Balaam and the Angel are a Scottish rock band founded by Mark, James (Jim), and Desmond (Des) Morris in Cannock, England in 1984.
[1][2] As children in Motherwell, Scotland, the Morris brothers worked in the entertainment industry as part of a cabaret act.
[4] Initially the band self-released a series of EPs and an album entitled Sun Family[5] via their own Chapter 22 label and played some tour dates opening for The Cult.
[4] This caught the attention of Virgin Records, who signed them and released their debut album, The Greatest Story Ever Told.
[citation needed] A second guitarist and the first non-sibling, Ian McKean of Twenty Flight Rockers,[8][9][10][11] was added to the band in 1988.