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{{short description|German singer-songwriter}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Marian Gold
| name = Marian Gold
| image = Marian Gold.jpg
| image = Marian Gold 2021.jpg
| caption = Marian Gold in 2013
| caption = Gold in 2021
| background = solo_singer
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Hartwig Schierbaum
| birth_name = Hartwig Schierbaum
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| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter}}
| instrument = [[Singing|Vocals]]
| instrument = [[Singing|Vocals]]
| years_active = 1982–present
| years_active = 1979–present
| label =
| label =
| associated_acts = [[Alphaville (band)|Alphaville]]
| associated_acts = [[Alphaville (band)|Alphaville]]
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'''Marian Gold''' (born '''Hartwig Schierbaum'''; 26 May 1954) is a [[Germany|German]] singer-songwriter who gained fame as the lead singer of the German [[synth-pop]] recording act [[Alphaville (band)|Alphaville]], but also has recorded as a solo artist.<ref>''High Fidelity'', Volume 35, Issues 1-6, Page 167</ref><ref name="Robbins">{{cite web|author=Robbins, Ira|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=alphaville|title=Alphaville|work=Trouser Press}}</ref>
'''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 (band)|Alphaville]], but also has recorded as a solo artist.<ref>''High Fidelity'', Volume 35, Issues 1-6, p. 167</ref><ref name="Robbins">{{cite web|author=Robbins, Ira|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=alphaville|title=Alphaville|work=Trouser Press}}</ref> He is known for his tenor multi-octave vocal range.


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early life===
===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]].<ref name="Deming">{{cite web|author=Deming, Mark|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alphaville-mn0000790509|title=Alphaville Biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=13 February 2013}}</ref>
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]].<ref name="Deming">{{cite web|author=Deming, Mark|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alphaville-mn0000790509|title=Alphaville Biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=13 February 2013}}</ref>


===Alphaville===
===Alphaville===
In 1982, he joined Lloyd and [[Frank Mertens]] in the band Forever Young, which soon became Alphaville.<ref name="Deming" /> He sang lead vocals on Alphaville's 1980s pop [[single (music)|singles]], including "[[Forever Young (Alphaville song)|Forever Young]]", "[[Big in Japan (Alphaville song)|Big in Japan]]", "[[Sounds Like a Melody]]", "[[Dance with Me (Alphaville song)|Dance with Me]]" and "[[Jerusalem (Alphaville song)|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.
In 1982, he joined Lloyd and [[Frank Mertens]] in the band Forever Young, which soon became Alphaville.<ref name="Deming" /> He sang lead vocals on Alphaville's 1980s pop [[single (music)|singles]], including "[[Forever Young (Alphaville song)|Forever Young]]", "[[Big in Japan (Alphaville song)|Big in Japan]]", "[[Sounds Like a Melody]]", "[[Dance with Me (Alphaville song)|Dance with Me]]", "[[Jerusalem (Alphaville song)|Jerusalem]]", amongst many others.


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As of 2022, he is the last remaining original member of the band, whose latest album, ''Eternally Yours'', was released in 2022.<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/eternally-yours-mw0003749139|title=Eternally Yours|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=18 December 2022}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alphaville.info/|website=Alphaville.info|title=Alphaville}}</ref>

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He is the only remaining founding member of the band, whose latest album ''[[Strange Attractor (2017 Alphaville album)|Strange Attractor]]'' was released in 2017.<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/strange-attractor-mw0003037676|title=Strange Attractor|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref>

On 25 and 26 May 2018 Marian Gold and Alphaville held a two day concert at the [[Whisky a Go Go]] club in [[Hollywood]].<ref name=W>{{cite web|url=http://www.whiskyagogo.com/site/event/alphaville/|title=Alphaville|date=May 2018|publisher=[[Whisky a Go Go]]}}</ref><ref name=EE>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.eventelevator.de/&prev=search|date=28 June 2018|title=Alphaville and Richard Kay put on Chauvet in Whiskey A Go Go Los Angeles|website=Eventelevator.de}}</ref> The two concerts were also [[live streaming|live streamed]].<ref name=EE/>


===Solo===
===Solo===
[[File:Mariangold.jpg|thumb|Marian Gold (1980s)]]
[[File:Mariangold.jpg|thumb|Gold in 1984]]
[[File:Marian gold 2004.jpg|thumb|250px|Gold performing in 2004]]
[[File:Marian gold 2004.jpg|thumb|250px|Gold performing in 2004]]
Gold's first solo album, ''[[So Long Celeste (album) | So Long Celeste]]'', was released in 1992.<ref name="Renburg">St. Renburg, Holger (2001) ''Forever Young'', {{ISBN|978-3831116164}}, p. 92</ref> 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 (band)|Furniture]]).
Gold's first solo album, ''So Long Celeste'', was released in 1992.<ref name="Renburg">St. Renburg, Holger (2001) ''Forever Young'', {{ISBN|978-3831116164}}, p. 92</ref> 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 (band)|Furniture]]).


A second solo album, ''[[United (Marian Gold album) | United]]'', followed in 1996.
A second solo album, ''United'', followed in 1996.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
In the late 1980s, Gold lived in Münster with his then wife Manuela.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oocities.org/sunsetstrip/stage/5312/article1.html |title=A Special Interview with Marian Gold |accessdate=14 October 2013 |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20131017060832/http://www.oocities.org/sunsetstrip/stage/5312/article1.html |archivedate=17 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In the late 1980s, Gold lived in [[Münster]] with his then wife Manuela.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>


Gold has seven children by four different women.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
Gold has seven children by four different women.<ref>{{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}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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{{Commons category|Marian Gold}}
*[http://www.alphaville.de/ Moonbase] - Official Alphaville Web Site
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*{{IMDb name|id=1009715|name=Marian Gold}}
*{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p3530}}
*{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3530}}
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Latest revision as of 13:30, 8 December 2024

Marian Gold
Gold in 2021
Gold in 2021
Background information
Birth nameHartwig Schierbaum
Born (1954-05-26) 26 May 1954 (age 70)
Herford, West Germany
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
InstrumentVocals
Years active1979–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.

Biography

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Early life

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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]

Alphaville

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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]

Solo

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Gold in 1984
Gold performing in 2004

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.

Personal life

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In the late 1980s, Gold lived in Münster with his then wife Manuela.[6]

Gold has seven children by four different women.[7]

References

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  1. ^ High Fidelity, Volume 35, Issues 1-6, p. 167
  2. ^ Robbins, Ira. "Alphaville". Trouser Press.
  3. ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Alphaville Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Eternally Yours". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  5. ^ St. Renburg, Holger (2001) Forever Young, ISBN 978-3831116164, p. 92
  6. ^ "A Special Interview with Marian Gold". Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  7. ^ Vollmer, Simone (23 August 2017). ""Alphaville"-Sänger Marian Gold: Sieben Kinder von vier Frauen!" (in German).
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