Birth Control
- Type: Band/Group
- Country: Germany
- Born: 1966 in Berlin, Germany
- Active: 1966 - present
Biography
Birth Control is a Berlin hard and progressive rock band formed in 1966, long led by drummer-singer Bernd Noske and guitarist Bruno Frenzel. Albums like 'Operation' and 'Hoodoo Man' made them staples of 1970s German rock. The band re-formed in 1993 and again in 2016 and continues to record and tour. Noske died in 2014. They are among the longest-running German rock bands.
Genres
Birth Control Discography
- Birth Control (1970) - Album - rated 3.58/5
- Operation (1971) - Album - rated 4.06/5
- Hoodoo Man (1973) - Album - rated 3.87/5
- Plastic People (1975) - Album - rated 3.48/5
- Backdoor Possibilities (1976) - Album - rated 3.48/5
- Increase (1977) - Album - rated 3/5
- Titanic (1978) - Album - rated 2.61/5
- Count on Dracula (1980) - Album - rated 3.17/5
- Bäng! (1982) - Album - rated 3.19/5
Members
- Bernd Noske - drums, lead vocals (1968–1983; 1993–2014)
- Bruno Frenzel - guitar, vocals (1969–1983)
- Bernd Koschmidder - bass (1966–1973)
- Reinhold Sobotta - keyboards (1966–1972)
- Wolfgang Neuser - keyboards (1972–1973)
- Zeus B. Held - keyboards (1973–1979)
- Peter Föller - bass, lead vocals (1973–1977; 2016–Present)
- Dirk Steffens - guitar (1973–1974)
- Horst Stachelhaus - bass (1977–1980; 1993–1999)
- Manni von Bohr - drums (1977–1980; 2016–Present)
- Hannes Vesper - organ, keyboards (2016–Present)
- Martin Ettrich - guitar (2016–Present)