Glass hammer

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Glass hammer
General information
Genre (s) Progressive rock
founding 1992
Website www.glasshammer.com
Current occupation
Fred Schendel
Steve Babb
Jon Davison
Alan Shikoh
former members
Susie Bogdanowicz
Matt Mendians
David Wallimann
Bethany Warren
Flo Parris
Carl Groves
The Adonia Strings (Rebecca James, Susan Hawkins, Rachel Hackenberger)

Glass Hammer is an American progressive rock group that was founded in 1992 by multi-instrumentalists Steve Babb and Fred Schendel in Chattanooga, Tennessee .

style

The musical style of the group is strongly influenced by Yes , Kansas , Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Genesis , supported by the collaboration of Roger Dean , who provided the album The Inconsolable Secret with his cover illustration.

The influence of these role models was particularly evident on the album Chronometree from 2000, which ties in almost seamlessly with the sound works of Yes and ELP from the early 1970s. Glass Hammer's lyrics often deal with scenarios from fantasy literature as well as religious subjects. For example, the concept album Lex Rex from 2002 dealt with the encounter of a Roman soldier with Jesus Christ.

For the album Culture of Ascent , Yes frontman Jon Anderson could be won as a guest musician.

Discography

Studio albums

  • Journey of the Dunadan (1993)
  • Perelandra (1995)
  • On to Evermore (1998)
  • Chronometree (2000)
  • The Middle Earth Album (2001)
  • Lex Rex (2002)
  • Shadowlands (2004)
  • The Inconsolable Secret (2005)
  • Culture of Ascent (2007)
  • Three Cheers for the Broken-Hearted (2009)
  • If (2010)
  • Cor Cordium (2011)
  • Perilous (2012)
  • Ode to Echo (2014)
  • The Breaking of the World (2015)
  • Valkyrie (2016)
  • Chronomonaut (2018)
  • Dreaming City (2020)

Live albums

  • Live and Revived (1997)
  • Live at NEARfest (2004)
  • Double Live (2015)
  • Mostly Live (2018)

Compilations

  • The Compilations, 1996 to 2004 (2006)

DVDs

  • Lex Live (2004)
  • Live at Belmont (2006)
  • Live at Tivoli (2008)

Others

  • One (Babb & Schendel's First Recordings 1991-1992) (2010)
  • VA: The Stories of HP Lovecraft: A Symphonic Collection (2012) [3CD Set]

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