REAL NAME: FRANK SORGATZ
BORN: 27 OCTOBER 1961, ENGER, GERMANY

FRANK WAS THE MAN BEHIND ALL THE MELODIES OF THEIR FIRST SUCSESS ALBUM "FOREVER YOUNG". HE TOOK EARLY PIANOLESSONS IN ENGER BEFORE HE GET IN CONTACT WITH BERNHARD LLOYD.

IN THE BEGINNING OF 1981 HE BOUGHT SOME SYNTH EQUIPMENTS AND STARTED TO DISCOVER THE NEW TYPE OF SOUNDS. IT WAS SIMPLE MONOPHONIC SYNTHS, BUT IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO COMPOSE MELODIC AND GREAT MELODIES. FRANK & BERNHARD BECAME MUSICANS AND FRANK TOOK COMMAND OVER THE MELODIES AND BERNHARD OVER THE RYTHMS. AFTER A WHILE FRANK BOUGHT SOME BETTER EQUIPMENTS AND NOW IT WAS POSSIBLE TO PLAY MORE THAN ONE TONE IN THE TIME!!!

AFTER THE WORKING OF COMPOSING MELODIES THEY NEED A SINGER... A VOCIE OF THEIR MELODIES. THEY TOOK CONTACT WITH THE OLD FRIEND, AND BERNHARDS FORMER BANDMEMBER FROM "CHINCHILLA GREEN" MARIAN GOLD, WHO LIVED IN MÜNSTER AND THEN THE TRIO OF SUCSESS WAS CREATED.

MEANWHILE THE SUCSESS WITH THE "FOREVER YOUNG ERA" IN 1984 THE ROUMORS SAID THAT FRANK BECAME MORE AND MORE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE ROLE AS A FAMOUS POPSTAR. HE WAS SHY FOR THE MEDIA AND HAVE PROBLEMS TO HANDLE THE SITUATION. BUT THIS IS ONLY SPECULATIONS.

THEN THE NIGHTMARE TURN TO REALITY... SHORTLY AFTER THE WAVE OF SUCSESS HE LEFT ALPHAVILLE IN DECEMBER 1984. THERE'S PROBABLY MORE REASONS WHY HE LEFT ALPHAVILLE, BUT NOT FROM ANY SAFE SOURCES SO FAR.

THEN IN 1985; HE FORMED A NEW BAND NAMED "LONELY BOYS" TOGETHER WITH HIS WIFE MARTINA RICHTER IN VOCALS AND FELIX LILLE ON GUITAR/SYNTH. THEY RELEASED ONE SINGLE IN BOTH 7" AND 12" FORMAT CALLED "HOLD ME" WITH A B-SIDE NAMED "LONELY BOYS". A SECOND SINGLE WAS PLANNED IN 1987; IT APPERS TO BEEN RELEASED BUT NOTHING HEARD OF THAT. FELIX LEFT THE GROUP HALFWAY THROUGH THE PROJECT. SADLY IT'S GOES TO THE HISTORY AS A VERY UNKNOWN BAND, EVEN IF THE SONGS IS MELODIC AND GOOD.

AFTER "LONELY BOYS" IT WAS SAID THAT FRANK COMPOSE SOME COMMERCIAL JINGLES BEFORE HIM AND MARTINA WENT TO PARIS FOR SEVEN YEARS. HE CONTINUED KEEP HIS INTEREST FOR ELECTRONIC MUSIC. HE ALSO VISIT MANY MUSEUMS IN PARIS AND THAT BOOSTED HIM ALSO FOR THE INTEREST OF ARTS.

THE YEARS PASSED AND AS I KNOW HE WAS INVOLVED IN A SYNTHPOP-GROUP CALLED "SPLIT MIRRORS" AND COMPOSE SONGS IN THE ALBUM "1999".

LATER... IN THE END OF THE 90'S HE STARTED A NEW UNIQE PROJECT: "MAELSTROM". A MUSIC, ART AND SCULPTURE COMBINATION PROJECT. A VERY DEEP AND MYSTIC SYNTH SURRONDED BY FITTING PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES. HE ARRANGED A SPECIAL VERNSISSAGE IN KÖLN 23RD JUNE 2000.

FRANK LIVES NOW HOPEFULLY A HAPPY LIFE TOGETHER WITH HIS WIFE MARTINA IN KÖLN, GERMANY.