Bernd Koschmidder

German bassist born March 6, 1947, based in Berlin. He was bassist for a band called "The Earls" and as the band disbanded in 1966, he formed the nucleus of the later band collective Birth Control together with bandmate Hugo Egon Balder in August 1966. He participated on their first 3 albums, but left the band in 1973. After his music career, he focussed on underwater photography and finally opened an equipment store in Thailand in 2001. He lives in Berlin and Thailand today.