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1984 until 1986
Birth Control did not exist any more! Bruno's sudden death eventually lead to Nossi's decision to disband the band. A sad chapter began. The really bad thing was that nobody seemed to take any notice of it! Life went on and the "New German Wave" flooded everything else, only to be flushed away itself a few years later. All that was left for the few mourning fans was the turntable at home! We are now following up Nossi's further musical history.
From 1984 to 1986, as the last member of the original line-up, Nossi toured with the "HARDBEATS", a cover band that traded on his name and his stage show. Members:
Detlef "Ducki" Duckstein – lead vocals + rhythm guitar
Ralf Sädler – lead guitar (the guy with the hat ;-)
Detlev "Deddy" Köhne – bass + backing vocals
Bernd "Nossi" Noske – drums + backing vocals
A good cover band, no question, but in no way a replacement for Birth Control! With Nossi they released a single onto the market: a German (or more precisely: Cologne German) cover version of "Friday on My Mind" by the EASYBEATS.
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However, there were a lot of popular rock clubs at that time – and no club could do without "Gamma Ray"! Melancholy came up more and more – should the wild stage shows of the rock legend really be history? But the time had not yet come.
1987 until 1989
In 1987 Ralf Sädler founded the band MAYQUEEN. Axel Ritt, who replaced Ralf Sädler in the Hardbeats, is now owner of Bruno Frenzel's Gibson Les Paul Custom. Article from the magazine "Gitarre & Bass" 10/2007 (in german language) page 1 | page 2
From the end of 1986 Nossi was playing the drums in his tried and trusted fashion with "LILLI & THE ROCKETS", a band which was quite successful in Germany and abroad, and with this formation he recorded the singles "Bad Guys" and "Boy Oh Boy". Lilli & The Rockets were quite popular at that time in and around Cologne, the press reviews were positive throughout. A good band and in particular a really hot front-woman with a great rock voice. Of course Nossi's fame and his wild drumming contributed quite significantly to the success of the band. In spring 1987 a further ex-Birth Control member, Jürgen Goldschmidt (bass) joined Lilli's band. Line-up:
Lilli Collet – lead vocals
Thomas Busch – keyboards
Ralf Welfenbach – bass – he was replaced with Jürgen Goldschmidt in spring 1987
Frank Hanussek – guitar
Bernd "Nossi" Noske – drums + vocals
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The contact between Nossi and Horst Stachelhaus fortunately did not break up during that time. The band "Message" was history by then, and Horst, who primarily dedicated himself to the music magazine "Fachblatt" played the bass sporadically with Alex Oriental Experience and Randy Hansen. This way he met Manfred Zahn one day. Horst invited him to a session on the Musicfarm. Together with Nossi, Horst went to Wermelskirchen and at the Musicfarm where he met the guitarists Bodo Schaffrath and Ingo Hartmann. Two of the legendary BC formation were together again! Yet nobody thought about a re-union of BC. Rather they were thinking of starting a new project, for which the time was right because Lilli's band had too few gigs for making a living.
Then came another setback: Nossi was diagnosed with lymph gland cancer. Hospital, chemo therapy, the complete programme! When he was allowed to "go out" at the weekends and the doctor asked him where he'd been, Nossi said: "on stage, of course, otherwise I'd die". The doctor gasped – Nossi survived and hasn't had any symptoms since...!
1990 until 1992
The Band "MR. GOODTRIP" was formed in 1990 and was managed by the Musicfarm. On 29.9.1990 the band were live on stage for the first time in Wermelskirchen.
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The calls for a re-union of Birth Control became louder and Manfred Zahn was the first to realise that a rock band with a tradition could be marketed better than a relatively unknown formation. The idea was born. Horst took the first steps to revive the legend and to look for suitable band members. Rocco Zodiak, aka Rolf Klein, previous member of Klaus Lage Band and a guitarist par excellence, was invited to the Musicfarm. After delivering a perfect session, he was taken on as the new guitarist, but who should play the keyboards?
When Xaver Fischer (then aged 20) appeared for a trial session in spring 1993, he was met with scepticism (to cite Nossi: "This is not a childrens playground"). After only 20 minutes the "old rockers" were convinced. Nossi proclaimed in his true Berlin accent: "That's it – you're taken on!" Up to then Xaver Fischer had already been involved in over 20 CD productions and had made himself a name in musicians' circles as a composer and lyricist. The new line-up was complete and the course was set for BIRTH CONTROL'S re-union. Now they had to practice and work on a programme for their comeback.