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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Hartwig Schierbaum |
| Born | 26 May 1954 Herford, West Germany |
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| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1979–present |
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 band Alphaville, but also has recorded as a solo artist. [1] [2] He is known for his tenor multi-octave vocal range.
Born in Herford, West Germany, Gold was 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]
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", "Jerusalem", amongst many others.
As of 2022, he is the last remaining original member of the band, whose latest album, Eternally Yours, was released in 2022. [4]
Gold's first solo album, So Long Celeste, was released in 1992. [5] Included on the album are 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.
In the late 1980s, Gold lived in Münster with his then wife Manuela. [6]
Gold has seven children by four different women. [7]
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Alphaville is a German synthpop band formed in Münster in 1982. They gained popularity in the 1980s. The group was founded by singers Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, and Frank Mertens. They achieved chart success with the singles "Forever Young", "Big in Japan", "Sounds Like a Melody", "The Jet Set", and "Dance with Me". Gold remains the only continuous original member of Alphaville. They took their name from Jean-Luc Godard's film Alphaville.
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