Frank Mertens

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]

Frank Mertens
Birth nameFrank Sorgatz
Also known asMaelstrom
Born (1961-10-26) 26 October 1961
Enger, Germany
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Composer
  • keyboardist
Instruments
Years active1982–1987, 1996
Associated actsAlphaville, Lonely Boys

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
  1. Frank Mertens, Discogs
  2. "Cosmic Meadows: Interview with Frank Mertens".
  3. "Alphaville". apple.com. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  4. Riese, Adam. "Was macht eigentlich...?" (in German). Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  5. Riese, Adam. "Was macht eigentlich...? Adam Riese informiert" (in German). Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  6. "Maelstrom". Archived from the original on 3 August 2001. Retrieved 3 August 2001.


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