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.
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Movies (50)
Morsefest 2024: The Joseph Epics/Jesus Christ: The Exorcist/D'Virgilio, Morse & Jennings
2025
Neal Morse - Live at the Cavern Club
2025
Neal Morse & The Resonance – First Expedition
2025
Neal Morse & Friends: Morsefest Inner Circle Show – London 2025
2025
Neal Morse & Friends: Morsefest USA 2024 – Inner Circle Show
as Self
2024
Morsefest 2023: Testimony feat. NMB
as Self
2024
Neal Morse & Friends: Morsefest Inner Circle Show – Brentwood, 2024
as Self
2024
Neal Morse - Cruise to the Edge: Awakening - The Movie
as Self
2024
Transatlantic: Morsefest 2022 - The Absolute Whirlwind
as Self
2024
Neal Morse & Friends: Morsefest Inner Circle Show – De Boerderij, Holland 2023
as Self
2024
Morsefest USA 2023: Inner Circle Concert
as Self
2023
Neal Morse: The Dreamer Joseph Part One Commentary
as Self
2023
Neal Morse: Live at Tower Records 2003
as Self
2023
Transatlantic: The Final Flight: Live At L'Olympia
as Self
2023
Morsefest 2020: Cover2Cover
as Self
2023
Morsefest 2020: Sola Gratia
as Self
2023
Spock's Beard: In The Year 2000
as Self
2023
Neal Morse and Friends: Songs From God’s Smuggler at Morsefest 2022
as Self
2022
The Neal Morse Band: Morsefest 2021
as Self
2022
The Neal Morse Band: A U.S. Tour Of Innocence And Danger
as Self
2022
Spock's Beard: Live in Bochum 1998
as Self
2022
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of Innocence & Danger
as Self
2021
Morsefest 2019
as Self
2021
Neal Morse: The Making of Lifeline
as Self
2021
Spock's Beard: Acoustic SNOW
as Lead and backing vocals, guitar, keyboards and drums
2021
Transatlantic: The Making of Breath of Life (Abridged Version)
as Self
2021
The Making of the Absolute Universe by Transatlantic
as Self
2021
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe
as Self
2021
Neal Morse: Jesus Christ the Exorcist - Live at Morsefest 2018
as Self
2020
Transatlantic: Live At Sweden Rock 2014
as Self
2020
Flying Colors : Third Stage - Live in London
as Self
2020
Neal Morse: The Making of Sola Gratia
as Self
2020
Neal Morse: A Whole Nother Trip - Neal's RV Adventure
as Self
2020
Neal Morse and Friends: A Year in Neal's Life at Morsefest 2019
as Self
2020
The Neal Morse Band : The Great Adventour - Live in BRNO 2019
as Self
2020
Spock's Beard: The Early Years Part One
as Self
2020
Neal Morse and Friends: Voices of the Beard Storytellers
as Self
2019
The Neal Morse Band: The Great Adventure Commentary
as Self
2019
The Neal Morse Band: The Adventure Begins (The Making Of The Great Adventure)
as Self
2019
The Neal Morse Band – Live In Limbourg
as Self
2019
Morsefest 2017 - Testimony of a Dream
as Self
2018
Neal Morse - Life and Times Live
as Self
2018
The Neal Morse Band : The Similitude of A Dream - Live in Tilburg 2017
as Self
2018
Neal Morse: Morsefest 2016 Storytellers
as Self
2018
Spock's Beard: Snow Live
as Self
2017
Spock’s Beard – Morsefest 2016 Inner Cicle Jam
as Self
2017
Neal Morse and Friends: Live and Acoustic at Morsefest 2015
as Self
2017
Morsefest 2015: Question Mark
as Self
2017
Morsefest 2015: Sola Scriptura
as Self
2017
Neal Morse: Question Mark and Sola Scriptura Live
as Self - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard
2017