Spock's Beard was formed in 1992 in Los Angeles by brothers Neal and Alan Morse, and with the addition of drummer Nick d'Virgilio, the band began gigging in their local area soon afterwards. Their polished and innovative brand of progressive rock initially brought little reaction from the major record companies, so the band decided to fund and record their first CD release "The Light", on which they were joined by bass player Dave Meros.

"The Light" proved to be a truly ground-breaking album, combining the extended epic songs of the progressive genre with a genuine pop sensibility, and rave reviews quickly brought the band to the attention of the Syn-phonic label in the USA and progressive specialists GEP in Europe, with whom licensing deals were arranged. "The Light" was finally released in Europe during October 1996, and the band, who had recently added keyboard player Ryo Okumoto to the line-up, ended a most successful year by releasing (on their own Radiant Records label) the "Official Live Bootleg" consisting of recordings from the show at Progfest '95 in Los Angeles.

1997 saw the release of the brilliant "Beware Of Darkness" album, which received even more critical acclaim than its predecessor. The profile of the band was further raised when drummer Nick d'Virgilio (who had already worked with Tears For Fears) was recruited by Genesis for their "Calling All Stations" album. Nick has since worked with Peter Gabriel also, but fans of Spock's Beard need not fear as he has returned to the fold for the brand new CD "The Kindness Of Strangers", released in January 1998. This CD promises to be the band's most successful yet, and indeed has already been voted Album Of The Month by Germany's influential Rock Hard Magazine.

The following Spock's Beard/Neal Morse CD's are available through G.E.P. Limited:

THE LIGHT
GEPCD1017

1. The Light
a) the dream
b) one man
c) garden people
d) looking straight into the light
e) the man in the mountain
f) senor valasco's mystic voodoo love dance
g) the return of the horrible catfish man
h) the dream
2. Go The Way You Go
3. The Water
a) introduction/the water
b) when it all goes to hell
c) a thief in the night
d) FU/i'm sorry
e) the water (revisited)
f) runnin' the race
g) reach for the sky
4. On The Edge
BEWARE OF DARKNESS
GEPCD1018

1. Beware Of Darkness
2. Thoughts
3. The Doorway
4. Chatauqua
5. Walking On The Wind
6. Waste Away
7. Time Has Come
THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS
GEPCD1022

1. The Good Don't Last

2. In The Mouth Of Madness

3. Cakewalk On Easy Street

4. June

5. Strange World

6. Harm's Way

7. Flow

OFFICIAL LIVE BOOTLEG
RA002

1. The Light

2. Go The Way You Go

3. Thoughts

4. The Water

5. On The Edge

 
DAY FOR NIGHT
IOMCD034

1. Day For Night

2. Gibberish

3. Skin

4. The Distance To The Sun

5. Crack The Big Sky

6. The Gypsy

7. Can't Get It Wrong

8. The Healing Colors Of Sound (Part 1)

9. My Shoes

10. Mommy Comes Back

11. Lay It Down

12. The Healing Colors Of Sound

13. My Shoes (Revisited)

14. Hurt
 
V
IOMCD063

1. At The End Of The Day
2. Revelation
3. Thoughts (part II)
4. All On A Sunday
5. Goodbye To Yesterday
6. The Great Nothing
i. from nowhere
ii. one note
iii. come up breathing
iv. submergered
v. missed your calling
vi. the great nothing

 

DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
3984-14329-2

1. Day For Night
2. In The Mouth Of Madness
3. Skin
4. Gibberish
5. June
6. The Healing Colours Of Sound
LIVE AT THE WHISKY & NEARFEST
RA006

DISC ONE
1. Introduction
2. Mouth Of Madness
3. Gibberish
4. Skin
5. Go The Way You Go
6. The Distance To The Sun
7. Crack The Big Sky

DISC TWO
1. The Doorway
2. The Light
3. June
4. Waste Away
5. Squonk
6. Walking On The Wind
NEAL MORSE
3984-14278-2

 1. Living Out Loud
2. Lost Cause
3. Landslide
4. That Which Doesn't Kill Me
5. Everything Is Wrong
6. Nowhere Fast
7. Emma
8. A Whole 'Nother Trip
a) bomb that can't explode
b) mr. upside down
c) the man who would be king
d) it's alright