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'''OSI''' is an American ] band, originally formed by ] guitarist ] in 2002. ] keyboardist and vocalist ] 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 ], a short-lived American ] formed in 2001 to support the War on Terror through propaganda. The band has featured a number of guest musicians on its albums, including ], ], ], ] and ]. '''OSI''' was an American ] band, originally formed by ] guitarist ] in 2002. ] keyboardist and vocalist ] 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 ], a short-lived American ] formed in 2001 to support the War on Terror through propaganda. The band has featured a number of guest musicians on its albums, including ], ], ], ] and ].


Matheos recruited Moore, ]'s then-drummer ], and ] (] and ]ist) to perform on what was originally planned to be a Matheos solo album. Matheos and Portnoy originally planned to produce a ] album similar to Matheos' work in Fates Warning, however Moore's impact changed the music's direction and genre, incorporating ] into the original progressive metal sound. The band's ] was released by ] in 2003. Matheos recruited Moore, ]'s drummer ], and ] (] and ]ist) to perform on what was originally planned to be a Matheos solo album. Matheos and Portnoy originally planned to produce a ] album similar to Matheos' work in Fates Warning, however Moore's impact changed the music's direction and genre, incorporating ] into the original progressive metal sound. ] was released by ] 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. '']'' 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. '']'' was released in 2009, with ] drummer ] replacing Portnoy. The fourth album '']'' was released in 2012 by ], with Harrison once again on drums. 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. '']'' 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. '']'' was released in 2009, with ] drummer ] replacing Portnoy. The fourth album '']'' was released in 2012 by ], with Harrison once again on drums.


==History== ==History==
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===Formation and ''Office of Strategic Influence'' (2002–2003)=== ===Formation and ''Office of Strategic Influence'' (2002–2003)===
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] guitarist ] originally intended to create a ] ] while Fates Warning went on hiatus. He recruited ] & ] ] and ]ist ] and then-] drummer ] to work on the project.<ref name = mpfaq>{{cite web | last = Portnoy | first = Mike | url = http://www.mikeportnoy.com/aboutmike/faq/answers/39.aspx | title = mp.faq – OSI | work = Mike Portnoy.com | accessdate = 2010-01-19}}</ref><ref name = lifting>{{Cite book | last = Wilson | first = Rich | authorlink = Rich Wilson (journalist) | title = ] | publisher = Essential Works | year = 2009 | location = London | pages = 416–423 | isbn = 978-1-906615-02-4}}</ref><ref name = PWorldInt>{{cite web | last = Italiani | first = Igor | url = http://www.progressiveworld.net/html/modules.php?name=Interviews&rop=showcontent&id=90 | title = Hello, Guitarist!: A Discussion On The New Matheos Project (What He Said) | work = ProgressiveWorld.net | accessdate = 2010-01-19 }}</ref> Matheos then asked ] and ex-Dream Theater keyboardist ] to contribute by adding keyboard arrangements to the music he had written. Moore instead heavily edited the music, changing the song structures and adding vocals.<ref name=ytse>{{cite web|last=Legerton |first=Colin |url=http://www.ytsejam.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=636 |title=Interview with Kevin Moore (O.S.I./Chroma Key) |work=Ytsejam.com |accessdate=2010-01-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203183545/http://ytsejam.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=636 |archivedate=2010-12-03 |df= }}</ref> Matheos decided to pursue this new direction, sounding closer to Chroma Key than standard progressive metal, over his and Portnoy's original idea.<ref name = mpfaq /><ref name = PWorldInt /> ] guitarist ] originally intended to create a ] ] while Fates Warning went on hiatus. He recruited ] & ] ] and ]ist ] and ] drummer ] to work on the project.<ref name = mpfaq>{{cite web | last = Portnoy | first = Mike | url = http://www.mikeportnoy.com/aboutmike/faq/answers/39.aspx | title = mp.faq – OSI | work = Mike Portnoy.com | access-date = January 19, 2010 | archive-date = January 28, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100128074808/http://www.mikeportnoy.com/aboutmike/faq/answers/39.aspx | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name = lifting>{{Cite book | last = Wilson | first = Rich | author-link = Rich Wilson (journalist) | title = ] | publisher = Essential Works | year = 2009 | location = London | pages = 416–423 | isbn = 978-1-906615-02-4}}</ref><ref name = PWorldInt>{{cite web | last = Italiani | first = Igor | url = http://www.progressiveworld.net/html/modules.php?name=Interviews&rop=showcontent&id=90 | title = Hello, Guitarist!: A Discussion On The New Matheos Project (What He Said) | work = ProgressiveWorld.net | access-date = January 19, 2010 }}</ref> Matheos then asked ] and ex-Dream Theater keyboardist ] to contribute by adding keyboard arrangements to the music he had written. Moore instead heavily edited the music, changing the song structures and adding vocals.<ref name=ytse>{{cite web|last=Legerton |first=Colin |url=http://www.ytsejam.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=636 |title=Interview with Kevin Moore (O.S.I./Chroma Key) |work=Ytsejam.com |access-date=January 19, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203183545/http://ytsejam.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=636 |archive-date=December 3, 2010 }}</ref> Matheos decided to pursue this new direction, sounding closer to Chroma Key than standard progressive metal, over his and Portnoy's original idea.<ref name = mpfaq /><ref name = PWorldInt />


Many vocalists were considered to perform on the album; Matheos and Portnoy briefly considered having a different vocalist perform on each track.<ref name = mpfaq /> ] of ] wrote some vocal melodies and lyrics, but Moore ultimately performed most of the vocals and wrote most of the lyrics.<ref name = mpfaq /><ref name=daniel>{{cite web | url = http://www.dreamtheater.net/archive_osi.php#daniel | title = Daniel Gildenlöw comments on Matheos / Portnoy / Moore / Malone project | work = Dream Theater – Official Site | accessdate = 2010-01-20 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091007023302/http://www.dreamtheater.net/archive_osi.php#daniel | archivedate = 2009-10-07 | df = }}</ref> ] of ] wrote lyrics and performed vocals on one track.<ref name = PWorldInt /> ] and ] bassist ] performed bass, but was credited as a guest musician because his schedule meant he was unable to join Matheos, Moore and Portnoy for the basic ] sessions.<ref name = mpfaq /> Many vocalists were considered to perform on the album; Matheos and Portnoy briefly considered having a different vocalist perform on each track.<ref name = mpfaq /> ] of ] wrote some vocal melodies and lyrics, but Moore ultimately performed most of the vocals and wrote most of the lyrics.<ref name = mpfaq /><ref name=daniel>{{cite web | url = http://www.dreamtheater.net/archive_osi.php#daniel | title = Daniel Gildenlöw comments on Matheos / Portnoy / Moore / Malone project | work = Dream Theater – Official Site | access-date = January 20, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091007023302/http://www.dreamtheater.net/archive_osi.php#daniel | archive-date = October 7, 2009 }}</ref> ] of ] wrote lyrics and performed vocals on one track.<ref name = PWorldInt /> ] and ] bassist ] performed bass, but was credited as a guest musician because his schedule meant he was unable to join Matheos, Moore and Portnoy for the basic ] sessions.<ref name = mpfaq />


Matheos, Moore and Portnoy recorded the album at ] in ] from June 2 to June 9, 2002.<ref name=recording>{{cite web | url = http://www.dreamtheater.net/archive_osi.php#llrpix | title = Studio Photos: Jim Matheos, Mike Portnoy, Kevin Moore | work = Dream Theater – Official Site | accessdate = 2010-02-11 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091007023302/http://www.dreamtheater.net/archive_osi.php#llrpix | archivedate = 2009-10-07 | df = }}</ref> Songs with a strong progressive metal influence were mostly written by Matheos, while Moore had greater influence over the vocal-driven tracks. Portnoy made minor arrangement suggestions but did not take part in the actual writing of the album.<ref name = mpfaq /> The album's recording sessions were the first time Moore and Portnoy collaborated since 1994 in their work in Dream Theater.<ref name = mpfaq /> In 2009, Portnoy recalled that he found the experience of making the record difficult, and that he was frustrated by the lack of collaboration between him and Moore.<ref name=blistering>{{cite web | last = McGrath | first = Ken | url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=119588 | title = DREAM THEATER's MIKE PORTNOY: 'Working With KEVIN MOORE Is Just Not Much Fun' | work = ] | date = 2009-05-06 | accessdate = 2010-10-31 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090510062914/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=119588 | archivedate = 2009-05-10 | df = }}</ref> Differences between Moore and Portnoy led to his return on the follow-up album as a session drummer rather than full-time member. Matheos, Moore and Portnoy recorded the album at Carriage House Studios in ] from June 2 to 9, 2002.<ref name=recording>{{cite web | url = http://www.dreamtheater.net/archive_osi.php#llrpix | title = Studio Photos: Jim Matheos, Mike Portnoy, Kevin Moore | work = Dream Theater – Official Site | access-date = February 11, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091007023302/http://www.dreamtheater.net/archive_osi.php#llrpix | archive-date = October 7, 2009 }}</ref> Songs with a strong progressive metal influence were mostly written by Matheos, while Moore had greater influence over the vocal-driven tracks. Portnoy made minor arrangement suggestions but did not take part in the actual writing of the album.<ref name = mpfaq /> The album's recording sessions were the first time Moore and Portnoy collaborated since 1994 in their work in Dream Theater.<ref name = mpfaq /> In 2009, Portnoy recalled that he found the experience of making the record difficult, and that he was frustrated by the lack of collaboration between him and Moore.<ref name=blistering>{{cite web | last = McGrath | first = Ken | url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=119588 | title = DREAM THEATER's MIKE PORTNOY: 'Working With KEVIN MOORE Is Just Not Much Fun' | work = ] | date = May 6, 2009 | access-date = October 31, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090510062914/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=119588 | archive-date = May 10, 2009 }}</ref> Differences between Moore and Portnoy led to his return on the follow-up album as a session drummer rather than full-time member.


] released '']'' on February 17, 2003.<ref name=insideout03>{{cite web | url = http://www.insideout.de/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=251&osCsid=055f17a9611b1e71e46fb58e86ab03ac | title = OSI: Office of Strategic Influence | work = ] | accessdate = 2010-02-13 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081118034455/http://www.insideout.de/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=251&osCsid=8b2ad813e433faf78c756b37aa163e18 | archivedate = 2008-11-18 | df = }}</ref> Moore chose the group's name and album's title, referring to the ], established by the US Government after the ] to spread propaganda.<ref name = ytse /> The album was critically well received. Critics praised the members' musicianship and the fact that the album differed significantly from the members' other projects.<ref name = allmusic1>{{cite web |last=Gordon |first= Keith A. | url = {{Allmusic|class=album|id=office-of-strategic-influence-r628177/review|pure_url=yes}} | title = OSI — ''Office of Strategic Influence'' | work = ] | accessdate = 2010-01-15}}</ref><ref name = dprp>{{cite web | last = Sander | first = Ed | url = http://www.dprp.net/reviews/200308.html#osi | title = OSI — ''Office of Strategic Influence'' review | work = DPRP | accessdate = 2010-01-15}}</ref><ref name=prog4u>{{cite web | last = Hash | first = Tommy | url = http://www.prog4you.com/cd-reviews-04-03/OSI-Office_Of_Strategic_Influence.htm | title = OSI — ''Office of Strategic Influence'' review | work = Prog4you.com | accessdate = 2010-01-15 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110715121017/http://www.prog4you.com/cd-reviews-04-03/OSI-Office_Of_Strategic_Influence.htm | archivedate = 2011-07-15 | df = }}</ref><ref name = progworld>{{cite web | last = Bollenberg | first = John | url = http://www.progressiveworld.net/html/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=2905 | title = O.S.I. – ''Office Of Strategic Influence (Limited Edition)'' review | work = ProgressiveWorld.net | accessdate = 2010-01-16}}</ref> ] released '']'' on February 17, 2003.<ref name=insideout03>{{cite web | url = http://www.insideout.de/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=251&osCsid=055f17a9611b1e71e46fb58e86ab03ac | title = OSI: Office of Strategic Influence | work = ] | access-date = February 13, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081118034455/http://www.insideout.de/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=251&osCsid=8b2ad813e433faf78c756b37aa163e18 | archive-date = November 18, 2008 }}</ref> Moore chose the group's name and album's title, referring to the ], established by the US Government after the ] to spread propaganda.<ref name = ytse /> The album was critically well received. Critics praised the members' musicianship and the fact that the album differed significantly from the members' other projects.<ref name = allmusic1>{{cite web |last=Gordon |first= Keith A. | url = {{Allmusic|class=album|id=office-of-strategic-influence-r628177/review|pure_url=yes}} | title = OSI — ''Office of Strategic Influence'' | work = ] | access-date = January 15, 2010}}</ref><ref name = dprp>{{cite web | last = Sander | first = Ed | url = http://www.dprp.net/reviews/200308.html#osi | title = OSI — ''Office of Strategic Influence'' review | work = DPRP | access-date = January 15, 2010}}</ref><ref name=prog4u>{{cite web | last = Hash | first = Tommy | url = http://www.prog4you.com/cd-reviews-04-03/OSI-Office_Of_Strategic_Influence.htm | title = OSI — ''Office of Strategic Influence'' review | work = Prog4you.com | access-date = January 15, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110715121017/http://www.prog4you.com/cd-reviews-04-03/OSI-Office_Of_Strategic_Influence.htm | archive-date = July 15, 2011 }}</ref><ref name = progworld>{{cite web | last = Bollenberg | first = John | url = http://www.progressiveworld.net/html/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=2905 | title = O.S.I. – ''Office Of Strategic Influence (Limited Edition)'' review | work = ProgressiveWorld.net | access-date = January 16, 2010}}</ref>


===''Free'' and ''Blood'' (2005–2009)=== ===''Free'' and ''Blood'' (2005–2009)===
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⚫ Matheos and Moore did not plan to make a second OSI album, and returned to their own projects after the first album's completion. In 2005, they both had free schedules, so decided to produce a follow-up album. ] (also of Fates Warning) played bass on the album.<ref name=caustic>{{cite web | last = LaRose | first = Michelle | url = http://phantomphotography.com/I_OSI.html | title = OSI Interview | work = Caustic Truths | access-date = February 27, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110101013726/http://phantomphotography.com/I_OSI.html | archive-date = January 1, 2011 }}</ref> Portnoy originally told Matheos and Moore that he did not want to perform drums on the album, but was persuaded to perform on the album as a ].<ref name = blistering />
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⚫ Matheos and Moore did not plan to make a second OSI album, and returned to their own projects after the first album's completion. In 2005, they both had free schedules, so decided to produce a follow-up album. ] (also of Fates Warning) played bass on the album.<ref name=caustic>{{cite web | last = LaRose | first = Michelle | url = http://phantomphotography.com/I_OSI.html | title = OSI Interview | work = ] | accessdate = 2010-02-27 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110101013726/http://phantomphotography.com/I_OSI.html | archivedate = 2011-01-01 | df = }}</ref> Portnoy originally told Matheos and Moore that he did not want to perform drums on the album, but was persuaded to perform on the album as a ].<ref name = blistering />


'']'' was released on April 24, 2006,<ref name=iout06>{{cite web | url = http://www.insideout.de/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=458 | title = OSI: Free | work = ] | accessdate = 2010-05-07 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081125085634/http://www.insideout.de/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=458 | archivedate = 2008-11-25 | df = }}</ref> receiving generally positive critical reception. Critics noted that the album was darker and more keyboard-focused than the band's debut.<ref name = allmusic06>{{cite web | last = Mason | first = Stewart | url = {{Allmusic|class=album|id=free-r828674/review|pure_url=yes}} | title = Free | work = ] | accessdate = 2010-02-27 }}</ref><ref name = about>{{cite web | last = Bower | first = Chad | url = http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/gr/osifree.htm | title = OSI – Free Review | work = ] | accessdate = 2010-02-27 }}</ref> '']'', an EP featuring remixes of three tracks from ''Free'', was released on October 24, 2006.<ref name = refreeallmusic>{{cite web| url = {{Allmusic|class=album|id=free-extended-mixes-r861117|pure_url=yes}} | title = Free (Extended Mixes) | work = ] | accessdate = 2010-04-05 }}</ref> The band were keen to tour in support of ''Free'', but no live shows materialised. "The reality of it is in order to the way we would like... and present it the way we would want to present it... would cost too much money for the kind of fan base that we have right now," Matheos said in 2009.<ref name = nonema09>{{cite web | last = Falina | first = Melanie | url = http://www.nonelouder.com/profiles/blogs/blood-at-the-crossroads-an | title = Blood At The Crossroads – An Interview with Jim Matheos of O.S.I. | work = Nonelouder | date = 2009-05-17 | accessdate = 2010-09-06}}</ref> In 2010 he anticipated that OSI will "remain a studio band."<ref name=katehizis>{{cite web | url = http://katehizis.com/publications/interview.php?i=fates_warning2010 | title = Интервю с Jim Matheos | work = Metal Katehizis | language = Bulgarian | accessdate = 2010-07-14 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100611015636/http://www.katehizis.com/publications/interview.php?i=fates_warning2010 | archivedate = 2010-06-11 | df = }}</ref> '']'' was released on April 24, 2006,<ref name=iout06>{{cite web | url = http://www.insideout.de/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=458 | title = OSI: Free | work = ] | access-date = May 7, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081125085634/http://www.insideout.de/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=458 | archive-date = November 25, 2008 }}</ref> receiving generally positive critical reception. Critics noted that the album was darker and more keyboard-focused than the band's debut.<ref name = allmusic06>{{cite web | last = Mason | first = Stewart | url = {{Allmusic|class=album|id=free-r828674/review|pure_url=yes}} | title = Free | work = ] | access-date = February 27, 2010 }}</ref><ref name = about>{{cite web | last = Bower | first = Chad | url = http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/gr/osifree.htm | title = OSI – Free Review | work = ] | access-date = February 27, 2010 | archive-date = April 22, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090422171152/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/gr/osifree.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> '']'', an EP featuring remixes of three tracks from ''Free'', was released on October 24, 2006.<ref name = refreeallmusic>{{cite web| url = {{Allmusic|class=album|id=free-extended-mixes-r861117|pure_url=yes}} | title = Free (Extended Mixes) | work = ] | access-date = April 5, 2010 }}</ref> The band were keen to tour in support of ''Free'', but no live shows materialised. "The reality of it is in order to the way we would like... and present it the way we would want to present it... would cost too much money for the kind of fan base that we have right now," Matheos said in 2009.<ref name = nonema09>{{cite web | last = Falina | first = Melanie | url = http://www.nonelouder.com/profiles/blogs/blood-at-the-crossroads-an | title = Blood At The Crossroads – An Interview with Jim Matheos of O.S.I. | work = Nonelouder | date = May 17, 2009 | access-date = September 6, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110816032140/http://nonelouder.com/profiles/blogs/blood-at-the-crossroads-an | archive-date = August 16, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref> In 2010 he anticipated that OSI will "remain a studio band."<ref name=katehizis>{{cite web | url = http://katehizis.com/publications/interview.php?i=fates_warning2010 | title = Интервю с Jim Matheos | work = Metal Katehizis | language = bg | access-date = July 14, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100611015636/http://www.katehizis.com/publications/interview.php?i=fates_warning2010 | archive-date = June 11, 2010 }}</ref>


In September 2008, Moore posted an update on the Chroma Key website, stating that he and Matheos had been working on a third OSI album for several months. Portnoy was replaced by Porcupine Tree drummer ] and Matheos played bass on the album.<ref name=chromakey>{{cite web|last=Moore |first=Kevin |url=http://www.chromakey.com/ |title=OSI III |work=Chroma Key – News |date=2008-09-04 |accessdate=2010-07-14 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080701060835/http://www.chromakey.com/ |archivedate=July 1, 2008 }}</ref> ] vocalist and guitarist ] and ] vocalist ] wrote lyrics and sang on one track each.<ref name = brave>{{cite web | last = Perri | first = David | url = http://www.bravewords.com/news/113604 | title = OSI – "Almost Natural Enemies…" | work = Bravewords.com | date = 2009-05-14 | accessdate = 2010-04-15 }}</ref><ref name=AboutInt09>{{cite web | last = Marsicano | first = Dan | url = http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/osiinterview.htm | title = OSI Interview: A Conversation With Vocalist/Keyboardist Kevin Moore | work = ] | date = 2009-05-26 | accessdate = 2010-04-15 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100510091027/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/osiinterview.htm | archivedate = 2010-05-10 | df = }}</ref> In September 2008, Moore posted an update on the Chroma Key website, stating that he and Matheos had been working on a third OSI album for several months. Portnoy was replaced by Porcupine Tree drummer ] and Matheos played bass on the album.<ref name=chromakey>{{cite web|last=Moore |first=Kevin |url=http://www.chromakey.com/ |title=OSI III |work=Chroma Key – News |date=September 4, 2008 |access-date=July 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080701060835/http://www.chromakey.com/ |archive-date=July 1, 2008 }}</ref> ] vocalist and guitarist ] and ] vocalist ] wrote lyrics and sang on one track each.<ref name = brave>{{cite web | last = Perri | first = David | url = http://www.bravewords.com/news/113604 | title = OSI – "Almost Natural Enemies…" | work = Bravewords.com | date = May 14, 2009 | access-date = April 15, 2010 }}</ref><ref name=AboutInt09>{{cite web | last = Marsicano | first = Dan | url = http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/osiinterview.htm | title = OSI Interview: A Conversation With Vocalist/Keyboardist Kevin Moore | work = ] | date = May 26, 2009 | access-date = April 15, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100510091027/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/osiinterview.htm | archive-date = May 10, 2010 }}</ref>


'']'' was released on April 27, 2009 in Europe and May 19 in North America.<ref name=iout09>{{cite web | url = http://www.insideout.de/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=640&osCsid=031b3442cdceb8660441f3773cd0f168 | title = OSI: Blood Special Edition | work = ] | accessdate = 2010-07-14 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090612232854/http://www.insideout.de/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=640 | archivedate = 2009-06-12 | df = }}</ref> The album received positive reviews:<ref name = allmusic09>{{cite web | last = Henderson | first = Alex | url = {{Allmusic|class=album|id=blood-r1552931/review|pure_url=yes}} | title = Blood | work = ] | accessdate = 2010-07-15 }}</ref><ref name=blogcritics>{{cite web|last=Dodge |first=Marty |url=http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-reviews-white-lion-moody-blues/page-2/ |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130414103859/http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-reviews-white-lion-moody-blues/page-2/ |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2013-04-14 |title=Music Reviews: White Lion, Moody Blues, Hardline, OSI, Joe Lynn Turner – Page 2 |work=] |date=2009-05-22 |accessdate=2010-07-15 }}</ref> Andrew Reilly of Madeloud said that "with ''Blood'' the two have finally found the stylistic fusion their first two discs hinted at",<ref name = maderev>{{cite web | last = Reilly | first = Andrew | url = http://www.madeloud.com/articles/reviews/osi-embloodem | title = OSI – Blood <nowiki>&#124;</nowiki> Underground Band Reviews | work = MadeLoud | date = 2009-06-05 | accessdate = 2010-07-15 }}</ref> and praised Harrison's drumming.<ref name = maderev /> '']'' was released on April 27, 2009 in Europe and May 19 in North America.<ref name=iout09>{{cite web | url = http://www.insideout.de/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=640&osCsid=031b3442cdceb8660441f3773cd0f168 | title = OSI: Blood Special Edition | work = ] | access-date = July 14, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090612232854/http://www.insideout.de/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=640 | archive-date = June 12, 2009 }}</ref> The album received positive reviews:<ref name = allmusic09>{{cite web | last = Henderson | first = Alex | url = {{Allmusic|class=album|id=blood-r1552931/review|pure_url=yes}} | title = Blood | work = ] | access-date = July 15, 2010 }}</ref><ref name=blogcritics>{{cite web|last=Dodge |first=Marty |url=http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-reviews-white-lion-moody-blues/page-2/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414103859/http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-reviews-white-lion-moody-blues/page-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 14, 2013 |title=Music Reviews: White Lion, Moody Blues, Hardline, OSI, Joe Lynn Turner – Page 2 |work=] |date=May 22, 2009 |access-date=July 15, 2010 }}</ref> Andrew Reilly of Madeloud said that "with ''Blood'' the two have finally found the stylistic fusion their first two discs hinted at",<ref name = maderev>{{cite web | last = Reilly | first = Andrew | url = http://www.madeloud.com/articles/reviews/osi-embloodem | title = OSI – Blood <nowiki>&#124;</nowiki> Underground Band Reviews | work = MadeLoud | date = June 5, 2009 | access-date = July 15, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110714020050/http://www.madeloud.com/articles/reviews/osi-embloodem | archive-date = July 14, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and praised Harrison's drumming.<ref name = maderev />


===''Fire Make Thunder'' (2010–2012)=== ===''Fire Make Thunder'' (2010–2012)===
In 2010, OSI signed with ].<ref name = mbrsign>{{cite web | url = http://www.metalblade.com/news/05-13-10-02.html | title = OSI signed with Metal Blade Records! | work = ] | date = 2010-05-13 | accessdate = 2010-09-06 }}</ref> The label reissued ''Office of Strategic Influence'' on September 28, 2010.<ref name = mbrreissue1>{{cite web | url = http://www.metalblade.com/news/08-24-10-02.html | title = Metal Blade Records set to release OSI's 2003 release OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INFLUENCE this September! | work = ] | date = 2010-08-24 | accessdate = 2010-09-06 }}</ref> In 2010, OSI signed with ].<ref name = mbrsign>{{cite web | url = http://www.metalblade.com/news/05-13-10-02.html | title = OSI signed with Metal Blade Records! | work = ] | date = May 13, 2010 | access-date = September 6, 2010 }}</ref> The label reissued ''Office of Strategic Influence'' on September 28, 2010.<ref name = mbrreissue1>{{cite web | url = http://www.metalblade.com/news/08-24-10-02.html | title = Metal Blade Records set to release OSI's 2003 release OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INFLUENCE this September! | work = ] | date = August 24, 2010 | access-date = September 6, 2010 }}</ref>


Written and recorded throughout most of 2011, OSI's fourth album "Fire Make Thunder" was released on March 27, 2012.<ref>http://metalblade.com/osi/</ref> ] of ] was once again enlisted as session drummer along with a co-writing credit for the song "Enemy Prayer". All other instruments and programming were performed by Matheos and Moore, while lyrics and vocals were handled exclusively by Moore. The recordings for the album, with the exception of drums, were performed at the musician's respective home studio. In July 2011 at ] final overdubs as well as some additional writing and arranging were completed. The band mixed the album alongside engineer Matt Sepanic. Engineer Roger Siebel handled the final mastering. The record was produced by both Moore and Matheos.<ref>{{cite web|author=Aniruddh Bansal |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-dream-theater-keyboardist-kevin-moore-discusses-new-osi-album-in-audio-interview/ |title= Written and recorded throughout most of 2011, OSI's fourth album "Fire Make Thunder" was released on March 27, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metalblade.com/osi/|title=OSI &#124; Fire Make Thunder|website=Metalblade.com|access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref> ] of ] was once again enlisted as session drummer along with a co-writing credit for the song "Enemy Prayer". All other instruments and programming were performed by Matheos and Moore, while lyrics and vocals were handled exclusively by Moore. The recordings for the album, with the exception of drums, were performed at the musician's respective home studio. In July 2011 at ] final overdubs as well as some additional writing and arranging were completed. The band mixed the album alongside engineer Matt Sepanic. Engineer Roger Siebel handled the final mastering. The record was produced by both Moore and Matheos.<ref>{{cite web|author=Aniruddh Bansal |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-dream-theater-keyboardist-kevin-moore-discusses-new-osi-album-in-audio-interview/ |title=Former DREAM THEATER Keyboardist KEVIN MOORE Discusses New OSI Album In Audio Interview
⚫ |website=Blabbermouth.net |date=February 16, 2012 |access-date=March 21, 2016}}</ref> During the development process, Kevin Moore kept frequent updates referring to the mixing process of the album on his official Facebook and Twitter accounts.<ref name = kmfacetwit>{{cite web | url = http://www.chromakey.com/news/2011/3/20/new-facebook-page-and-twitter-feed.html | title = New Facebook page and Twitter feed | work = Shine by Kevin Moore Official Website - News | date = March 20, 2011 | access-date = July 26, 2011 }}</ref>
Former DREAM THEATER Keyboardist KEVIN MOORE Discusses New OSI Album In Audio Interview
⚫ |website=blabbermouth.net |date=2012-02-16 |accessdate=2016-03-21}}</ref> During the development process, Kevin Moore kept frequent updates referring to the mixing process of the album on his official Facebook and Twitter accounts.<ref name = kmfacetwit>{{cite web | url = http://www.chromakey.com/news/2011/3/20/new-facebook-page-and-twitter-feed.html | title = New Facebook page and Twitter feed | work = Shine by Kevin Moore Official Website - News | date = 2011-03-20 | accessdate = 2011-07-26 }}</ref>


===''Hiatus'' (2013-Present)=== ===Hiatus (2013–present)===
On the current status of O.S.I., co-founder and lead guitarist Jim Matheos offered the following quote in a June 2016 interview about the possibility of a future album, "No, as I just said it’s the same situation with John. Kevin and I are both busy doing other things. I believe Kevin is experimenting and working on some Chroma Key material right now, so who knows… In the future I would love to do it and if it happens that’s great, but there are no plans right now. My main focus for at least the rest of this year and probably next year is going to be Fates Warning."<ref name = Chris>{{cite web | url = http://noisefull.com/interviews/fates-warning-jim-matheos-0 | title = Fates Warning (Jim Matheos) | work = Interview by Chris Karadimitris and Nikos Katapidis - News | date = 2016-06-15 | accessdate = 2018-01-20 }}</ref> On the current status of O.S.I., co-founder and lead guitarist Jim Matheos offered the following quote in a June 2016 interview about the possibility of a future album, "No, as I just said it's the same situation with John. Kevin and I are both busy doing other things. I believe Kevin is experimenting and working on some Chroma Key material right now, so who knows… In the future I would love to do it and if it happens that's great, but there are no plans right now. My main focus for at least the rest of this year and probably next year is going to be Fates Warning."<ref name = Chris>{{cite web | url = http://noisefull.com/interviews/fates-warning-jim-matheos-0 | title = Fates Warning (Jim Matheos) | work = Interview by Chris Karadimitris and Nikos Katapidis - News | date = June 15, 2016 | access-date = January 20, 2018 }}</ref>


==Musical style== ==Musical style==
Moore has described OSI's sound as "a new approach to ]",<ref name=revelationz>{{cite web | last = Yoni | url = http://www.revelationz.net/index.asp?ID=704 | title = Interview with Kevin Moore – OSI | work = RevelationZ Magazine | accessdate = 2010-01-19 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081120151625/http://www.revelationz.net/index.asp?ID=704 | archivedate = 2008-11-20 | df = }}</ref> combining elements of ] and ].<ref name = brave /> Moore considers the two genres to be "almost natural enemies",<ref name = brave /> and that the conflict between the two genres "keeps interesting".<ref name = brave /> Matheos cites progressive rock and ] bands such as ], ], ] and ] as influences.<ref name = PWorldInt /> Moore described his influences as ], ], ] musicians and "bands that play live and then chop it up".<ref name = ytse /> Moore has described OSI's sound as "a new approach to ]",<ref name=revelationz>{{cite web | last = Yoni | url = http://www.revelationz.net/index.asp?ID=704 | title = Interview with Kevin Moore – OSI | work = RevelationZ Magazine | access-date = January 19, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081120151625/http://www.revelationz.net/index.asp?ID=704 | archive-date = November 20, 2008 }}</ref> combining elements of ] and ].<ref name = brave /> Moore considers the two genres to be "almost natural enemies",<ref name = brave /> and that the conflict between the two genres "keeps interesting".<ref name = brave /> Matheos cites progressive rock and ] bands such as ], ], ] and ] as influences.<ref name = PWorldInt /> Moore described his influences as ], ], ] musicians and "bands that play live and then chop it up".<ref name = ytse />


Matheos and Moore primarily work alone, exchanging files and ideas by email.<ref name = nonema09 /> The writing process for all OSI's albums has been the same, with Matheos sending Moore an idea "from just a guitar riff to elaborate, almost completed songs",<ref name = AboutInt09 /> which Moore then edits and sends back to Matheos.<ref name = AboutInt09 /> Moore, the band's vocalist and lyricist, has described the process of writing lyrics as an "audio ]".<ref name = MadeLoud /> The lyrics on ''Office of Strategic Influence'' feature political themes, but the lyrics on later releases are less political, instead being based on Moore's personal experiences. "I'll start writing a song that has a little bit of a world view or political view or something," he said, "but then by the time I'm finished the lyrics it'll be about a relationship or something like that."<ref name = brave /> On ''Blood'', Moore largely abandoned his earlier stream-of-consciousness approach to writing lyrics, in an attempt to make the lyrics more coherent. "I didn't want it to be like 'Oh, you get your own impression of the lyrics. Everybody has their own idea!' I wanted to have an idea that I wanted to communicate, and something communicable," he explained.<ref name=MadeLoud>{{cite web|last=Reilly |first=Andrew |url=http://www.madeloud.com/articles/interviews/madeloud-interview-jim-matheos-and-kevin-moore-osi |title=MadeLoud Interview: Jim Matheos and Kevin Moore of OSI |work=MadeLoud |date=2009-05-19 |accessdate=2010-04-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824152435/http://www.madeloud.com/articles/interviews/madeloud-interview-jim-matheos-and-kevin-moore-osi |archivedate=2010-08-24 |df= }}</ref> Matheos and Moore primarily work alone, exchanging files and ideas by email.<ref name = nonema09 /> The writing process for all OSI's albums has been the same, with Matheos sending Moore an idea "from just a guitar riff to elaborate, almost completed songs",<ref name = AboutInt09 /> which Moore then edits and sends back to Matheos.<ref name = AboutInt09 /> Moore, the band's vocalist and lyricist, has described the process of writing lyrics as an "audio ]".<ref name = MadeLoud /> The lyrics on ''Office of Strategic Influence'' feature political themes, but the lyrics on later releases are less political, instead being based on Moore's personal experiences. "I'll start writing a song that has a little bit of a world view or political view or something," he said, "but then by the time I'm finished the lyrics it'll be about a relationship or something like that."<ref name = brave /> On ''Blood'', Moore largely abandoned his earlier stream-of-consciousness approach to writing lyrics, in an attempt to make the lyrics more coherent. "I didn't want it to be like 'Oh, you get your own impression of the lyrics. Everybody has their own idea!' I wanted to have an idea that I wanted to communicate, and something communicable," he explained.<ref name=MadeLoud>{{cite web|last=Reilly |first=Andrew |url=http://www.madeloud.com/articles/interviews/madeloud-interview-jim-matheos-and-kevin-moore-osi |title=MadeLoud Interview: Jim Matheos and Kevin Moore of OSI |work=MadeLoud |date=May 19, 2009 |access-date=April 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824152435/http://www.madeloud.com/articles/interviews/madeloud-interview-jim-matheos-and-kevin-moore-osi |archive-date=August 24, 2010 }}</ref>


Moore has acknowledged the narrow range of his vocals. He considers his vocal style to " from how I feel when I’m singing, when I'm in the zone of writing lyrics and recording which, a lot of times, comes as the same time. It's sort of an introspective time. A lot of the material lends itself to that kind of voice and that kind of spirit."<ref name = brave /> Moore has acknowledged the narrow range of his vocals. He considers his vocal style to " from how I feel when I'm singing, when I'm in the zone of writing lyrics and recording which, a lot of times, comes as the same time. It's sort of an introspective time. A lot of the material lends itself to that kind of voice and that kind of spirit."<ref name = brave />


==Members== ==Members==
{{multiple image | align = center
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| footer = Jim Matheos, Kevin Moore, and former member Mike Portnoy
| image1 = Jim Matheos (Fates Warning)2.jpg
| image2 = Kevinmoore.jpg
| image3 = Mike Portnoy (2010) (cropped).jpg
}}
;Current members ;Current members
*] (]) – ]s, ] (Since ''Blood''), ]s, ] *] (]) – guitars, bass (since ''Blood''), keyboards, programming
*] (], ex-]) – ]s, keyboards, programming *] (], ex-]) – vocals, keyboards, programming


;Former members ;Former members
*] (ex-Dream Theater) – ] on '']'' as a full band member and on '']'' as a ] *] (Dream Theater) – drums on ''Office of Strategic Influence'' as a full band member and on ''Free'' as a ]


;Guest musicians ;Guest musicians
*] (]) – drums on '']'' and '']'' *] (]) – drums on ''Blood'' and ''Fire Make Thunder''
*] (], ]) – bass, ] on ''Office of Strategic Influence'' *] (], ]) – bass, ] on ''Office of Strategic Influence''
*] (Fates Warning) – bass on ''Free'' *] (]) – bass on ''Free''
*] (Porcupine Tree) – vocals on the track "shutDOWN" on ''Office of Strategic Influence'' *] (]) – vocals on the track "shutDOWN" on ''Office of Strategic Influence''
*] (]) – vocals on the track "No Celebrations" on ''Blood'' *] (]) – vocals on the track "No Celebrations" on ''Blood''
*] (]) – vocals on the track "Stockholm" on ''Blood'' *] (]) – vocals on the track "Stockholm" on ''Blood''


==Discography== ==Discography==
===Studio albums===
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US Ind<br /><ref>{{cite web|title=OSI Billboard Chart History|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/277037/osi/chart|publisher=www.billboard.com|accessdate=July 22, 2014}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US Ind<br /><ref>{{cite web|title=OSI Billboard Chart History|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/277037/osi/chart|website=Billboard.com|access-date=July 22, 2014}}
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | GER<br /><ref>{{cite web|title=OSI German Albums Chart|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/O.S.I./longplay|publisher=www.musicline.de|accessdate=July 22, 2014}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | GER<br /><ref>{{cite web|title=OSI German Albums Chart|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/O.S.I./longplay|website=Musicline.de|access-date=July 22, 2014}}
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* Released: February 17, 2003 * Released: February 17, 2003
* Label: Inside Out Music * Label: Inside Out Music
* Formats: CD, cassette, digital download<ref>{{cite web|title=Office of Strategic Influence OSI|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/office-strategic-influence/id389385445|publisher=itunes.apple.com|accessdate=July 22, 2014}}</ref> * Formats: CD, cassette, digital download<ref>{{cite web|title=Office of Strategic Influence OSI|date=January 2003 |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/office-strategic-influence/id389385445|publisher=itunes.apple.com|access-date=July 22, 2014}}</ref>
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* Released: April 21, 2006 * Released: April 21, 2006
* Label: Metal Blade Records * Label: Metal Blade Records
* Formats: CD, digital download<ref>{{cite web|title=Free OSI|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/free/id570355534|publisher=itunes.apple.com|accessdate=July 22, 2014}}</ref> * Formats: CD, digital download<ref>{{cite web|title=Free OSI|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/free/id570355534|publisher=itunes.apple.com|access-date=July 22, 2014}}</ref>
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* Released: April 27, 2009 * Released: April 27, 2009
* Label: Inside Out Music * Label: Inside Out Music
* Formats: CD, digital download<ref>{{cite web|title=Blood OSI|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/blood/id570360429|publisher=itunes.apple.com|accessdate=July 22, 2014}}</ref> * Formats: CD, digital download<ref>{{cite web|title=Blood OSI|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/blood/id570360429|publisher=itunes.apple.com|access-date=July 22, 2014}}</ref>
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* Released: March 27, 2012 * Released: March 27, 2012
* Label: Metal Blade Records * Label: Metal Blade Records
* Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl<ref>{{cite web|title=Fire Make Thunder OSI|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fire-make-thunder/id495060429|publisher=itunes.apple.com|accessdate=July 22, 2014}}</ref> * Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl<ref>{{cite web|title=Fire Make Thunder OSI|date=March 23, 2012 |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fire-make-thunder/id495060429|publisher=itunes.apple.com|access-date=July 22, 2014}}</ref>
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* US: 1,900+<ref name="fireosi">{{cite web|title=OSI: 'Fire Make Thunder' First-Week Sales Revealed |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/osi-fire-make-thunder-first-week-sales-revealed/|publisher=www.blabbermouth.net|accessdate=July 22, 2014}}</ref> * US: 1,900+<ref name="fireosi">{{cite web|title=OSI: 'Fire Make Thunder' First-Week Sales Revealed |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/osi-fire-make-thunder-first-week-sales-revealed/|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=April 4, 2012 |access-date=July 22, 2014}}</ref>
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American progressive rock band

OSI
OriginUnited States
GenresProgressive rock
Progressive metal
Years active2002–2012
LabelsInsideOut, Metal Blade
Spinoff ofDream Theater
Fates Warning
MembersJim Matheos
Kevin Moore
Past membersMike Portnoy
Websiteosiband.com

OSI was 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 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.

History

Formation and Office of Strategic Influence (2002–2003)

Main article: Office of Strategic Influence (album)

Fates Warning guitarist Jim Matheos originally intended to create a progressive metal supergroup while Fates Warning went on hiatus. He recruited Cynic & Gordian Knot fretless bass and Chapman Stickist Sean Malone and Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy to work on the project. Matheos then asked Chroma Key and ex-Dream Theater keyboardist Kevin Moore to contribute by adding keyboard arrangements to the music he had written. Moore instead heavily edited the music, changing the song structures and adding vocals. Matheos decided to pursue this new direction, sounding closer to Chroma Key than standard progressive metal, over his and Portnoy's original idea.

Many vocalists were considered to perform on the album; Matheos and Portnoy briefly considered having a different vocalist perform on each track. Daniel Gildenlöw of Pain of Salvation wrote some vocal melodies and lyrics, but Moore ultimately performed most of the vocals and wrote most of the lyrics. Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree wrote lyrics and performed vocals on one track. Cynic and Gordian Knot bassist Sean Malone performed bass, but was credited as a guest musician because his schedule meant he was unable to join Matheos, Moore and Portnoy for the basic tracking sessions.

Matheos, Moore and Portnoy recorded the album at Carriage House Studios in Stamford, Connecticut from June 2 to 9, 2002. Songs with a strong progressive metal influence were mostly written by Matheos, while Moore had greater influence over the vocal-driven tracks. Portnoy made minor arrangement suggestions but did not take part in the actual writing of the album. The album's recording sessions were the first time Moore and Portnoy collaborated since 1994 in their work in Dream Theater. In 2009, Portnoy recalled that he found the experience of making the record difficult, and that he was frustrated by the lack of collaboration between him and Moore. Differences between Moore and Portnoy led to his return on the follow-up album as a session drummer rather than full-time member.

InsideOut Music released Office of Strategic Influence on February 17, 2003. Moore chose the group's name and album's title, referring to the Office of Strategic Influence, established by the US Government after the September 11 attacks to spread propaganda. The album was critically well received. Critics praised the members' musicianship and the fact that the album differed significantly from the members' other projects.

Free and Blood (2005–2009)

Main articles: Free (OSI album) and Blood (OSI album)

Matheos and Moore did not plan to make a second OSI album, and returned to their own projects after the first album's completion. In 2005, they both had free schedules, so decided to produce a follow-up album. Joey Vera (also of Fates Warning) played bass on the album. Portnoy originally told Matheos and Moore that he did not want to perform drums on the album, but was persuaded to perform on the album as a session musician.

Free was released on April 24, 2006, receiving generally positive critical reception. Critics noted that the album was darker and more keyboard-focused than the band's debut. re:free, an EP featuring remixes of three tracks from Free, was released on October 24, 2006. The band were keen to tour in support of Free, but no live shows materialised. "The reality of it is in order to the way we would like... and present it the way we would want to present it... would cost too much money for the kind of fan base that we have right now," Matheos said in 2009. In 2010 he anticipated that OSI will "remain a studio band."

In September 2008, Moore posted an update on the Chroma Key website, stating that he and Matheos had been working on a third OSI album for several months. Portnoy was replaced by Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison and Matheos played bass on the album. Opeth vocalist and guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt and No-Man vocalist Tim Bowness wrote lyrics and sang on one track each.

Blood was released on April 27, 2009 in Europe and May 19 in North America. The album received positive reviews: Andrew Reilly of Madeloud said that "with Blood the two have finally found the stylistic fusion their first two discs hinted at", and praised Harrison's drumming.

Fire Make Thunder (2010–2012)

In 2010, OSI signed with Metal Blade Records. The label reissued Office of Strategic Influence on September 28, 2010.

Written and recorded throughout most of 2011, OSI's fourth album "Fire Make Thunder" was released on March 27, 2012. Gavin Harrison of Porcupine Tree was once again enlisted as session drummer along with a co-writing credit for the song "Enemy Prayer". All other instruments and programming were performed by Matheos and Moore, while lyrics and vocals were handled exclusively by Moore. The recordings for the album, with the exception of drums, were performed at the musician's respective home studio. In July 2011 at Sound Farm Studio & Recording Environment final overdubs as well as some additional writing and arranging were completed. The band mixed the album alongside engineer Matt Sepanic. Engineer Roger Siebel handled the final mastering. The record was produced by both Moore and Matheos. During the development process, Kevin Moore kept frequent updates referring to the mixing process of the album on his official Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Hiatus (2013–present)

On the current status of O.S.I., co-founder and lead guitarist Jim Matheos offered the following quote in a June 2016 interview about the possibility of a future album, "No, as I just said it's the same situation with John. Kevin and I are both busy doing other things. I believe Kevin is experimenting and working on some Chroma Key material right now, so who knows… In the future I would love to do it and if it happens that's great, but there are no plans right now. My main focus for at least the rest of this year and probably next year is going to be Fates Warning."

Musical style

Moore has described OSI's sound as "a new approach to progressive rock", combining elements of progressive metal and electronica. Moore considers the two genres to be "almost natural enemies", and that the conflict between the two genres "keeps interesting". Matheos cites progressive rock and heavy metal bands such as Genesis, Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath and UFO as influences. Moore described his influences as minimal techno, experimental, electronic musicians and "bands that play live and then chop it up".

Matheos and Moore primarily work alone, exchanging files and ideas by email. The writing process for all OSI's albums has been the same, with Matheos sending Moore an idea "from just a guitar riff to elaborate, almost completed songs", which Moore then edits and sends back to Matheos. Moore, the band's vocalist and lyricist, has described the process of writing lyrics as an "audio Rorschach test". The lyrics on Office of Strategic Influence feature political themes, but the lyrics on later releases are less political, instead being based on Moore's personal experiences. "I'll start writing a song that has a little bit of a world view or political view or something," he said, "but then by the time I'm finished the lyrics it'll be about a relationship or something like that." On Blood, Moore largely abandoned his earlier stream-of-consciousness approach to writing lyrics, in an attempt to make the lyrics more coherent. "I didn't want it to be like 'Oh, you get your own impression of the lyrics. Everybody has their own idea!' I wanted to have an idea that I wanted to communicate, and something communicable," he explained.

Moore has acknowledged the narrow range of his vocals. He considers his vocal style to " from how I feel when I'm singing, when I'm in the zone of writing lyrics and recording which, a lot of times, comes as the same time. It's sort of an introspective time. A lot of the material lends itself to that kind of voice and that kind of spirit."

Members

Jim Matheos, Kevin Moore, and former member Mike Portnoy
Current members
Former members
Guest musicians

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
US Heat
 US Ind
 FRA
 GER
Office of Strategic Influence
  • Released: February 17, 2003
  • Label: Inside Out Music
  • Formats: CD, cassette, digital download
 — 31 149 92
Free
  • Released: April 21, 2006
  • Label: Metal Blade Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — — — —
Blood
  • Released: April 27, 2009
  • Label: Inside Out Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — — — —
Fire Make Thunder
  • Released: March 27, 2012
  • Label: Metal Blade Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl
 18 — — —
  • US: 1,900+
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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