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Glass Hammer is a progressive rock band from Chattanooga, Tennessee. They
formed in 1992 when multi-instrumentalists Steve Babb (then known as
"Stephen DeArqe") and Fred Schendel 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. To their surprise, the album sold several
thousand units via the Internet, TV home shopping, and phone orders, and
Babb and Schendel were convinced that the band was a project worth
continuing.
While many musicians have appeared on Glass Hammer albums over the years,
Babb and Schendel have remained the core of the band. Both men play a
variety of instruments, but Babb mainly concentrates on bass guitar and
keyboards while Schendel also plays keyboards as well as various guitars
and drums (until the addition of live drummer Matt Mendians to the studio
recording band in 2004). They also sing, although a number of other vocalis
