Alphaville

Alphaville is a German synthpop group which gained popularity in the 1980s. The founding members were Marian Gold (real name Hartwig Schierbaum, born 26 May 1954 in Herford), Bernhard Lloyd (real name Bernhard Gößling, born 6 June 1960 in Enger, North Rhine-Westphalia), and Frank Mertens (real name Frank Sorgatz, born 26 October 1961 in Enger, North Rhine-Westphalia).

Alphaville
Alphaville live on stage in 2005
Background information
Also known as	Forever Young
Origin	Münster, Germany
Genres	New wave Synthpop New Romantic
Years active	1982–present
Labels	Atlantic Records, Metropolis Records, Polydor
Members	Marian Gold Martin Lister David Goodes Jakob Kiersch
Past member(s)	Frank Mertens Bernhard Lloyd Ricky Echolette
Website	www.alphaville.de

The band was at first named Forever Young before changing to Alphaville. They are best known for their two biggest hits, "Big in Japan" and "Forever Young".^[1]