Neal Morse
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
109
Gender
Male
Birthday
1960-08-02 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Van Nuys, California, USA
Neal Morse
Biography
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.
Known For
Morsefest 2019
Flying Colors: Second Nature Video Anthology
Flying Colors : Second Flight - Live at The Z7
Flying Colors : Third Stage - Live in London
The Making of Flying Colors
Flying Colors: Live in Europe
Neal Morse - Cruise to the Edge: Awakening - The Movie
The Neal Morse Band: Morsefest 2021
The Neal Morse Band : The Similitude of A Dream - Live in Tilburg 2017
Transatlantic: The Making of Kaleidoscope
Transatlantic: More Never Is Enough
Neal Morse & Friends: Morsefest Inner Circle Show – London 2025
The Neal Morse Band : The Great Adventour - Live in BRNO 2019
The Neal Morse Band: A U.S. Tour Of Innocence And Danger
Morsefest 2014: Testimony
Neal Morse: Inner Circle DVD #1 – Jul 2005
Transatlantic: The Making of SMPTe
Transatlantic: Whirld Tour 2010: Live from Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
Neal Morse: Live at 3RP
Morsefest 2024: The Joseph Epics/Jesus Christ: The Exorcist/D'Virgilio, Morse & Jennings
Neal Morse & Friends: Morsefest Inner Circle Show – De Boerderij, Holland 2023
Transatlantic: KaLIVEoscope
Neal Morse: Iso Soitto Festival, Finland 2012
Transatlantic: Morsefest 2022 - The Absolute Whirlwind
Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2003
Spock's Beard Live At Sea
The Neal Morse Band: The Great Adventure Commentary
Spock’s Beard – Morsefest 2016 Inner Cicle Jam
Neal Morse & Friends: Morsefest Inner Circle Show – Brentwood, 2024
Neal Morse: Morsefest - Testimony & One feat. Mike Portnoy Live
Spock's Beard: In The Year 2000
Spock's Beard: The Making of Snow
Yellow Matter Custard: One More Night in New York City
Neal Morse and Friends: Songs From God’s Smuggler at Morsefest 2022
Eric Burdon & The New Animals: Live at the Coach House
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of The Grand Experiment
The Neal Morse Band: The Adventure Begins (The Making Of The Great Adventure)
Neal Morse: Xnoizz Flevo Fest 2009
Transatlantic - Building the Bridge / Live in America
Morsefest 2020: Cover2Cover
The Neal Morse Band: Alive Again
Neal Morse and Friends: A Year in Neal's Life at Morsefest 2019
Spock's Beard: The Early Years Part One
Neal Morse: Question Mark and Sola Scriptura Live
Transatlantic: The Official Bootleg DVD
Transatlantic: Live At Sweden Rock 2014
Spock's Beard: Live in Bochum 1998
Neal Morse & The Resonance – First Expedition
Spock's Beard: The Making of V
Morsefest USA 2023: Inner Circle Concert
Transatlantic: The Making of the Whirlwind
The Neal Morse Band: Live in Athens
Neal Morse: Sola Scriptura and Beyond
The Neal Morse Band – Live In Limbourg
Morsefest 2020: Sola Gratia
Spock's Beard: Snow Live
Spock's Beard: Live At The Whisky
Neal Morse and Friends: Live and Acoustic at Morsefest 2015
Neal Morse: Morsefest 2016 Storytellers
Morsefest 2015: Sola Scriptura
Neal Morse - Live at the Cavern Club
Transatlantic: The Final Flight: Live At L'Olympia
Neal Morse and Friends: Voices of the Beard Storytellers
Morsefest 2017 - Testimony of a Dream
Neal Morse: Testimony Two - Live in Los Angeles
Morsefest 2014: One
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe
Neal Morse: The Sola Scriptura Sessions
Yellow Matter Custard: One Night in New York City
Spock's Beard - Don't Try This Anywhere!
The Making of the Absolute Universe by Transatlantic
Neal Morse: The Making of Momentum
Neal Morse: A Day in the Life
Neal Morse: The Making of Sola Gratia
Neal Morse: Live Momentum
Neal Morse: Live at Tower Records 2003
Spock's Beard: Progfest '97 Raw & Uncut
The Neal Morse Band - Live In India
Neal Morse: From the Video Vault
The Neal Morse Band/The Flower Kings: 19 Days in Europe
The Neal Morse Band: Cruise to the Edge
Neal Morse: A Whole Nother Trip - Neal's RV Adventure
Transatlantic - Live in Europe
Neal Morse: Jesus Christ the Exorcist - Live at Morsefest 2018
Neal Morse & Friends: Morsefest USA 2024 – Inner Circle Show
Neal Morse: Testimony 2...For You.
Neal Morse: Acoustic – Live In Mexico City
Neal Morse: Testimony Live
Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony Two
Neal Morse: The Making of Lifeline
Neal Morse: One Under Construction
Neal Morse: The Making of ?
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of a Dream
Neal Morse: Live in Seattle with Ajalon
Morsefest 2015: Question Mark
Morsefest 2023: Testimony feat. NMB
Neal Morse: Live and Acoustic 2010
Spock's Beard: Don't Try This at Home
Transatlantic: The Making of Breath of Life (Abridged Version)
Neal Morse: The Dreamer Joseph Part One Commentary
Morse Portnoy George: The Making of Cover 2 Cover
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of Innocence & Danger
Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony
Neal Morse: Commentary on a Dream
Neal Morse: Lifeline Tour
Neal Morse: ? and Beyond Tour
Neal Morse - Life and Times Live
Spock's Beard: Acoustic SNOW
Eric Burdon & The New Animals: Live at the Coach House
