Thursday, November 26, 2015

Spock's Beard


































Artist:  Spock's Beard
Origin:  Los Angeles, California, USA.
Genre:  Progressive Rock

Original line-up:

Neal Morse:  Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Guitar
Alan Morse:  Vocals, Guitar
Dave Meros:  Bass, Vocals, Keyboards
Nick D'Virgilio:  Drums, Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

Spock's Beard are an American Progressive Rock Band formed in 1992 in Los Angeles by brothers Neal Morse (Lead Vocals, Keyboards) and Alan Morse (Guitar, Vocals), teamed up with Dave Meros (Bass) and Nick D'Virgilio (Drums).  The band plays Progressive Rock with much influence from Yes and Genesis, also well known for Multi-part Vocal Harmonies.















Title:  The Oblivion Particle  (2015)
Genre:  Progressive Rock
Label:  InsideOut Music
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Tides Of Time  (7:45)
 2.  Minion  (6:53)
 3.  Hell's Not Enough  (6:23)
 4.  Bennett Built A Time Machine  (6:52)
 5.  Get Out While You Can  (4:55)
 6.  A Better Way To Fly  (8:57)
 7.  The Center Line  (7:05)
 8.  To Be Free Again  (10:24)
 9.  Disappear  (6:36)

Bonus Track:

10. Iron Man  (6:14)

Personnel:

Ted Leonard:  Lead Vocals, Guitars
Alan Morse:  Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Mandolin, Autoharp, Backing Vocals
Ryo Okumoto:  Organ, Mellotron, Piano, Synths, Clavinet, Vocoder
Dave Meros:  Bass, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals on Track 10
Jimmy Keegan:  Drums, Percussion, Timpani, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals on Track 4

Additional Musicians:

David Ragsdale:  Violin on Track 9
Nick D'Virgilio:  Drums on Track 10

The Oblivion Particle is the twelfth studio album by Spock's Beard, was released on August 21, 2015 by InsideOut Music, includes "Minion", "Bennett Built A Time Machine", plus Bonus Track "Iron Man", (Black Sabbath Cover).

No comments :

Post a Comment