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Glass Hammer
Glass Hammer is an American progressive rock band from Chattanooga, Tennessee, created and led by Steve Babb and Fred Schendel. Babb and Schendel, who founded the band in 1992, are the only constant members in the lineup, having surrounded themselves by various guest performers. The different lineups included several lead vocalists, including Michelle Young and Jon Davison. Originally a studio project only, the band occasionally performs live, especially since the early 2010s, but never does large-scale tours. History Origins and early years (1992-1997) Schendel and Babb (then credited as "Stephen DeArqe") first met in 1986, and formed Glass Hammer in 1992 when they began to write and record '' Journey of the Dunadan'', a concept album based on the story of Aragorn from J.R.R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings'' on which they performed most vocals and instruments. To their surprise, the album, released the following year, sold several thousand units via the Internet, TV ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia, it also extends into Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, it is Tennessee's fourth-largest city and one of the two principal cities of East Tennessee, along with Knoxville. It anchors the Chattanooga metropolitan area, Tennessee's fourth-largest metropolitan statistical area, as well as a larger three-state area that includes Southeast Tennessee, Northwest Georgia, and Northeast Alabama. Chattanooga was a crucial city during the American Civil War, due to the multiple railroads that converge there. After the war, the railroads allowed for the city to grow into one of the Southeastern United States' largest heavy industrial hubs. Today, major industry that drives the economy includes automotive, advanced manufacturing, food and beverage production, healthcare, insurance, tourism, and back office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compilation Album
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several Performing arts#Performers, performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology. Content and scope Songs included on a compilation album may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cor Cordium
''Cor Cordium'' (Latin: "Heart of Hearts") is the twelfth studio album by American progressive rock band Glass Hammer. The name of the album is taken from the poem of the same name by Algernon Charles Swinburne. The album follows the symphonic-progressive musical direction of the previous album '' If'' after the arrival of singer Jon Davison and guitarist Alan Shikoh. Production Songwriting Although all the songs on ''Cor Cordium'' have their music credited to Steve Babb, Fred Schendel, Jon Davison and Alan Shikoh and all their lyrics to Babb, Schendel and Davison, Babb and Schendel were more precise in an interview: Schendel describes "Nothing Box" as "a more aggressive song overall while keeping the verses very melodic". It was originally built around the electric piano riff of its verse. Babb wrote the lyrics of "One Heart" to comfort his wife, as her mother had only a few days left before her death. "She had been crippled for three years and was in tremendous pain, but she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If (Glass Hammer Album)
''If'' is the eleventh studio album by American progressive rock band Glass Hammer. It is the first album to feature singer Jon Davison and guitarist Alan Shikoh. The album marks a transition to a more "symphonic-progressive rock" sound, accorded to the band. The cover art was made by artist Tom Kuhn and all drums were provided by session member Randall Williams. Track listing Personnel Glass Hammer * Jon Davison – lead vocals * Fred Schendel – keyboards, steel guitar, mandolin, backing vocals * Alan Shikoh – guitars * Steve Babb – bass, keyboards, backing vocals Additional musicians * Randall Williams – drums Production * Fred Schendel and Steve Babb – production * Bob Katz – mastering * Tom Kuhn – cover art Cover art is a type of artwork presented as an illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product such as a book (often on a dust jacket), magazine, newspaper ( tabloid), comic book, video g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Rock
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre with an emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, early pop rock was influenced by the beat, arrangements, and original style of rock and roll (and sometimes doo-wop). It may be viewed as a distinct genre field rather than music that overlaps with pop and rock. The detractors of pop rock often deride it as a slick, commercial product and less authentic than rock music. Characteristics and etymology Much pop and rock music has been very similar in sound, instrumentation and even lyrical content. The terms "pop rock" and "power pop" have been used to describe more commercially successful music that uses elements from, or the form of, rock music. Writer Johan Fornas views pop/rock as "one single, continuous genre field", rather than distinct categories. To the authors Larry Starr and Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Cheers For The Broken-Hearted
''Three Cheers for the Broken-Hearted'' is the tenth studio album by American progressive rock band Glass Hammer, released on November 3, 2009. It is their last album with Susie Bogdanowicz, as the band would replace her with new singer Jon Davison before the release, although she would return starting with 2014's ''Ode to Echo''. It is also their first album as a trio since 2000's ''Chronometree'', and their last to date. A musical departure for the band, it is a pop rock album with much less progressive elements than all their previous and following works. ''Three Cheers for the Broken-Hearted'' was originally conceived as a solo album for Steve Babb, until Fred Schendel convinced him to make it a Glass Hammer release instead. As the result, the album received mixed-to-negative reception from the fans of the band; although Babb and Schendel always defended the album, they later recognized that they should not have released it under the Glass Hammer moniker. Production The albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culture Of Ascent
Culture of Ascent is the ninth studio album by American progressive rock band Glass Hammer, released on October 23, 2007. It is a concept album based on Jon Krakauer's novel ''Into Thin Air''. It was the last album with singer Carl Groves before his departure from the band; he later returned for 2014's ''Ode to Echo''. The album also features Jon Anderson of Yes as a guest vocalist. Track listing Personnel Glass Hammer * Carl Groves – lead and backing vocals * Susie Bogdanowicz – lead and backing vocals * Fred Schendel – keyboards, organs, piano, Mellotron, loops, programming, acoustic guitar, string arrangement, backing vocals * Steve Babb – bass, pipe organ, percussion, Mellotron, piano, harp, loops, programming, Minimoog and backing vocals Additional musicians * Matt Mendians – drums * David Walliman – electric guitars * The Adonia String Trio – string trio ** Rebecca James – violin ** Susan Whitacre – vio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inconsolable Secret
''The Inconsolable Secret'' is the eighth studio album by American progressive rock band Glass Hammer, released on July 12, 2005, by Arion Records/Sound Resources. It is the last album with singer Walter Moore as band member (though he would continue to collaborate with the band, including on 2014's ''Ode to Echo''), and also the first without band leader Fred Schendel acting as drummer. A special edition of the album was released on June 25, 2013, with an additional third disc featuring five songs entirely re-recorded by the band, with new members Jon Davison and Kamran Alan Shikoh on vocals and guitar respectively. The name "inconsolable secret" comes from C.S. Lewis's sermon, ''The Weight of Glory''.C.S. Lewis The Weight of Glory (New York: Macmillan and Co., 1966), pp. 4-5. Track listing Personnel Glass Hammer * Walter Moore – lead vocals * Susie Bogdanowicz – lead vocals * Fred Schendel – keyboards, electric and steel guitars, vocals * Steve Babb&nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadowlands (Glass Hammer Album)
''Shadowlands'' is the seventh studio album by American progressive rock band Glass Hammer, released on January 14, 2004 by Arion Records/Sound Resources. It is the last album with band founders Fred Schendel and Steve Babb acting as lead vocalists until ''Valkyrie'', and the last album with Schendel acting as drummer. Track listing ''Longer'' is a cover of Dan Fogelbergs song ''Longer''. Personnel Glass Hammer * Fred Schendel – lead and backing vocals, steel, electric and acoustic guitars, Hammond Organ, piano, pipe organ, keyboards, synthesizers, Mellotron, drums, percussion * Steve Babb – lead and backing vocals, 4-string and 8-string bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...s, synthesizers, keyboards, pipe organ, Hammond organ, taurus pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Middle-Earth Album
''The Middle-Earth Album'' is the fifth studio album by American progressive rock band Glass Hammer, released on June 15, 2001. It is the band's second album based on J.R.R. Tolkien's novel ''The Lord of the Rings'', after their 1993 debut album '' Journey of the Dunadan'', and their second release not to be a concept album, after 1998's '' On to Evermore''. It is the first album to feature singer Susie Bogdanowicz after she joined as band member, and as such the first album to feature the band's longest and steadiest line-up, which would last until their tenth studio album, 2007's ''Culture of Ascent''. ''The Middle-Earth Album'' was jokingly marketed as a live album recorded during a performance at ''The Prancing Pony'', a fictional inn in Bree in ''Lord of the Rings''. The first half of the album (up to "The Man in the Wood") emulates the sound of an actual live performance at the inn, with an audience cheering and singing along as the band performs songs about the lore of Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chronometree
''Chronometree'' is the fourth studio album by American progressive rock band Glass Hammer, released on May 1, 2000. It is the first album to feature Susie Bogdanowicz (then named Susie Warren), who is featured as guest backing vocalist in the album and would later join the band as lead singer for subsequent releases. Session member Brad Marler provided all lead vocals for the album. It is a tongue-in-cheek concept album concerning a young man called Tom, who becomes convinced that aliens are trying to communicate with him through his albums. It is a celebration of the excesses of seventies progressive rock, and uses many of the traditional keyboard sounds of the era in order to strengthen this connection. The band's 2018 seventeenth studio album, '' Chronomonaut'', is a follow-up to ''Chronometree''. Track listing Personnel ; Glass Hammer * Fred Schendel – Hammond organ, Mellotron, Minimoog, synthesizers, acoustic and electric guitars, slide guitar, Autoharp, record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
