1960-08-02 ( 64 years old ) in Van Nuys, California, USA
As a young musician, Neal’s dream was like many others – to find success in the pop music world. But after years of struggling in the Los Angeles singer-songwriter scene, he realized that this dream would not materialize. Rejecting conventional wisdom, Morse took a courageous step: He about-faced and devoted himself to progressive rock, the music truly in his heart. The obscure and fiercely competitive genre held little chance of commercial success.
Undaunted, he formed the quirkily-named Spock’s Beard with his brother, Alan. They recorded The Light with what money they could scrape together. Against all odds, it was a breakout success, sending shockwaves through the small genre’s community.
Over the next 10 years, Spock’s Beard released 10 critically acclaimed CDs and 2 DVDs, ascending to the top of the prog world. Neal also released 6 CDs and 3 DVDs with Transatlantic, the heralded prog supergroup comprised of the genre’s best musicians.
The proverbial wayward son, Neal had finally found the success he sought. On the outside he seemed to have it all. On the inside, however, something was missing.
Morse came to realize that for him, embracing the Christian faith was the fulfillment of his spiritual quest. His walk was at once gradual and sudden – and as with so many, completely unexpected. As he continued, his path increasingly revealed more of what his heart had sought all along. Yet he also began to find his career growing at odds with his faith. The rising spiritual tension and increasing commercial success finally came to a head with the release of Snow (2002), the group’s magnum opus... and swan song with Morse. The extraordinary 2-CD rock opera, composed by Morse, was widely acclaimed as the group’s finest. But it was the end of the era. Neal felt God calling him out of his former musical life and into the unknown. He made the agonizing decision to leave both Spock’s Beard and Transatlantic. Despite having finally achieved the success he had long sought, Morse had to begin all over again; musically, emotionally and spiritually.
Movies
Morsefest 2023: Testimony feat. NMB
2024-11-08
Morsefest USA 2023: Inner Circle Concert
2023-11-01
Neal Morse: Live at Tower Records 2003
2023-03-01
Morsefest 2020: Cover2Cover
2023-01-23
Morsefest 2020: Sola Gratia
2023-01-23
Spock's Beard: In The Year 2000
2023-01-01
The Neal Morse Band: Morsefest 2021
2022-06-24
Spock's Beard: Live in Bochum 1998
2022-01-01
Morsefest 2019
2021-08-27
Neal Morse: The Making of Lifeline
2021-07-01
Spock's Beard: Acoustic SNOW
2021-04-13
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe
2021-02-05
Transatlantic: Live At Sweden Rock 2014
2020-11-01
Flying Colors : Third Stage - Live in London
2020-09-18
Neal Morse: The Making of Sola Gratia
2020-09-11
Spock's Beard: The Early Years Part One
2020-01-01
The Neal Morse Band – Live In Limbourg
2019-01-15
Morsefest 2017 - Testimony of a Dream
2018-11-23
Neal Morse - Life and Times Live
2018-11-02
Neal Morse: Morsefest 2016 Storytellers
2018-03-01
Spock's Beard: Snow Live
2017-11-10
Morsefest 2015: Question Mark
2017-03-24
Morsefest 2015: Sola Scriptura
2017-03-24
Neal Morse: Commentary on a Dream
2017-01-01
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of a Dream
2016-11-11
Neal Morse: A Day in the Life
2016-09-01
The Neal Morse Band: Alive Again
2016-08-05
The Neal Morse Band: Cruise to the Edge
2016-01-01
Spock's Beard - Don't Try This Anywhere!
2015-11-20
Neal Morse: The Sola Scriptura Sessions
2015-09-01
Morsefest 2014: Testimony
2015-08-21
Morsefest 2014: One
2015-08-21
The Neal Morse Band: Live in Athens
2015-05-01
Neal Morse: The Making of ?
2015-01-01
Transatlantic: KaLIVEoscope
2014-10-27
Flying Colors: Second Nature Video Anthology
2014-09-29
Spock's Beard Live At Sea
2014-09-06
The Neal Morse Band - Live In India
2014-07-01
Transatlantic: The Making of Kaleidoscope
2014-01-28
Flying Colors: Live in Europe
2013-10-14
Neal Morse: Live Momentum
2013-02-19
Neal Morse: The Making of Momentum
2012-09-11
The Making of Flying Colors
2012-03-26
Neal Morse: One Under Construction
2012-03-01
Transatlantic: More Never Is Enough
2011-10-25
Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony Two
2011-05-23
Transatlantic: The Official Bootleg DVD
2011-03-01
Spock's Beard: Progfest '97 Raw & Uncut
2011-01-01
Neal Morse: Live in Seattle with Ajalon
2010-09-01
Transatlantic: The Making of the Whirlwind
2009-10-23
Neal Morse: Lifeline Tour
2009-05-01
Neal Morse: Live at 3RP
2008-09-01
Neal Morse: Sola Scriptura and Beyond
2008-06-24
Neal Morse: From the Video Vault
2008-05-01
Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony
2007-09-01
Neal Morse: ? and Beyond Tour
2006-09-01
Neal Morse: Testimony Live
2004-07-27
Spock's Beard: The Making of Snow
2004-01-01
Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2003
2003-03-05
Transatlantic - Live in Europe
2003-01-08
Spock's Beard: Don't Try This at Home
2002-11-19
Spock's Beard: The Making of V
2001-05-01
Transatlantic: The Making of SMPTe
2000-03-21
Spock's Beard: Live At The Whisky
1999-07-01
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