Sunday, August 30, 2020
♫♫ Another Pandora Band To Try "OSI" ♫♫
Earlier I was doing yard work with the headphones on . Listening to Pandora on a channel I created for Airbag. Progressive Pink Floydian type stuff. This song came on and caught my attention:
Lyrics:
I'll be gone now, either way that the wind blows
I'll be back though, leave a light in the window
When the waves die down, I'll be halfway round and I'll call you
When the sun blocks out, hold the radio up to the phone
I was dreaming
I was heading west, thirty days faster
Had a fever, woke up in a sweat, bailing out the water
Can't go on
Can't go back
Can't go on...
Can't go back
Heard your voice coming through the noise
Wrote it in the radio log
Hurt my head wondering what you said
So I threw it overboard
Can't go on
Can't go back
Can't go on
Can't go back
Can't go on...
Can't go back
I was dreaming
I was heading west, thirty days faster
Had a fever, woke up in a sweat, bailing out the water
Can't go on
Can't go back
Can't go on
Can't go back
Can't go on...
Can't go back
OSI is an American progressive rock band, originally formed by Fates Warning guitarist Jim Matheos in 2002. Chroma Key keyboardist and vocalist Kevin Moore is the only other full-time member of the band. The collaboration may be considered a studio project, as its members and contributors write and track most of their material independently, sharing and developing tracks long-distance, only coming together at the end of the process for mixing and additional tracking. The band's name is a reference to the Office of Strategic Influence, a short-lived American government agency formed in 2001 to support the War on Terror through propaganda. The band has featured a number of guest musicians on its albums, including Sean Malone, Steven Wilson, Mikael Akerfeldt, Joey Vera and Gavin Harrison.
Matheos recruited Moore, Dream Theater's then-drummer Mike Portnoy, and Sean Malone (Fretless Bass and Chapman Stickist) to perform on what was originally planned to be a Matheos solo album. Matheos and Portnoy originally planned to produce a progressive metal album similar to Matheos' work in Fates Warning, however Moore's impact changed the music's direction and genre, incorporating electronica into the original progressive metal sound. The band's debut album was released by InsideOut Music in 2003.
OSI was originally intended to be a one-off project, but Matheos and Moore found they both had gaps in their schedules so produced a follow-up. Free was released in 2006, with Portnoy returning to play drums as a session musician rather than a full band member, due to personal and musical differences between him and Moore. Blood was released in 2009, with Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison replacing Portnoy. The fourth album Fire Make Thunder was released in 2012 by Metal Blade Records, with Harrison once again on drums.
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Nice, Irish! I had to break out my QC-15's to get the full sonic experience, but it was worth it!!
ReplyDeletePink Flooyd-ian indeed!
Not bad.
ReplyDeleteI saw a few opportunities for a blistering lead guitar solo but it seems those have fallen out of favor while I wan't paying attention. I have noticed it for a few years now.
Still a pretty good track though.
Had to DL that one and rip the MP3. That's going in my Pickup Playlist.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting, thank you. I'm a big fan of Dream Theater, had a front row seat for their last concert in the area, fairly sure I own all of their albums.
ReplyDeleteAlso like Akerfeldt from Opeth, they have a bit darker sound, but are still very respectable musicians. I think their songs average 10 minutes in length. Blackwater Park is highly recommended.
In any case, thank you for a reference to prog rock. I guess I have finally become "stuck" in a musical era, much like my parents were stuck in the music of the '40's.