Stephin Merritt

Born in Baden-Baden, former West Germany in 1965 to American beatnik parents Linda 'Alix' Merritt and folk musician Scott Fagan, Stephin Merritt formed and plays principal roles in his band The Magnetic Fields, as well as side-project bands The 6ths, The Gothic Archies and Future Bible Heroes, writing and composing nearly five hundred songs as of 2018. He briefly used the name The Baudelaire Memorial Orchestra as an attribution for a song written for Lemony Snicket's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events', entitled 'Scream and Run Away'. Further music was recorded for the audio book versions of the series and is attributed to The Gothic Archies. The Tragic Treasury was released by Nonesuch Records in October 2006 along with the thirteenth and final book of the series. Under his own name, he recorded and released the sound-tracks to the films 'Eban and Charley' and 'Pieces of April'. The sound'track to the Nickelodeon show 'The Adventures of Pete & Pete' featured several of his songs. He a