Marian Gold
{{short description|German singer-songwriter (born 1954)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Marian Gold
| image = Marian Gold 2021.jpg
| caption = Gold in 2021
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Hartwig Schierbaum
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|05|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Herford, West Germany
| death_date =
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| genre = Synth-pop
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter}}
| instrument = Vocals
| years_active = 1979–present
| label =
| associated_acts = Alphaville
| website =
}}
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.High Fidelity, Volume 35, Issues 1-6, p. 167{{cite web|author=Robbins, Ira|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=alphaville|title=Alphaville|work=Trouser Press}} He is known for his tenor multi-octave vocal range.
Biography
=Early life=
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.{{cite web|author=Deming, Mark|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alphaville-mn0000790509|title=Alphaville Biography|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=13 February 2013}}
=Alphaville=
In 1982, he joined Lloyd and Frank Mertens in the band Forever Young, which soon became Alphaville. 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/eternally-yours-mw0003749139|title=Eternally Yours|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=18 December 2022}}
=Solo=
Gold's first solo album, So Long Celeste, was released in 1992.St. Renburg, Holger (2001) Forever Young, {{ISBN|978-3831116164}}, p. 92 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.
Personal life
In the late 1980s, Gold lived in Münster with his then-wife Manuela.{{cite web|url=http://www.oocities.org/sunsetstrip/stage/5312/article1.html |title=A Special Interview with Marian Gold |access-date=14 October 2013 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20131017060832/http://www.oocities.org/sunsetstrip/stage/5312/article1.html |archive-date=17 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}
Gold has seven children by four different women.{{cite web|url=https://www.bunte.de/stars/star-news/musik/alphaville-saenger-marian-gold-sieben-kinder-von-vier-frauen.html|title="Alphaville"-Sänger Marian Gold: Sieben Kinder von vier Frauen!|language=German|author=Vollmer, Simone|date=23 August 2017}}
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External links
{{Commons category|Marian Gold}}
- {{IMDb name|id=1009715|name=Marian Gold}}
- {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3530}}
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