Anchorage

There are more than one act named Anchorage. 1) Anchorage is a german group formed in the beginning of 1990. Kai-Uwe Skerra and Heiko Nitsche planned to have a band on their own after the participation in several projects. In 1991 guitar player Kai-Uwe Saffran, lead vocalist Michael Liebetrau and female voice Angela Grahl joined the group. This ment to be the first official formation and in 1993 they sent a demo tape to Hyperium.

1) Anchorage is a german group formed in the beginning of 1990. Kai-Uwe Skerra and Heiko Nitsche planned to have a band on their own after the participation in several projects. In 1991 guitar player Kai-Uwe Saffran, lead vocalist Michael Liebetrau and female voice Angela Grahl joined the group. This ment to be the first official formation and in 1993 they sent a demo tape to Hyperium.

Shortly after the signing of a record deal with Hyperium they began with the recording sessions for their debut album. "Tranquilly the Maelstrom Starts? was released in 1994 and the press echo was mor than enthusiastic. Some months later Michael Liebetrau, Angela Grahl and Kai-Uwe Saffran left Anchorage. But nothing could stop the rest of the band: With a bunch of gifted guest musicians they went in the studio. There Kai-Uwe Skerra and Heiko Nitsche composed and recorded during 1995 the second album "The Bleak Wooden Tower? with the help of the mentioned guests.

2) Anchorage is one person: Caitlin Pequignot from Orlando, Florida, living in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.