Without getting too trekkish, here's the riddle solved:
It is in the episode “Mirror, Mirror” of Star Trek where vulcanian Spock can be seen with a beard. That's were brother's Neal and Alan Morse got the name for their band.
That was 1992, when they started to gig around with the addition of drummer Nick d'Virgilio. Extended epic sounds with a genuine pop sensibility soon earned them their following and now, 18 years later, they are one of the, if not THE most influential progressive rock band from the US.
GEP encouraged their career from the start, licensing the outstanding debut The Light and releasing Beware of the Darkness and The Kindness of Strangers.
Things went well for Spock's Beard and gigging became extensive in the USA and Europe.
The next albums Day for Night and V (released on Inside Out) contain some of the finest moments of progressive rock music of the 1990's. Soon after those releases, Neal Morse left to start his successful solo career.
However, the band continued, Nick taking over the microfone and was honoured to record Calling all Stations with progrock superheroes Genesis.
