Marian Gold (real name : Hartwig Schierbaum) is the singer of Alphaville and writes the lyrics for Alphaville’s songs. He was born on 26th May 1954 in Herford (Germany) and is the only founding member who’s still in the band. Besides, his idol was David Bowie he was fascinated of since the first time he has seen him. On one of his solo albums, “United”, he covered Bowie’s song “Five Years” and he also sang an extract of his song “Starman” on a German radio station. First, he was in love with pop music and later, he got interested in experimental music (Pink Floyd). His first solo album is called “So Long Celeste” which also includes two cover songs. In addition, his father had a factory and he was part of the military which he left because of an argument. Now, he is the father of seven children from four different mothers.
