Bernd Noske

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Bernd "Nossi" Noske (born August 17, 1946 ; † February 18, 2014 in Ruppichteroth ) was a German drummer and singer . Noske was best known as the front man for the band Birth Control .

Bernd Noske, drummer of the group Birth Control, at a concert on November 18, 2006 in Dudenhofen.

Life

At the age of nine, Noske sang in the school choir and played drums in the school theater. After his school days he worked as a can packer and truck driver until he started his career as a musician.

His first band "The Odd Persons" gave concerts in West Germany and performed in the Hamburg Star Club , among others . In 1969 he joined the band Birth Control as the successor to Hugo Egon Balder , with whom he appeared as a constant member and front man until 2014. When the musician Bruno Frenzel died in 1983 , Noske broke up the band and played with the bands Hardbeats , Mr. Goodtrip and Lilly & the Rockets . In 1993 the band formed anew and has been active again since then. In 1999 Noske released the solo album Come out at Night , which he had already recorded in 1978/79.

Instruments and playing style

Bernd Noske at a concert on November 18, 2006.

In the early days of birth control Bernd Noske (nickname Nossi) played a Ludwig - drums , consisting of bass drum, hanging tom, floor tom, snare, hi-hat and two basins, which he later for another hanging-Tom and added another basin.

Birth Control achieved international success with the piece Gamma Ray. This was essentially characterized by drum passages that Noske played on timbales using maracas . With the new formation he played these passages alternately on timbales or tom-toms . The fact that he acted live as a drummer and as a lead singer at the same time was extraordinary.

Most recently, Bernd Noske played a Sonor drum kit , consisting of a bass drum , two rock toms, two hanging toms, two standing toms, snare , hi-hat and five cymbals . In his solo, he stood up while playing and stepped onto the bass drum from the front to continue drumming from this position.

Discography

solo

  • 1999: Come out at Night

Birth control

see Birth Control

Web links

Commons : Birth Control  - collection of images, videos and audio files