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 '' Wings of Tomorrow'' tour in 1984, taking vocalist Joey Tempest's place behind the keyboards.

Career

Michaeli has co-written several Europe songs; his most famous song is the hit ballad " Carrie" from the album '' The Final Countdown''. The song was co-written by Michaeli and Tempest and was Europe's biggest hit in the U.S., reaching number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. After Europe went on hiatus in 1992, Michaeli recorded and toured with bands like Brazen Abbot, Last Autumn's Dream and former

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vocalist Glenn Hughes. He also co-wrote three songs on Joey Tempest's third solo album, '' Joey Tempest'', 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, Nord Lead 3 and a Nord Electro.

Personal life

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

. He has three children, Marcus, 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) * '' Prisoners in Paradise'' (1991) * '' Start from the Dark'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2006) * '' Last Look at Eden'' (2009) * '' Bag of Bones'' (2012) * '' War of Kings'' (2015) *'' Walk the Earth'' (2017)

Other artists

* Tone Norum – ''One of a Kind'' (1986) * Glenn Hughes – '' From Now On...'' (1994) * Glenn Hughes – '' Burning Japan Live'' (1994) * Brazen Abbot – ''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 – ''Än Är Det Drag'' (1998) * Nikolo Kotzev – '' Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus'' (2001) * Brazen Abbot – ''Guilty as Sin'' (2003) * Last Autumn's Dream – ''Last Autumn's Dream'' (2003) * Bosses Vänner – ''Läget?'' (2007) *

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– '' Play Yard Blues'' (2010)

References

External links

Europe's official site

Nordic Beast official Facebook
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