Birth name Hartwig Schierbaum Spouse Anna Gold Role Singer | Name Marian Gold Years active 1982–present | |
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Albums So Long Celeste, Forever Young, The Breathtaking Blue, Salvation, Afternoons in Utopia Similar Frank Mertens, Rio Reiser, Robbie France |
Hartwig Schierbaum (born 26 May 1954), better known by his stage name Marian Gold, is the lead singer of the German synthpop group Alphaville, and has also recorded as a solo artist.
Contents
- Marian Gold Forever Young acoustic piano alphaville German TV show 2019
- Marian Gold Say It Aint So
- Personal life
- References
![Marian Gold smiling, with a beard and mustache and wearing a black shirt.](https://alchetron.com/cdn/marian-gold-ce018507-89c5-4cd8-8343-bbf928a548d-resize-750.jpg)
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. 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", and "Dance with Me".
![Marian Gold with a beard and mustache and wearing a black polo shirt.](https://alchetron.com/cdn/marian-gold-f3fc0846-436b-4e4a-bb74-186ec62d137-resize-750.jpeg)
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.
![Marian Gold with a serious face, wearing a black scarf, black coat, and red shirt.](https://alchetron.com/cdn/marian-gold-82ea732b-8cd9-4150-b151-eb8a1a589e7-resize-750.jpeg)
Gold's first solo album, So Long Celeste, was released in 1992. 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).
![Marian Gold smiling, with a beard and mustache and wearing a black shirt.](https://alchetron.com/cdn/marian-gold-4aef4874-7d18-4db8-8ac8-061c3f2bd09-resize-750.jpg)
A second solo album, United, followed in 1996.
![Marian Gold smiling, with a beard and mustache and wearing a black suit and black shirt.](https://alchetron.com/cdn/marian-gold-0faac832-43ba-4610-bc59-64847145431-resize-750.jpeg)
Marian Gold - Forever Young - acoustic piano (alphaville - German TV show 2019)
Marian Gold - Say It Ain't So
Personal life
![Marian Gold smiling and wearing black long sleeves.](https://alchetron.com/cdn/marian-gold-061bc8e4-9359-4df5-b8b7-76f9fa410fb-resize-750.jpeg)
In the late 1980s Gold lived in Münster with his then wife Amy Magill .
![Marian Gold smiling and wearing a black suit and a black and white shirt.](https://alchetron.com/cdn/marian-gold-eed0034a-a456-41b7-8ec0-624688807e9-resize-750.jpeg)
Gold has seven children by four different mothers.