Marian Gold

Marian Gold (born Hartwig Schierbaum; 26 May 1954) is a German singer-songwriter who gained fame as the lead singer of the German synth-pop recording act Alphaville, but also has recorded as a solo artist.[1][2]

Marian Gold
Marian Gold in 2013
Background information
Birth nameHartwig Schierbaum
Born (1954-05-26) 26 May 1954
Herford, West Germany
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
InstrumentsVocals
Years active1982–present
Associated actsAlphaville

Biography

Early life

Born in Herford, West Germany, Gold became part of the Berlin art collective the Nelson Community, where he formed the band Chinchilla Green in the late 1970s, which also included future Alphaville colleague Bernhard Lloyd.[3]

Alphaville

In 1982, he joined Lloyd and Frank Mertens in the band Forever Young, which soon became Alphaville.[3] He sang lead vocals on Alphaville's 1980s pop singles, including "Forever Young", "Big in Japan", "Sounds Like a Melody", "Dance with Me" and "Jerusalem." He is known for his soaring tenor multi-octave vocal range, His work is characterized by his English language lyrics, and this contributed to the Alphaville's considerable commercial success in the UK and US during the 1980s.

Since the early 1990s, Gold has taken Alphaville from a studio-based project to a successful live act and has established the band's website, Moonbase.[4]

He is the only remaining founding member of the band, whose latest album Strange Attractor was released in 2017.[5]

On 25 and 26 May 2018 Marian Gold and Alphaville held a two day concert at the Whisky a Go Go club in Hollywood.[6][7] The two concerts were also live streamed.[7]

Solo
Marian Gold (1980s)
Gold performing in 2004

Gold's first solo album, So Long Celeste, was released in 1992.[8] Included on the album were cover versions of "The Shape of Things to Come" (originally by The Headboys) and "One Step Behind You" (by Furniture).

A second solo album, United, followed in 1996.

Personal life

In the late 1980s, Gold lived in Münster with his then wife Manuela.[9]

Gold has seven children by four different women.[10]

References
  1. High Fidelity, Volume 35, Issues 1-6, Page 167
  2. Robbins, Ira. "Alphaville". Trouser Press.
  3. Deming, Mark. "Alphaville Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  4. "Alphaville". Alphaville.info.
  5. "Strange Attractor". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  6. "Alphaville". Whisky a Go Go. May 2018.
  7. "Alphaville and Richard Kay put on Chauvet in Whiskey A Go Go Los Angeles". Eventelevator.de. 28 June 2018.
  8. St. Renburg, Holger (2001) Forever Young, ISBN 978-3831116164, p. 92
  9. "A Special Interview with Marian Gold". Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  10. Vollmer, Simone (23 August 2017). "„Alphaville"-Sänger Marian Gold: Sieben Kinder von vier Frauen!" (in German).
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