Birth Control was a German rock band known for their progressive hard rock sound and provocative album covers.
Amongst the longest running bands of German rock, Birth Control were formed way back in 1966/1968 in Berlin from two other bands, the Earls and the Gents. They chose their rather controversial name as a stab at Pope Paul's anti birth control policy.
Birth Control were, from the start of their career, tipped to be one of Germany's top rock acts. They were originally formed by Bernd Koschmidder (bass), Reinhold Sobotta (organ), Rolf Gurra (sax, vocals) and Egon Balder (drums). Egon left in 1969, and Bruno Frenzel (guitars, vocals) and Bernd Noske (drums, vocals) joined. With a lot of talk by Pope Paul about abolishing the pill and other forms of contraception, they thought that the name Birth Control would be an appropriate way of protesting against his ideas, and this move led them to be classed as an underground group. They did several club tours and Metronome records signed them up.
Genre: psychedelic krautrock to heavy progressive rock with elements of blues and jazz.
Years active: 1966–1983, 1993–2016
Past Members:
Bernd Koschmidder - bass, vocals (1968-1973)
Reinhold Sobotta - organ (1968-1972)
Rolf Gurra - saxophone, vocals (1968-1969)
Fritz Groger - vocals (1968-1969)
Reiner Borchert - guitar (1968-1969)
Hugo Egon Balder - drums (1968)
Klaus Orso - guitar (1968)
Gerd Alsheimer - guitar (1968)
Bernd Noske - drums, percussion, vocals (1968-1983, 1993-2014; died 2014)
Bruno Frenzel - guitar (1969-1983; died 1983)
Wolfgang Neuser - organ (1972-1973)
Zeus B. Held - organ (1973-1979)
Dirk Steffens - guitar (1973-1974)
Horst Stachelhaus - bass, vocals (1977-1980, 1993-1999; died 1999)
Manfred von Bohr - drums (1977-1980)
Wolfgang Horn - organ (1979-1981)
Jurgen Goldschmidt - bass, vocals (1980-1993)
Stefan Linke - guitar, vocals (1981-1983)
Ulrich Klein - keyboards, vocals (1981-1983)
Xaver Fischer - keyboards (1993-1999)
Rocco Zodiak - guitar (1993-1995)
Peter Engelhardt - guitar (1995-2011)
Rainer Wind - bass (2000-2002)
Current Members:
Peter Föller - bass, vocals (1973-1977, 2016)
Hannes Vesper - bass, organ (1999-2000, 2002-2016)
Sascha Kuhn - keyboards (1999-2016)
Martin Ettrich - guitar, talk box (2011-2016)
Manfred von Bohr - drums (1977-1980, 2016)
Gamma Ray (1973) : https://youtu.be/y7tDhS3Hlao
Give Me Shelter (The work is done) 1971 : https://youtu.be/NMVTt7LIUXs :
Discography:
Birth Control (1970)
Operation (1971)
Believe in the Pill (Best of…) (1972)
Hoodoo Man (1972)
Knock Knock. Who’s There (1973)
Rebirth (1973)
Goldrock (1973)
Live (1974)
Plastic People (1975)
Backdoor Possibilities (1976)
Live (1977)
The Best Of (1977)
Increase (1977)
The Best Of (Vol. 2) (1978)
Titanic (1978)
Rock on Brain (1978)
Live 79 (1979)
Count on Dracula (1980)
Deal Done at Night (1981)
Bäng (1982)
Gamma Ray (Special Mix) (1989)
The Very Best Of (1990)
Condomium (1994)
Two Worlds (1995)
Jungle Life (1996)
Definitive Collection (1996)
Getting There (1998)
Crazy Nights (Studio Session) (1998)
Live Abortion (2000)
Live in Lachendorf (2000)
Alsatian (2003)
Live in Fulda (2004)
35th Anniversary - Live At Rockpalast (2005)
We are Family (2009)
Here And Now (2016)
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