BAKU

Baku biography
The foundation for German band BAKU can be traced back to 1987, as that was when the two prinicipal members Stefan Kugler and Armin W. Bach met. After discussing back and forth about musical directions, Back opting for a milder stylistic expression and Bach in favour of a slightly harder sound, Baku was eventually formed. More than just a band, they developed and took to the road a complete multimedia project named My Bequest, which subsequently was issued on CD as Sequences of My Bequest in 1991 and the EP Ballads of My Bequest a year later.

Following this initial show the band was in need of a new guitarist, which halted proceedings somewhat. But in 1993 one Marcus Waloschik filled this slot, and a new show was developed and taken to the road, this one called Dirge on the Pyre. A production subsequently released on CD in 1994.

Baku disbanded shortly after, but the main members of the band at that time, Kugler, Bach and Waloschik, teamed up again a few years later as B3B1B (aka Bach Drei Barden Eine Band), this new project exploring musical territories of a markedly different character until officially going on hiatus in 2011.