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01/27/2003 Entry: "Jim Matheos on OSI, John Arch, Fates..."
From the site for Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles magazine (www.bravewords.com):
OSI/ARCH/Etc: Just 24 hours before news broke that FATES WARNING guitarist JIM MATHEOS was to re-team with original Fates front man John Arch on a new EP, he spoke with BW&BK about his OSI project, the prog dream team also including DREAM THEATER percussionist Mike Portnoy and Chroma Key/ex-DT keyboardist Kevin Moore. Still, Matheos couldn't resist letting the cat out of the bag - almost. "I'm doing this project that starts tomorrow, which I can't tell you anything about because I'm not supposed to - but I wish I could. It's not a supergroup; it's an EP that someone's doing for Metal Blade that me and Mike are helping out with. That will be done very quickly, because it's only an EP, so I'll be done with that in a few weeks." And then? "I talked to Ray (Alder, current Fates Warning vocalist) last night, and we're going to sit down and start writing right after that. We're going to shoot for this year, although lag times are long these days - like three months - so we don't know if we're going to get it out this year or not."
In the meantime, Fates Warning will release its second DVD, The View From Here. "It's got all the MTV
videos on there, two or three bootlegs and some studio footage from (2000's) Disconnected," Matheos says. But even with so much on his plate, the New Hampshire-based guitarist was clearly most enthused about OSI, whose debut album, Office Of Strategic Influence, will be released by InsideOut on February 18th.
BW&BK #67 will have a full feature on the record, but here are some teasers excerpted from Matheos' interview:
On Portnoy: "We're great friends. On a professional level, he's just an amazing drummer. I love everything he does. Watching him live 40 or 50 times and listening to him on record a million times is a completely different experience than watching him in the studio. I was blown away by him. This was something we wanted to do for a long time, and it was a really great experience."
On Moore, with whom he collaborated on the last two Fates Warning albums: "I can't say enough good things about Kevin. I'm a huge fan of his, and I think the guy's a genius. Any time I can work with him, it's great. I'm in awe of his talent."
On PORCUPINE TREE vocalist Steven Wilson, who guests on one OSI track: "This was kind of my wish-list of people who I admire and who I'd like to work with. I first started talking to Steven about a year and a half ago, when I approached him to maybe produce the next Fates record. Things just didn't work out schedule-wise, but I knew I'd want to work with him sometime in the future. When (OSI) came up, he was one of the first people that I thought of. I sent Steven some of the material; he liked it; he had a hole in his schedule; and that's pretty much the end of the story." And the end of this one.
For more with Matheos, pick up BW&BK #67, on sale February 14th.
Replies: 5 Comments
Queensryche,Dream theater and Fates Warning on tour this summer!!!this is for real !!!!!
Posted by james @ 03/28/2003 07:55 AM PST
apsog was ok,but wont get played as much as inside out in my house.Example:watch the dynamo dvd,the apsog part,the crowd is fading fast,bored,there is a guy yawning in the front row!!!When thats over,the dvd and the crowd take off.I tried apsog on dvd and still life,no go.A walk through mud!Next up, a great osi cd,arch cd,and a killer Fates cd,I hope!Two guitars!!!
Posted by james @ 02/10/2003 10:50 AM PST
Maroun, how in the world can you say Inside Out is a better album than APSOG? Please! APSOG is one of the GREATEST albums of all time. Even my wife loves it ;) And that's saying something...LOL!
Anyway, I full appreciate every album Fates has done. I still rank Awaken the Guardian as my fave album of all time but still love Spectre & especially APSOG & Disconnected. Whatever Fates, Jim, Ray, and John Arch do, I'm there! Gotta go now to pre-order OSI...
Posted by squatch41 @ 02/05/2003 02:05 PM PST
no shit! rehire frank!! i love his style mixed w/ jim.. i am the biggest fates warning fan!! i argue tilldeath... i loved arch and that fantasy metal style as well. it took a while for me to get use to ray.. but once i did.. i was blown away... i love that band so much...
Posted by maroun @ 02/04/2003 05:00 PM PST
Good,Ill buy(already)the osi and the john arch deal,but its time for another kick ass fates album.inside out and parallels are by far and away the best they have done,I can hear them over and over.a.p.s.o.g. feels like trying to walk through mud.its a challenge to get through it.Put 8-12 killer,tempo changing,double thumping,Ray alder singing,guitar shredding stuff.Its time.Another thing,its too damn hard to see this stuff live,Ive been to seattle,san diego,and new orleans simply to go to these shows,(engine played phoenix)Im not in the music biz,but a killer new album(soon)and a great tour with no apsog stuff should be in your near future.engine rocked,Im sure osi and arch will to,but Its Fates Warnings time.I know you have it in you.p.s.re-hire frank!
Posted by james @ 02/03/2003 03:08 PM PST
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