Bernd Noske
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 .
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
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
- Literature by and about Bernd Noske in the catalog of the German National Library
- Bernd Noske in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bernd "Nossi" Noske , short biography on the Birth Control website
- Obituary on rocktimes.de by Uli Heiser
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Noske, Bernd |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Noske, Nossi (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German drummer and singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 17, 1946 |
DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 2014 |
Place of death | Ruppichteroth |