Researching Frank Mertens
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 48 people with the Mertens surname? In that year Mertens was ranked number 3531 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Frank means "Form of FRANCIS. (Male) A Free Man" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Frank Mertens on Ancestry
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Frank Mertens
Frank Mertens (born Frank Sorgatz; 26 October 1961) is a German musician. He is a former member of the German synth-pop group Alphaville.
Personality wise, he is a shy and quiet person who doesn't like to talk. Shortly after the success of their debut album, he left the band in December 1984, because he found public attention stressful.
After he left, he founded the group Lonely Boys with his girlfriend at the time Matine Lille (née Richter) and Felix Lille (né Schulte). Mertens disbanded the group in 1987 to study economics.
In 1991, Mertens moved to Paris to study art. In 1996 he moved back to Cologne, to work as a plastic artist.
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.
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