the band played a brand of progressive rock with pop music leanings (drawing much influence from either Genesis), as opposed to the strong rock approach of The Flower Kings or the metal feel of Dream Theater. A band is as easily well known for their intricate multi-a share vocal harmonies and use of counterpoint on cuts such as "Gibberish," "Thoughts (Parts I and II)," "June," & "Devil's Got My Throat."

Inside 2002, the band freed the rock opera entitled Snow, whose story and themes bear the hard resemblance thereto of The Who's Tommy. Several hearer & critics use noted a parallels between a plot line of Snow & Neal Morse's have extremely-publicized conversion to Christianity.

Charted a release of Snow, Neal Morse left the band for the solo career as a Christian artist. Drummer Nick Five hundred'Virgilio took across the lead singing & songwriting role, inside a move evocative of Genesis's drummer Phil Collins taking over from either Peter Gabriel. Their 1st album, Feel Euphoria, has a harder-rocking & extra experimental healthy than a Neal Morse-led band, relying in Alan Morse's guitar heavily.

Around early 2005, after an extended writing & recording run, Spock's Beard freed Octane, their second album when a departure of Neal Morse. This was seen by numbers of fans as a go to to a supplementary brightly & larger-than-life healthy when the former songwriting differences around Feel Euphoria.

A band was known as for the Star Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror", where a crew enters the parallel universe where the parallel Mr. Spock is differentiated by his beard.

Neal Morse as well participated in the prog supergroup TransAtlantic.

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Discography
Studio albums
The Light (1995) Beware of Darkness (1996) The Kindness of Strangers (1997) Day For Night (1999) V (2000) Snow (2002) Feel Euphoria (2003) Octane (2005)

Live albums
Official Live Bootleg/The Beard is Out There (1996) (recorded 1995) Live at the Whisky and NEARfest (1999) ''Don't Try This At Home (2000) (recorded 1999) Don't Try This At Home Either (2000) (recorded 1999) There and Here (2000) (live) Gluttons for Punishment (2005) (live)

Compilations
From the Vault'' (1998)