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1. O.S.I. is an American progressive metal band, formed by Fates Warning guitarist Jim Matheos in 2003. He named the band after a short-lived U.S. government agency named the Office of Strategic Influence, which is still in existence under a different name.
2. Osi is the stage name of Israeli-born jazz singer Osi Lewin.
1. O.S.I. is a progressive rock/metal supergroup, consisting of Jim Matheos (Fates Warning ) and Kevin Moore (Chroma Key) as the core duo. Albums have typically seen a host of guest musicians in support.
Matheos asked Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy to lend his talents to what was initially to be Matheos’ solo project. The original style of the project can be heard on the special edition of the CD. The track The Thing That Never Was - a long progressive instrumental, was written by Matheos before any collaborators were involved. Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree) was asked to sing on the project, but he felt the style of the music that had been written to that point didn’t appeal to him. However, late in the project Wilson contributed vocals for one track, shutDOWN.
Matheos subsequently recruited Kevin Moore (Chroma Key), who had played keyboards on various Fates Warning albums in the 1990s and early 2000s and was a founding member of the band Dream Theater before leaving in 1994. Moore edited and developed sections of that track, with further contributions by Matheos, into what became the 10 songs on the first CD.
1. O.S.I. is an American progressive metal band, formed by Fates Warning guitarist Jim Matheos in 2003. He named the band after a short-lived U.S. government agency named the Office of Strategic Influence, which is still in existence under a different name.
2. Osi is the stage name of Israeli-born jazz singer Osi Lewin.
1. O.S.I. is a progressive rock/metal supergroup, consisting of Jim Matheos (Fates Warning ) and Kevin Moore (Chroma Key) as the core duo. Albums have typically seen a host of guest musicians in support.
Matheos asked Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy to lend his talents to what was initially to be Matheos’ solo project. The original style of the project can be heard on the special edition of the CD. The track The Thing That Never Was - a long progressive instrumental, was written by Matheos before any collaborators were involved. Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree) was asked to sing on the project, but he felt the style of the music that had been written to that point didn’t appeal to him. However, late in the project Wilson contributed vocals for one track, shutDOWN.
Matheos subsequently recruited Kevin Moore (Chroma Key), who had played keyboards on various Fates Warning albums in the 1990s and early 2000s and was a founding member of the band Dream Theater before leaving in 1994. Moore edited and developed sections of that track, with further contributions by Matheos, into what became the 10 songs on the first CD.
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gessuu wrote:
Free is their best
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InSorrowWeTrust wrote:
Blood is one of those albums you just want to listen to all the time. :)
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Ozzman1985 wrote:
http://ignor1985.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/osi-blood-odtrutka-na-nowoczesnosc
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zydzik wrote:
very underrated band :(
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Ben_Woods wrote:
I heard Blood a while back because after buying Free i was in love. It didn't do much for me but i'm on my second listen a few months later and.. well. It's fucking great!
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strwrngpurple wrote:
Read my review of their new album here: http://uselessrandomness.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/review-osi-blood/
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Bbmin7b5 wrote:
New album absolutely KILLS their previous effort! great job making a good record guys!
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Highhopes4ever wrote:
shutDOWN ♥
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omardiyejon wrote:
the thing that never was...masterpiece
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Highhopes4ever wrote:
Have all the albums now and OSI is soooo cool, i love this band! <3
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bwrg wrote:
osi osborn
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RoyalBleu wrote:
And you care about iTunes? :)
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OctavariumTrap wrote:
It's not O.S.I., it's OSI. There are no periods on any of their artwork, the wikipedia article is for OSI, and it's OSI on iTunes. Anyway - great music :)
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Brainwashed97 wrote:
The mix up between the band and the Israeli singer could easily be fixed: Change the band's name so it is correct (as in O.S.I. not OSI). Look on the packaging and you'll notice they use the correct grammar and as is required with acronyms, there is proper punctuation. Feel free to reference R.E.M. or I.E.M. for bands that also use acronyms correctly.
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Highhopes4ever wrote:
Yeah i found it also just now and must say a very pleasant surprise, i already love the songs Radiologue, Stockholm and No Celebrations <3 - the Blood album is all i have at present.
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Tibberclaw wrote:
just found OSI yesterday and downloaded "Blood" and I love it. The dark electronic/metal is exactly my style :)
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m00s1ck wrote:
mikeackerfield makes it less boring?????
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coleio wrote:
So boring.
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evilpandawrath wrote:
jammindude: I see what you mean, but I still don't think it'd work... I'm far too weird about having correct metadata to want to change at this point (and I'm sure there are other similar and very different reasons for not wanting to bother changing), and I'm happy enough waiting for last.fm to actually be able to sort this out through the site as they mentioned when this incarnation of the site was first released. Also, this is definitely a much less awkward setup than some other bands (like Grendel) where there are/were arguments going on constantly about which band is better than the others and why their band should have the picture and not any of the others etc. But really I think it's the bands' fault for picking such a ridiculously popular name. Not that it's OSI's fault for picking a name someone already has; after all, how many people would figure that Osi was a name as well as an acronym?
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Delirium-Cordia wrote:
Yeah, that's why a lot of progressive metal fans dislike OSI. It's because they transcend the typical prog image and create something unique.
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