Ricky Echolette (born Wolfgang Neuhaus) is a former member of the German

synth-pop Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s ...

Alphaville, utilizing his role on keyboards, piano and guitars - from 1985 until his departure in 1997. In January 1985, he replaced

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 ...

, who had just left Alphaville, after the release of their first album '' Forever Young''.

Marian Gold Marian Gold (born Hartwig Schierbaum; 26 May 1954) is a German singer-songwriter who gained fame as the lead singer of the German synth-pop recording act Alphaville, but also has recorded as a solo artist. He is known for his tenor multi-octav ...

was an old friend of his, had already asked Echolette to join the group two years earlier, but he declined the offer, as he stayed in Marian's previous group Chinchilla Green. He left Alphaville in 1997 during the production of ''Salvation'' and now lives in the

South of France Southern France, also known as the South of France or colloquially in French as , is a defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin,Louis Papy, ''Le midi atlantique'', A ...

with his family.

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* German male musicians Living people German new wave musicians Synth-pop new wave musicians Musicians from Cologne 1958 births Alphaville (band) members {{Germany-music-bio-stub