{"id":97,"date":"2026-03-29T01:01:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T05:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2026-06-04T21:57:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:57:51","slug":"spocks-beard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/artists-schedule\/2026-artists\/spocks-beard\/","title":{"rendered":"Spock&#8217;s Beard"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-308\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-308 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Spocks-Beard-500.png\" alt=\"Spock's Beard\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Spocks-Beard-500.png 500w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Spocks-Beard-500-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spock&#8217;s Beard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spocksbeard.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spock\u2019s Beard<\/a> was founded in Los Angeles in 1992 by brothers Neal and Alan Morse, quickly building a reputation for ambitious progressive rock songwriting and high-energy live performances. The early years produced landmark releases including\u00a0<em>The Light<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Beware of Darkness<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Kindness of Strangers<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Day for Night<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>V<\/em>, records that helped define modern progressive rock for a new generation.<\/p>\n<p>After Neal Morse departed in 2002, the group entered a new era with evolving lineups, broader sonic textures, and continued touring across the US and Europe. Releases such as\u00a0<em>Octane<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Spock\u2019s Beard<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>X<\/em>\u00a0reinforced the band\u2019s creative identity, while live records documented the depth of the catalog on stage.<\/p>\n<p>The current lineup continues that legacy with renewed momentum on\u00a0<em>The Archaeoptimist<\/em>\u00a0(Madfish Records, 2025), combining classic Beard complexity with fresh writing and arrangements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current Members<\/strong><br \/>\nAlan Morse &#8211; guitar and vocals<br \/>\nDave Meros &#8211; bass, bass pedals, keyboards and vocals<br \/>\nRyo Okumoto &#8211; keyboards and vocals<br \/>\nTed Leonard &#8211; lead vocals, guitar, keyboards<br \/>\nNick Potters &#8211; drums, percussion and vocals<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-307\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/archaeoptimist-300.png\" alt=\"Spock's Beard Cover Art - Archaeoptimist\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/archaeoptimist-300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/archaeoptimist-300-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spock&#8217;s Beard Cover Art &#8211; Archaeoptimist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spock\u2019s Beard was founded in Los Angeles in 1992 by brothers Neal and Alan Morse, quickly building a reputation for ambitious progressive rock songwriting and high-energy live performances. The early years produced landmark releases including\u00a0The Light,\u00a0Beware of Darkness,\u00a0The Kindness of Strangers,\u00a0Day for Night, and\u00a0V, records that helped define modern progressive rock for a new generation&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":69,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-97","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions\/309"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}