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. 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. 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" and "Jerusalem". He is known for his soaring tenor multi-octave vocal range, and his lyrics were in English language. 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. He is the only remaining founding member of the band, whose latest album "Strange Attractor" was released in 2017. On 25 and 26 May 2018 Marian Gold and Alphaville held a two day concert at the Whisky  a Go Go club in Hollywood. The two concerts were also live streamed. Solo. 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). A second solo album, "United", followed in 1996. Personal life. In the late 1980s, Gold lived in Münster with his then wife Manuela. Gold has seven children by four different women.