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Birth Control

Band, 1966-1983 DE, Berlin
Rock

Amongst the longest running bands of German rock, Birth Control were formed way back in 1968 in Berlin. They chose their rather controversial name as a stab at Pope Paul's anti birth control policy. Current line up: Sascha "Sosho" Kühn - keyboards, piano (since 2000) Hannes "Cyborg Haines" Vesper - bass, backing vocals (since 1998) Martin "Ludi" Ettrich - guitar, talk box (since 2011) Founding members: Bernd "Nossi" Noske - vocals, drums & percussion - 26. December 1968 to February 2014 Bernd "Koschi" Koschmidder - bass - August 1968 to February 1973 Reinhold "Booboo" Sobotta - keyboards - August 1968 to January 1972 Rolf "Rolly Joker" Gurra - saxophone, guitar, vocals - August 1968 to December 1969 Fritz "Little Lord" Gröger - vocals, guitar - August 1968 to Fall 1969 Reiner Borchert - guitar - (disappeared during the Lebanon tour) Klaus Orso - guitar - August 1968 to December 1968 Hugo Egon Balder - drums - August 1968 to 25. December 1968 Gerd Alsheimer - trumpet - August 1968, quit during the Lebanon tour

Members

	Zeus B. Held org *1950 DE
	Xaver Fischer key *1972 DE
	Gina Kikoine voc
	Sascha Kühn key, perc DE
	Dirk Steffens voc, g *1950 DE
	Hugo Egon Balder voc *1950 DE
	Rolf "Rocco" Klein g, voc 1951-2015 DE
	Wolfgang Horn key, bvoc DE
	Bernd Noske voc, perc, dr 1946-2014 DE
	Horst Stachelhaus b, eb DE
	Manfred von Bohr dr, perc *1950 DE
	Bruno Frenzel g, voc 1944-1983 DE
	Peter Föller voc, b DE
	Jürgen Goldschmidt bvoc, b DE
	Hartmut Schölgens org, key *1946
	Reinhold Sobotta org *1950 DE
	Hannes Vesper b, bvoc *1966 DE
	Peter Engelhardt g, bvoc
	Rolf Gurra DE
	Martin Ettrich g, bvoc DE