George Bellas is an artist who is taking neo-classical to a new level. George's compositions include progressive odd-meter/ exotic scale music, Neo-classical, straight forward rocking vocal tunes and pure Classical, orchestral /soundtrack music. George exhibits great technical prowess and a beautiful sense of melody, harmony and finesse.

George sent demos of his compositions to Shrapnel Records and president Mike Varney immediately recognized George's talent and versatility. He signed George to a solo deal and flew him out to California to record his first album. The musicians included Deen Castronova (drums) Kevin Chown (bass), Matt Guillery (keys), Brad Kaiser - Drums, with George handling all other Guitar, Bass, Keyboards. The album was recorded in December of 1996 and his first album Turn Of The Millennium was released in May 1997.

Shortly after signing with Shrapnel Records, George got a call from Mike Varney asking him if he would be interested in joining UFO. Phil Mogg and Pete Way decided on George after hearing George's playing and song writing. George began travelling to Pete Way's house and began writing and arranging the songs with both Phil Mogg and Pete Way. After meeting several times and developing the songs, it was time to fly out to San Francisco and record the album. The recording took place in February 1997 at Prairie Sun Recording Studios, CA. Due to legal reasons, that were un-resolvable at the time, the band went under the name Mogg/Way and released their first album entitled Edge Of The World.

In between these 2 albums George managed to write a bunch of songs and record an album for John West entitled Mind Journey. That was recorded in January, 1997 again at Prairie Sun Recording Studios as well as at James Murphy’s Sound Temple Studio. The album was released in May 1997 on Shrapnel Records.

George finished his 4th album for Shrapnel Records in November of 1997 and released in February 1998 entitled Mind Over Matter. It is an all instrumental neoclassical album, rich in classical counterpoint and ripping guitar. The line up was: Deen Castronova-Drums, Barry Sparks-Bass and George Bellas-Guitar & Keyboards.

In March of 1998 world famous classical pianist Vitalij Kuprij flew to Chicago to record an all instrumental album entitled Extreme Measures. George engineered all the keyboard and guitar tracks at his studio. The album is neo-classical in style and is a showcase of mind boggling chops performed by the two virtuosos along with Jon Doman (Drums) and Jon Onder (Bass), quite an incredible performance.

Early 2001 George recorded The Oracle with the new band from ex Malmsteen vocalist Mark Boals - Ring Of Fire. The album is a fierce collection of well crafted songs with very nice Neo-classical melodies, chord progressions and great virtuosic performances by everyone. Any fan of the Neo-classical style should definitely have a listen to "The Oracle" which although marred by a slighty muddy mix still offers a lot of enjoyment. Bellas left shortly after this release to concentrate on his solo works.

June 2003, George Bellas signed with Lion Music with Venomous Fingers being released during November 2003 and is regarded by many fans as his best solo work to date. Activity then took place on what would ultimately see the light of day in November 2007 with Bellas' debut band (by his own design) called Palace Terrace. Their debut album Flying Through Infinity is a rich, multi-textured orchestrated release with vocals from Jonathan Marshall which sees Bellas raising the bar once again. Furthermore at the time of writing a fourth solo album titled Planetary Alignment is set for an early 2008 release.

Guitars
Fender Stratocaster (57 reissues)
Gibson Flying V

Amps / Effects
Marshall JCM900 Head
Marshall JCM900 Combo
Marshall Non Master Volume
Ibanez TS-9 Tubescreamer