany in 1996.

Songs

Forever YoungForever Young · 1984
Big in JapanForever Young · 1984
Sounds Like a MelodyForever Young · 1984

References

Frank Mertens Wikipedia