Glass Hammer - Portrait (He Know) / NEARfest 2004

Glass Hammer is an American 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 . Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. To their surprise, the album sold several thousand units via the Internet[citation needed], TV home shopping, and phone orders, and Babb and Schendel were convinced that the band was