Gunnar Mathias "Mic" Michaeli (born 11 November 1962) is a Swedish musician best known as the

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for the rock band

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. Like many of the other Europe members he grew up in

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suburb

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. He joined the band for their ''

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'' tour in 1984, taking vocalist

Joey Tempest Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson (born 19 August 1963), known professionally as Joey Tempest, is a Swedish singer best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Europe. He has written the band's great hits such as " The Final Countdown", " Rock the ...

's place behind the keyboards.

Career

Michaeli has co-written several Europe songs; his most famous song is the hit ballad "

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" from the album '' The Final Countdown''. The song was co-written by Michaeli and Tempest and was Europe's biggest hit in the

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, reaching number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. After Europe went on hiatus in 1992, Michaeli recorded and toured with bands like

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and former

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vocalist Glenn Hughes. He also co-wrote three songs on Joey Tempest's third solo album, ''

'', which was released in 2002.

Gear

Michaeli has used various instruments during his career, including a Roland JX-8P, Yamaha SY99, Korg CX-3 and a Hammond C3. Today he is using a Roland Fantom X7,

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3 and a

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Personal life

In 1989, Michaeli married Mia Hertler. They divorced in 2001 after 12 years of marriage. Michaeli is currently living in

. He has four children, sons Marcus and Magnus, and daughters Moa and Matilda. He does not have any social media pages apart from the official ones for Europe listed on their website.

Discography

Europe

* '' The Final Countdown'' (1986) * '' Out of This World'' (1988) * ''

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'' (1991) * ''

Start from the Dark ''Start from the Dark'' is the sixth studio album by the Swedish rock band Europe. It was released on 22 September 2004 by Sanctuary Records. It was the band's first release since reforming in 2003, the first original album of all-new material s ...

'' (2004) * '' Secret Society'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2015) *''

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'' (2017)

Other artists

* Tone Norum – ''One of a Kind'' (1986) * Glenn Hughes – '' From Now On...'' (1994) * Glenn Hughes – '' Burning Japan Live'' (1994) *

– ''Live and Learn'' (1995) * Brazen Abbot – ''Eye of the Storm'' (1996) * Brains Beat Beauty – ''First Came Moses, Now This...'' (1997) * Brazen Abbot – ''Bad Religion'' (1997) *

Thore Skogman Elof Lars "Thore" Skogman (9 March 1931 – 9 December 2007) was a popular Swedish singer, songwriter, actor and entertainer. Skogman was born in Hallstahammar, Sweden. While working as an accountant and sales manager during the 1950s, he made ...

– ''Än Är Det Drag'' (1998) *

Nikolo Kotzev Nikolo Kotzev ( bg, Николо Коцев) (born 6 June 1961) is a Bulgarian guitarist, violinist, songwriter and producer, perhaps most famous for his 2001 rock opera ''Nostradamus'' and his band Brazen Abbot. Biography Kotzev was born in P ...

– '' Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus'' (2001) * Brazen Abbot – ''Guilty as Sin'' (2003) *

– ''Last Autumn's Dream'' (2003) * Bosses Vänner – ''Läget?'' (2007) *

John Norum John Norum (born 23 February 1964) is a Norwegian-Swedish guitarist and one of the founders of the rock band Europe. Concurrent to his role with Europe, he also maintains a career as a solo artist. Biography As an infant, Norum moved with his p ...

– '' Play Yard Blues'' (2010)

References

External links

Europe's official site

Nordic Beast official Facebook
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