Spock's Beard "The Archaeoptimist"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Madfish
Format: CD, digital, vinyl, CD/DVD
Release date: November 21, 2025
Tracklist

1. Invisible (6:33) 

2. Electric Monk (6:16) 

3. Afourthoughts (7:31) 

4. St. Jerome In The Wilderness (8:46) 

5. The Archaeoptimist (20:57) 

6. Next Step Spock`s Beard (10:58) 

Total Time 61:01 

Credits

Alan Morse – guitars, vocals

Dave Meros – bass, keyboards, vocals

Ryo Okumoto – keyboards, vocals

Ted Leonard – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards

Nick Potters – drums

Composed by Ryo Okumoto and Michael Whiteman

Lyrics by Alan Morse (1), Alan Morse & Michael Whiteman (2), Michael Whiteman (3,6), Michael Whiteman & Ted Leonard (4), Ted Leonard (5)

Produced by Ryo Okumoto 

Mixing and mastering by Rich Mouser

Media/Samples
Invisible
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Pattern-Seeking Animals "Only Passing Through"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: InsideOut Music
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: April 1, 2022 
Tracklist

1. Everdark Mountain (2:50) 

2. I Can't Stay Here Anymore (6:05) 

3. Time Has A Way (13:15) 

4. Rock Paper Scissors (5:01) 

5. Much Ado (4:49) 

6. Only Passing Through (4:19) 

7. Said The Stranger (7:07) 

8. Here With You With Me (8:14) 

9. I'm Not Alright (4:17) - CD bonus track

10. Just Another Day At The Beach (3:32) - bonus track

Total Time 59:29

 

Line-up
Jimmy Keegan (Spock's Beard) - drums & vocals
Ted Leonard (Enchant, Spock's Beard) - lead vocals & guitar
Dave Meros (Spock's Beard) - bass
John Boegehold - keys

Media/Samples
I Can’t Stay Here Anymore

Rock Paper Scissors

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Pattern-Seeking Animals "Prehensile Tales"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: InsideOut Music
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date:  May 15, 2020
Tracklist: 
1. Raining Hard In Heaven
2. Here In My Autumn
3. Elegant Vampires
4. Why Don’t We Run
5. Lifeboat
6. Soon But Not Today

Line-up: 
Jimmy Keegan (Spock's Beard) - drums & vocals
Ted Leonard (Enchant, Spock's Beard) - vocals & guitar
Dave Meros (Spock's Beard) - bass
John Boegehold - keys
    With
Guests on violin, flute, trumpet, cello, sax and pedal steel

Media/Samples
Raining Hard in Heaven
Here In My Autumn
Elegant Vampires

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Pattern-Seeking Animals "Pattern-Seeking Animals"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: InsideOut Music
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: July 5, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. No Burden Left To Carry (9:38)
2. The Same Mistakes Again (5:09)
3. Orphans Of The Universe (10:27)
4. No One Ever Died And Made Me King (3:54)
5. Fall Away (4:47)
6. These Are My Things (4:52)
7. We Write The Ghost Stories (3:22)
8. No Land's Man (5:35)
9. Stars Along The Way (10:20)

Total Time 58:04

Line-up: 
Jimmy Keegan (Spock's Beard) - drums & vocals
Ted Leonard (Enchant, Spock's Beard) - vocals & guitar
Dave Meros (Spock's Beard) - bass
John Boegehold - synths

Media/Samples 
No Burden Left to Carry
No One Ever Died And Made Me King 

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Pattern-Seeking Animals "Pattern-Seeking Animals"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: InsideOut Music
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: July 5, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. No Burden Left To Carry (9:38)
2. The Same Mistakes Again (5:09)
3. Orphans Of The Universe (10:27)
4. No One Ever Died And Made Me King (3:54)
5. Fall Away (4:47)
6. These Are My Things (4:52)
7. We Write The Ghost Stories (3:22)
8. No Land's Man (5:35)
9. Stars Along The Way (10:20)

Total Time 58:04

Line-up: 
Jimmy Keegan (Spock's Beard) - drums & vocals
Ted Leonard (Enchant, Spock's Beard) - vocals & guitar
Dave Meros (Spock's Beard) - bass
John Boegehold - synths

Media/Samples 
No Burden Left to Carry
No One Ever Died And Made Me King 

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Spock’s Beard "Noise Floor"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Inside Out
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: May 25, 2018
Tracklist: 
Disc 1 – Noise Floor
1. To Breathe Another Day
2. What’s Become of Me
3. Somebody’s Home
4. Have We All Gone Crazy
5. So This Is Life
6. One So Wise
7. Box of Spiders
8. Beginnings

Disc 2 – Cutting Room Floor EP
1. Days We’ll Remember
2. Bulletproof
3. Vault
4. Armageddon Nervous

Line-up: 
Alan Morse - guitar
Dave Meros - bass
Ryo Okumoto - keyboards
Ted Leonard - vocals
Nick D’Virgilio - drums

Media/Samples
To Breathe Another Day
Somebody’s Home
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Spock's Beard "The Oblivion Particle"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Symphonic
Label: Inside Out
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: August 21, 2015
Tracklist: 
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)

Line-up: 
Alan Morse - guitar, vocals, autoharp, banjolele, electric sitar, mandolin
Dave Meros - bass, vocals
Ryo Okumoto - keyboard, vocals
Ted Leonard - lead vocal
Jimmy Keegan - drums, lead vocal (4)
    with:
David Ragsdale (Kansas) - violin (9)

Media/Samples 
Minion
Tides of Time

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Spock's Beard "Brief Nocturnes And Dreamless Sleep"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Symphonic
Label: Inside Out
Release date: March 1, 2013 (Limited edition), March 25, 2013 (Regular edition)
Tracklist: 

Disc One
1. Hiding Out (T. Leonard) - 7:13
2. I Know Your Secret (D. Meros, J. Boegehold) - 7:40
3. A Treasure Abandoned (J. Boegehold, A. Morse) - 8:53
4. Submerged (T. Leonard) - 4:57
5. Afterthoughts (A. Morse, N. Morse, T. Leonard) - 6:08
6. Something Very Strange (J. Boegehold) - 8:23
7. Waiting For Me (A. Morse, N. Morse) - 12:36

Disc Two (special edition only)
1. The Man You’re Afraid You Are (A. Morse, S. Ausmus) - 7:11
2. Down A Burning Road (J. Boegehold, A. Morse) - 6:51
3. Wish I Were Here (A. Morse) - 6:33
4. Something Very Strange / Sanctified Remix - 5:09

limited edition bonus track:
5. Postcards From Perdition (J. Boegehold) - 4:27

Line-up: 
Alan Morse (guitar, vocals)
Dave Meros (bass, vocals, keyboards)
Ryo Okumoto (keyboards, vocals)
Jimmy Keegan (drums, vocals)
Ted Leonard (vocals, guitar)

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

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Steve Bonino "Peace Rocks"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock, Psychedelic, Prog-pop
Release date: December 21, 2012 (digital), January 31, 2013 (CD)
Tracklist: 
1. Peace March 1:28
2. Wake Up Call 2:52
3. Godsexmoney 3:17
4. Construction 4:39
5. Personal Revolution 4:37
6. Dyin for Love 3:26
7. Rose Colored Glasses 1:12
8. Big Brother 3:26
9. True North 3:45
10. Will the World Mourn? 2:55
11. Paradise Lost 2:24
12. Peace, Love, Truth and Understanding 3:19

Line-up: 
Steve Bonino: Vocals (all), Bass (all except 1), Electric and Acoustic Guitars (all), Keyboards (2,4,5,10,12), Drum Programming (12)
Pascale Elia: Vocals (5,6)
Greg Hilfman: Keyboards and piano solo (4)
Jimmy Keegan:  Drums (1,2,5,6,8,9,11), Vocals (1,5,6,11), Keyboards (1,8)
Mike Lewis:   Drums (3,4,10)
Dave Meros:   Bass (1)
Ryo Okumoto:  Keyboards and Keyboard Solo (5)
Matt Waldrum: Electric Guitar (8)

Description/Reviews: 

Steve Bonino's debut album is an edgy prog rock, psychedelic pop tour de force. Featuring contributions by Jimmy Keegan, Dave Meros and Ryo Okumoto of Spock's Beard, this is a thinking man's ode to peace.

Media/Samples 
Peace March/ Wake Up Call

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