Claudia Brücken

Claudia Brücken (born 7 December 1963 in Berching, Bavaria) is a German singer and songwriter, best known for fronting synth-pop bands Act.

Brücken ed her first band Haarsträubend ("hair-raising") aged 14. Her second, the all-girl Susanne Freytag (also of Topolinos).

Propaganda moved from Düsseldorf to London when their demo of Throbbing Gristle's "Disziplin," caught the ear of Zang Tumb Tuum. Propaganda stayed for 3 singles, an album and a remix collection in their original line-up on ZTT (1984-85), before they parted company. Claudia married Glenn Gregory. Tensions within the group and with ZTT led inevitably to a split.

In 1986 Claudia formed Thomas Leer. Three singles were taken from their sole album "Laughter, Tears And Rage," (a fourth "Chance," never made it to the shelves). During interviews for the Act album, Brücken mentioned her next project would be a solo album on ZTT, "Prima Donna." However this was never released, and little else is known of the project.

Much was expected of 1991s "Love: And A Million Other Things," Brücken's debut solo album proper. But once again events conspired against her, with a line-up change at her new label, Island Records, ousting all her A&R team and ers. "Absolut[e]," and "Kiss Like Ether," missed the UK Top 40, and the planned 3rd single "Fanatic," only made it to promo in .

During the 90s Claudia kept a low profile, but was still writing and recording. She appeared alongside Propaganda's Suzanne Freytag on Oceanhead. In 1999, Claudia along with Michael Mertens and Suzanne Freytag, announced a reformed Propaganda. An album's worth of material was recorded but despite interest the project floundered in 2001 and the material remains unreleased.

In 2004 Claudia and her then-partner Andrew Poppy on the album "Another Language."