Tennent was owner and operator of the now-defunct label, This Argonaut Records, and the former manager of the Phoenix indie/art rock-music venue Modified Arts.
[1] His musical gifts would also lead him to work with other local artists to create Half Visconte, which Hayden Blades at SLAM Magazine would call an "underrated band [that] was a unique addition to the shortage of truly alternative sounds in the industry in the late 90s and early 2000s.
[3] While this was certainly unorthodox, the band continued with its plan, touring through Texas, the Midwest, Chicago, the West Coast, and then finished with a final performance in Phoenix.
[3] Upon finishing its tour in July 2000, Half Visconte holed itself up for three days in Phoenix's Livinghead Studios to produce its last, and quite possibly its best, recording: Was it Fear.
[2] Released on Sunset Alliance almost two years after the band's break-up, Adequacy.net would call the album "a wonder,"[2] Jeff Petermen at Action Attack Helicopters Magazine called it a disc "packed full of rock and roll and indie goodness," [4] and before giving the album a score of 90%, Matt Shimmer at Indieville.com would simply state that "Was It Fear?