Carlo Karges

German musician, songwriter and guitarist, born 31 July 1951 in Hamburg, Germany, died 30 January 2002 in Hamburg, Germany.

He started in a schoolband in the late 1960's, which later became the Bluesrock band [a1463387]. He left the band after their first album and joined [a201942] in 1974, but left again in 1975.

During the late 1970's, he played in various Hamburg-based bands and joined [a102100] in 1980. In 1981, he left the band and co-founded German New Wave band [a39774].

Karges is best-known as lyricist of their world hit "99 Luftballons".