- Born
- Died
- Birth nameKlaus Sperber
- Klaus moved to New York City in the mid-70s where he worked as a pastry chef and a night club singer. A performance of his was attended by 'David Bowie' who hired Nomi as backup for his Saturday Night Live (1975) performance.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- SpouseMelissa Moon(1980 - August 6, 1983) (his death)
- Wore white facial make-up with black highlights when performing on stage
- Chose his stage name "Nomi" as an anagram of "Omni", a science fiction and science fact magazine that he was an avid reader of.
- Closed his concerts with a falsetto performance of an aria from "Samson et Delilah," an opera by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns.
- Before going into the music business, he sang counter-tenor in classic German opera.
- His ashes were scattered by airplane over New York City.
- Was a close acquaintance of Joey Arias.
- The future is now. People are always waiting for the future to come. I think we start right now, at this moment. This is where the future is. The future has begun. (TV interview, 1981)
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