Some great music came out of Germany in the 70`s. Would love to hear you talk about some of the others - Jane, Amon Duul, Guru Guru, Ash Ra Temple Can, etc.
I still remember when I heard Birth control's Gamma ray for the first time, one of those bands that made me love heavy prog . 1. Hoodoo Man 1972 2. Operation 1971 3. Plastic People 1975 4. Backdoor Possibilities 1976 5. Rebirth 1973 6. Birth Control 1970 7. Alsatian 2003 8. Here And Now 2016 9. Deal Done At Night 1981 10. Two Worlds 1995 11. Jungle Life 1996 12. Getting There 1999 13. Bäng 14. Increase 1977 15. Count On Dracula 1980 16. Titanic 1978, albums from 1 to 5 pure prog classics.
Was the same with me, Gamma Ray - first heard at a school party with sweet 15 - turned me away from pop to underground, where i still musicially live...
Wow/ never heard of them / I’ll say it again/ I thought I was knowledgeable in music/ lol. I was wrong! PETE has shown me so many groups over the last few years! 👍💯
Birth Control is a german "Krautrock " band. Hugo Egon Balder Is a original founder member. He was the drummer of this band. Before the first album was released he quit the job. Today Balder is well known as an actor, tv presenter, comedian with his own shows. In the early nineties he became famous with the show "Tutti Frutti".
As a german it's great to see you discussing Krautrock! Thanks Pete! Check out the german Kraut/Prog Band Karakorum. I think you would enjoy them! Great Progressive Rock. Compareable to Yes, Gentle Giant, Sahara or Passport. Greetings from southern Germany!
Another new discovery for me this channel just keeps getting better and better. On the 70’s pop side R.I.P. Mac Davies and Helen Reddy both fixtures on the old Midnight Special from my youth.
Birth Control somewhere in the music press once have been called "Rockarbeiter" that means rock worker, hihi - i think it describes their pure and true love for rock music very well - icons yeah...
My number one is "Count on Dracula". I saw the Birth Control live with this Album 1980 in Prüm/Germany. Best Songs of the album for me are "The Rescue and Catarpillar" but I like the whole Album. Deal done at Night and Bäng are also rocks very hard. Very sad that Bruno Frenzel died after this very good productions. RIP Bruno.
Top 11 for me, didn't care much for their newer material but when they had their Hard Prog Rock phase, there was some brilliance there: 1. Plastic People. (Masterpiece) 2. Backdoor Possibilities (Masterpiece) 3. Rebirth (Excellent album) 4. Operation (Great Hard Rock with some light Prog touches) 5. Hoodooman ( Great Solid Hard Rock with light Prog as well) 6. Birth Control (Good debut Hard Rock album) 7. Increase ( Couple of excellent Prog Hard Rock tracks then the Pop influence kicks in) 8. Deal Done At Night ((Decent Hard Rock with some Pop elements that drag it down a little bit) 9. Titanic (Good album but weak compared to previous efforts) 10. Bang ( A few good tracks but King of the Island is killer, rest kinda weak) 11. Count On Dracula ( Weak album with only a couple good tracks) The Live album from 1974 I would place at number 5 if 12 album list.
Cheers Mr. Pardo. I was a big fan of 'kraut-rock' as it was it was called back in the day. The Work Is Done and Chopper, 2 of all-time fave tracks. How about ranking Amon Duul 2 or Can.
Like your channel.... great stuff. "One-Hit-Wonder"... wouldn't call it real "Krautrock": Acid in Wounderland - Ego on the Rocks"... (a little more Pink Floydish) from early 80s... yes, there are connections to other german bands of this time... not everybodys cup of tea, but still great (especially the extended 2CD-Version.... the LP was sold out in the 80s, I paid a fortune at a Vinyl-fair in Basel, Switzerland in the 90s before it came out on CD). Maybe something you would like.... Keep on doing the good work. Kind regards. Steve from Switzerland
1) Hoodoo Man 2) Rebirth 3) Operation 4) Plastic People 5) Backdoor Possibilities 6) Jungle Life 7) Getting There 8) Birth Control 9) Increase 10) Deal Done at Night 11) Bang 12) Here and Now 13) Alsatian 14) Count on Dracula 15) Titanic
Funny Fact: Hugo Egon Balder.... one of the founding members of Birthcontrol, became a famous (well... at least in Germany) comedian, tv-personality, producer (he created the german version of Saturday Night Live).... PS: Have you done any videos (studio- or live albums) on Roy Buchanan? Still a Name everybody should know.....
The only thing I have from these guys is a "Best Of..." from 1977 that only has seven songs. I've heard a lot more and liked it, but never knew where to jump in. Guess I do now, thanks to Pete!
gut gemacht pete! :) this is my favourite german band. i like operation, backdoor possibilities, increase... and i saw them often live with singer/drummer ´nossi´ (r.i.p.) and here my special tip: see them in the film ´ich- ein groupie´ from 1970 with german sexfilmstar ingrid steeger :)
Cool! Only Birth Control album i have is 'Plastic People'. Didn't know they were still going. Funny i always put them in the same class as Nectar as well. I hear Deep Purple comparisons and so i'll have to check out their earlier lps. Love seeing you do the obscure stuff! thanks!
These guys have a unique vibe. Probably due to Noske's (R.I.P.) weathered voice. Frenzel was a serious shredding badass. 01) Birth Control 02) Hoodoo Man 03) Here & Now 04) Rebirth 05) Jungle Life 06) Two Worlds 07) Deal Done At Night 08) Operation 09) Backdoor Possibilities 10) Count On Dracula 11) Bang! 12) Increase 13) Plastic People 14) Getting There 15) Alsatian 16) Titanic
Hi Pete, I really enjoyed this video. Underrated band who mastered both heavy and prog rock. I agree with your top 6 choice, but I would make Backdoor Possibilities and Increase my top albums. The influence by keyboarder Zeus B. Held made BC one of the top German prog groups at that time.
Birth Control is killer. I always describe them as early 70s Genesis with Burton Cummings on vocals. Operation and Hoodoo Man are top 2. Can’t pick a #1
Such a great band with IMO some very intriguing album covers! Been a big fan for years. R.I.P Bernd Noske. Top Ten: #10, Count on Dracula. #9,Deal done at night.#8,Titanic.#7,Increase.#6,self titled.#5,backdoor possibilities.#4,Hoodoo Man #3,Operation.#2,rebirth.#1,Plastic People.
Got their first 5 albums, all enjoyable on various levels. However in last few years I keep on going back to only one album - Operation 1971. Every song is a blast - the first 5 songs full of amazing organ and blistering guitar, loaded with fantastic melodies and the last song slow and doom atmosphere. Damn each of these 6 songs here is a classic. And I actually love the album cover.
nice to see you're a fan of Birth Control, I always felt they didn't get the love and exposure they deserved in the States, I compare them to a more lighthearted version of Van Der Graaf Generator.
Hoodoo Man and Rebirth top it for me - really cool albums. Count on Dracula opener is rocking, I even like the synths on that one, sleeve art is daft but great fun - is she the mother of the Born Again baby?
Always loved 'Trial Trip' from the Plastic People album. Picked that one out of the bargain bins when I was thirteen. Still have it forty-five years later :-)
1. Plastic People / 2. Rebirth / 3. Hoodoo Man / 4. Backdoor Possibilities / 5. Operation / 6. Bäng! / 7. Increase / plus their 1974 double-live recording with lenghty versions of Gamma Ray, The Work is Done and Back from Hell !
I like to call Birth Control Germany’s Gentle Giant. They have that similar 70s Prog sound. Regardless Birth Control is definitely a band that needs more recognition.
Add me into the "Never Heard Of 'em" Club. Pete's review of their album, Titanic, mentioned The L.A. Express...hadda check that album out. Pretty cool, not bad.
Terrible band name and awful album covers but some really solid music produced in the 70's. Birth Control: 1. Rebirth 2. Plastic People 3. Operation 4. Hoodoo Man 5. Backdoor Possibilities 6. Increase 7. Birth Control Debut 8. Deal Done at Night 9. Titanic 10. Count on Dracula
Be nice if some of your contact details worked ! Your emails bounce back and the contact on the website says... 'Invalid Message Source' ?? Oh well. I tried !!
I've been waiting for this day! Birth Control.
me too!
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Some great music came out of Germany in the 70`s. Would love to hear you talk about some of the others - Jane, Amon Duul, Guru Guru, Ash Ra Temple Can, etc.
Lucifers friend... especially their debut is amazing
Birth Control - who knew? I'll get on to this band sofort!
Never heard of them either but will check them out. Thanks Pete!
I still remember when I heard Birth control's Gamma ray for the first time, one of those bands that made me love heavy prog .
1. Hoodoo Man 1972
2. Operation 1971
3. Plastic People 1975
4. Backdoor Possibilities 1976
5. Rebirth 1973
6. Birth Control 1970
7. Alsatian 2003
8. Here And Now 2016
9. Deal Done At Night 1981
10. Two Worlds 1995
11. Jungle Life 1996
12. Getting There 1999
13. Bäng
14. Increase 1977
15. Count On Dracula 1980
16. Titanic 1978, albums from 1 to 5 pure prog classics.
Dont know many of their albums bu I got the same first 3, in the same order
@@marcelob4132 Fantastic albums pure classics also Backdoor Possibilities and Rebirth are brilliant
Was the same with me, Gamma Ray - first heard at a school party with sweet 15 - turned me away from pop to underground, where i still musicially live...
Great show one of the Best Germán bands of all times
Wow/ never heard of them / I’ll say it again/ I thought I was knowledgeable in music/ lol. I was wrong! PETE has shown me so many groups over the last few years! 👍💯
Thanks for your great work,I never heard of them but will check them out ,there is so many great band out there!,
dont know them will check them out pete
Birth Control is a german "Krautrock " band. Hugo Egon Balder Is a original founder member. He was the drummer of this band. Before the first album was released he quit the job. Today Balder is well known as an actor, tv presenter, comedian with his own shows. In the early nineties he became famous with the show "Tutti Frutti".
Yess! Thanks to you showing the Operation album cover on the ugly albums show, i checked em out and was blown away!! Great discography thanks pete!!
Me Too! After I saw that my wife played me about 10 seconds of Stop Little Lady and went and purchased Operation and Hoodoo Man and we love them!
As a german it's great to see you discussing Krautrock!
Thanks Pete!
Check out the german Kraut/Prog Band Karakorum.
I think you would enjoy them! Great Progressive Rock. Compareable to Yes, Gentle Giant, Sahara or Passport.
Greetings from southern Germany!
Thank you for Ranking the Studio Albums: Birth Control.🎤🎸🎵🥁
Another new discovery for me this channel just keeps getting better and better. On the 70’s pop side R.I.P. Mac Davies and Helen Reddy both fixtures on the old Midnight Special from my youth.
Has Birth Control ever failed? Never heard of this band. Gonna checkem out. Thanks Pete. Love your videos. Keeping us sane.
Here's how I'd rank Birth control -
5) IUD
4) birth control pill
3) diaphragm
2) condom
1) depo shot
😎
Birth Control somewhere in the music press once have been called "Rockarbeiter" that means rock worker, hihi - i think it describes their pure and true love for rock music very well - icons yeah...
My number one is "Count on Dracula". I saw the Birth Control live with this Album 1980 in Prüm/Germany. Best Songs of the album for me are "The Rescue and Catarpillar" but I like the whole Album. Deal done at Night and Bäng are also rocks very hard. Very sad that Bruno Frenzel died after this very good productions. RIP Bruno.
Top 11 for me, didn't care much for their newer material but when they had their Hard Prog Rock phase, there was some brilliance there:
1. Plastic People. (Masterpiece)
2. Backdoor Possibilities (Masterpiece)
3. Rebirth (Excellent album)
4. Operation (Great Hard Rock with some light Prog touches)
5. Hoodooman ( Great Solid Hard Rock with light Prog as well)
6. Birth Control (Good debut Hard Rock album)
7. Increase ( Couple of excellent Prog Hard Rock tracks then the Pop influence kicks in)
8. Deal Done At Night ((Decent Hard Rock with some Pop elements that drag it down a little bit)
9. Titanic (Good album but weak compared to previous efforts)
10. Bang ( A few good tracks but King of the Island is killer, rest kinda weak)
11. Count On Dracula ( Weak album with only a couple good tracks)
The Live album from 1974 I would place at number 5 if 12 album list.
Cheers Mr. Pardo. I was a big fan of 'kraut-rock' as it was it was called back in the day. The Work Is Done and Chopper, 2 of all-time fave tracks. How about ranking Amon Duul 2 or Can.
Amon Duul I would love to learn more about them.
According to what he has stated before ... he will not!
Like your channel.... great stuff. "One-Hit-Wonder"... wouldn't call it real "Krautrock": Acid in Wounderland - Ego on the Rocks"... (a little more Pink Floydish) from early 80s... yes, there are connections to other german bands of this time... not everybodys cup of tea, but still great (especially the extended 2CD-Version.... the LP was sold out in the 80s, I paid a fortune at a Vinyl-fair in Basel, Switzerland in the 90s before it came out on CD). Maybe something you would like.... Keep on doing the good work. Kind regards. Steve from Switzerland
My mouth has been watering for a Birth Control albums ranked show!
uh...nvm...
Thanks Pete! I have really enjoyed it
1) Hoodoo Man
2) Rebirth
3) Operation
4) Plastic People
5) Backdoor Possibilities
6) Jungle Life
7) Getting There
8) Birth Control
9) Increase
10) Deal Done at Night
11) Bang
12) Here and Now
13) Alsatian
14) Count on Dracula
15) Titanic
Funny Fact: Hugo Egon Balder.... one of the founding members of Birthcontrol, became a famous (well... at least in Germany) comedian, tv-personality, producer (he created the german version of Saturday Night Live)....
PS: Have you done any videos (studio- or live albums) on Roy Buchanan? Still a Name everybody should know.....
Heard of the band but not heard their music so many thanks Pete. Will investigate
The only thing I have from these guys is a "Best Of..." from 1977 that only has seven songs. I've heard a lot more and liked it, but never knew where to jump in. Guess I do now, thanks to Pete!
Can't believe I never knew about them. Good stuff. Thanks Pete!
Bravo ! Krautrock !!!
10. Durex
9. Trojan
8. Lifestyles
7. Kimono
6. Sir Richard's
5. One
4. Glyde
3. TheyFit
2. Trustex
1. Magnum
Lol
How come Durex is so low?Should be ranked higher!...
Trojan at nine? You obviously aren’t a real Birth Control fan.
Good list, but my top 4 is pretty different.
4. Cigarettes and alcohol
3. Baseball bat
2. Stairs
1. Coat hanger
Nick Jones you like their hardcore albums. I usually end up listening to their solo acoustic album “Abstinence”. It’s predictable but safe.
Honestly, I'd never heard of this band and I'm pretty anal about rock music!!! THIS is why your channel is one of the very best on TH-cam Pete.
gut gemacht pete! :) this is my favourite german band. i like operation, backdoor possibilities, increase... and i saw them often live with singer/drummer ´nossi´ (r.i.p.) and here my special tip:
see them in the film ´ich- ein groupie´ from 1970 with german sexfilmstar ingrid steeger :)
Cool! Only Birth Control album i have is 'Plastic People'. Didn't know they were still going. Funny i always put them in the same class as Nectar as well. I hear Deep Purple comparisons and so i'll have to check out their earlier lps. Love seeing you do the obscure stuff! thanks!
I love it, a new band that I've never heard of. So let's check them out
Good stuff!!! Gamma Ray (the band) covered Gamma Ray (the song) on their third album, "Insanity and Genius".
These guys have a unique vibe. Probably due to Noske's (R.I.P.) weathered voice. Frenzel was a serious shredding badass.
01) Birth Control
02) Hoodoo Man
03) Here & Now
04) Rebirth
05) Jungle Life
06) Two Worlds
07) Deal Done At Night
08) Operation
09) Backdoor Possibilities
10) Count On Dracula
11) Bang!
12) Increase
13) Plastic People
14) Getting There
15) Alsatian
16) Titanic
Hi Pete, I really enjoyed this video. Underrated band who mastered both heavy and prog rock. I agree with your top 6 choice, but I would make Backdoor Possibilities and Increase my top albums. The influence by keyboarder Zeus B. Held made BC one of the top German prog groups at that time.
Good call Pete. I just know Bang! And it is a great album. This will help as a guide. Definetly yes !
Great band with fun rockin music - I enjoy the proggier stuff although the heavy bluesy stuff is also good. Well worth checkin' out.
Birth Control is killer. I always describe them as early 70s Genesis with Burton Cummings on vocals.
Operation and Hoodoo Man are top 2. Can’t pick a #1
Such a great band with IMO some very intriguing album covers! Been a big fan for years. R.I.P Bernd Noske.
Top Ten: #10, Count on Dracula. #9,Deal done at night.#8,Titanic.#7,Increase.#6,self titled.#5,backdoor possibilities.#4,Hoodoo Man #3,Operation.#2,rebirth.#1,Plastic People.
Not only inspiration, they covered the song on the Insanity and Genius album.
Finding Birth Control on vinyl in the United States is extraordinarily difficult. Somebody needs to reissue many of their amazing albums.
Cool stuff Pete..if you are into the band JANE would be cool to rank..if not keep up the good work!!!
Got their first 5 albums, all enjoyable on various levels.
However in last few years I keep on going back to only one album - Operation 1971.
Every song is a blast - the first 5 songs full of amazing organ and blistering guitar, loaded with fantastic melodies and the last song slow and doom atmosphere. Damn each of these 6 songs here is a classic.
And I actually love the album cover.
nice to see you're a fan of Birth Control, I always felt they didn't get the love and exposure they deserved in the States, I compare them to a more lighthearted version of Van Der Graaf Generator.
badass video pete,
Hoodoo Man and Rebirth top it for me - really cool albums. Count on Dracula opener is rocking, I even like the synths on that one, sleeve art is daft but great fun - is she the mother of the Born Again baby?
Always loved 'Trial Trip' from the Plastic People album. Picked that one out of the bargain bins when I was thirteen. Still have it forty-five years later :-)
1. Plastic People / 2. Rebirth / 3. Hoodoo Man / 4. Backdoor Possibilities / 5. Operation / 6. Bäng! / 7. Increase / plus their 1974 double-live recording with lenghty versions of Gamma Ray, The Work is Done and Back from Hell !
Can you do some triumvirat next
Thanks so much for suggesting, I had never heard of them and went to have a listen to spartacus, its really awesome music!
Ranking the albums- Testament
Only know them by name.. Will search.
I like to call Birth Control Germany’s Gentle Giant. They have that similar 70s Prog sound. Regardless Birth Control is definitely a band that needs more recognition.
Add me into the "Never Heard Of 'em" Club. Pete's review of their album, Titanic, mentioned The L.A. Express...hadda check that album out. Pretty cool, not bad.
I love Birth Control figureativly and literally.
1. Hoodoo Man
2. Plastic People
3. Backdoor Possibilities
4. Bang
5. Operation
their most boring album: Abstinence
their most exciting album: Pull Out
Now you're just making up bands lol
😂
Terrible band name and awful album covers but some really solid music produced in the 70's.
Birth Control:
1. Rebirth
2. Plastic People
3. Operation
4. Hoodoo Man
5. Backdoor Possibilities
6. Increase
7. Birth Control Debut
8. Deal Done at Night
9. Titanic
10. Count on Dracula
1 Hoodoo Man
2 Operation
3 Plastic People
You think Operation is a graphic cover you should the original cover of Their debut album.
How about for some Epitaph, Jane, Frumpy ranking their albums?
Wow, they are still going?
Never heard of this band but would be in the running for worst band names ever
Hey Pete is there a link or a way to get the starz cds ?
try going right to their website.
Ok Thanks Pete cause ill they had on Amazon was greatest hits and i would like all of them
How did they decide that this would be a good band name!? 😅 Anyway, i'll check out rebirth and go from there.
Birth Control? Who? Knew? Germany you say. How about Nektar? Not really GMBH, I know.
Be nice if some of your contact details worked ! Your emails bounce back and the contact on the website says... 'Invalid Message Source' ?? Oh well. I tried !!
that email and contact form on the website have been down for a while. Best bet is to ask your question here.
@@seaoftranquilityprog Hi. Thanks for the reply, but it's not a question that I am contacting you about.
! :)
not terrible ...