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Formed in Los Angeles in the Spring of 1992,
Spock's Beard built a solid and loyal following with their
first two releases, "The Light"
and "Beware of Darkness."
The group now introduced themselves to a wider audience with their
first nationally distributed release, "The
Kindness of Strangers" on Metal
Blade/Radiant Records.
Influences of the band include Yes, Jethro
Tull, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Genesis, Pink Floyd and
many other progressive rock greats from the 70's! Small wonder that
Spock's Beard seems to command such respect from fans of
those bands.
Consummate and seasoned professionals, individually the members
of Spock's Beard have performed
or recorded with Eric Clapton, Phil Collins,
Genesis, and Tears For Fears.
Drummer Nick D'Virgilio is one
of the more high profile members of the band. He is currently featured
on the latest Genesis record and
recently recorded with Peter Gabriel.
Ryo Okumoto brings his Hammond
Organ and Mellotron to the band after stints with
Phil Collins and Eric Clapton.
Bassist Dave Meros joined
the band after working with Eric Burdon
and Gary Myrick.
Rounding out the band is Al Morse
on guitar, cello and Mellotron, and Neal
Morse, who writes all the band's material and contributes
lead vocals, piano, synths, and guitars. Neal
is the creative mind behind the band, writing the majority of its
material from standard four minute tunes to 15 minute rock suites.
"Writing this music is so much fun because you can follow the
music to wherever it seems to want to go," says Morse "On
'The Kindness of Strangers,' we
do have a few shorter tunes along with the epics."
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