Ryo Okumoto Review by Lorraine Kay Interview with Ryo Okumoto From 2006
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Spock's Beard - Beware of Darkness Review by Gary Hill The leanings on this album are widespread (Neil Young, Yes, Beatles, King Crimson), and the changes are so fast as to be difficult to keep track of at times.
K2 - Book of the Dead Review by Josh Turner With an Egyptian on the cover, you'd expect something from The Bangles. However, this is much more progressive in nature. More...
Ryo Okumoto - Coming Through Review by Lorraine Kay One of the most sought-after musicians in the prog-rock scene and then some, keyboardist Ryo Okumoto has earned a global reputation performing with some of the biggest names in music, including Kitaro, Natalie Cole, Phil Collins, Aretha Franklin, and Roberta Flack. More...
Day for Night is the fourth studio album from Spock`s Beard. The album is a departure from their earlier albums in that shorter numbers has replaced the fifteen-minute suites.
Spock's Beard - Feel Euphoria Review by Steve Alspach Well, it isn't the Spock's Beard that we've all grown accustomed to. With Neal Morse's departure, the band bares little semblance to it's old self, but that's not to say that the band hasn't lost its edge.
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Spock's Beard - Live Review by Gary Hill I have to admit, I haven’t seen Spock’s Beard live since the departure of Neal Morse. While this wasn’t a conscious decision, I have to admit to some trepidation about how the band would sound without their former front man. More...
Spock's Beard - Live at RoSFest, April, 2007 Review by Josh Turner Spock’s Beard was the ideal festival closer. After taking an exorbitant amount of time tuning up and an extensive raffle that proved little to no winners, this wick was lit and the act was underway.
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Spock's Beard - Live in Chicago IL, August, 2000 Review by Steve Alspach Opening for Dream Theater, Spock's Beard played a surprisingly short set. With their new album, "V" due out shortly, one would think that the band would have played a few songs from that album, but it wasn't to be.
Ryo Okumoto - Live in N. Hollywood, CA, July 2006 Review by Lorraine Kay As if he doesn't already have a full plate, Spock's Beard keyboardist Ryo Okumoto has added to his list of things to do - "build a new band and call it Code Red."
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Spock's Beard - Live in Quebec City, July, 2007 Review by Sonya Kukcinovich Hill Spock's Beard has drawn many musical comparisons through the years, most often to progressive giants early Genesis and Yes. Indeed, Dave Meros' Rickenbacker sound is frighteningly close to Yes' Chris Squire, especially his sophisticated use of counterpoint in advanced rhythmic passages.
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Images of Eden is a hard rock, heavy metal and progressive band founded in 1999 in the Baltimore, Maryland and York, Pennsylvania area of the USA. The band is lead by vocalist, rhythm and bass guitarist, and songwriter, Gordon Tittsworth, and includes; Dennis Mullen, lead guitar, L. Dean Harris, piano and keyboards, and Chris Lucci, drums and percussion. This album also includes guest musicians, Jackie Joyce, on vocals for “My Stigmata,” and Bryan Wierman, on bass guitar for “Crossed in the Sand” and “Tribal Scars.” Rebuilding the Ruins is the fourth album from Images of Eden and it tells an “ongoing story, portraying the journey through life, told in a very positive/ uplifting way.” Each of the band’s three previous albums are part of the same story, and this album picks up where Sunlight of the Spirit left off.
This is an interesting story and album from a band that sounds original despite its obvious comparisons in sound to heavy prog bands like Dream Theater. The four album epic they have created gets a great boost from this chapter of the story.
The parallels are amazing. A band, noticed for its work in progressive rock, releases for its sixth album an epic tale of a young man making his way in the world, only to have the band's lead singer surprisingly pack it in and leave the band.
Spock's Beard - Spock's Beard Review by Bill Knispel Spock’s Beard needs no introduction, as they are one of the highest profile American prog bands of the past 15 years. Most everyone out there reading knows their story, and how eerily it mirrored that of Genesis; following an acclaimed double length concept album, vocalist Neal Morse leaves the band, and drummer Nick D’Virgilio takes his place at the microphone.
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The fifth album from Spock's Beard shows them to be at the forefront of current progressive music. In this album the band is able to play exciting, adventurous music without ever becoming self-indulgent or pompous.
Spock’s Beard is prog rock’s pop equivalent. Dream Theater is prog rock’s metal equivalent. And The Flower Kings are prog rock’s jazz equivalent. So what is GPS?
I’ve followed Spock’s Beard for quite some time and have always enjoyed their music. From the start they’ve had a great ability to merge more pop oriented sounds with pure progressive rock.
