OPM has a distinctive sound, combining hip hop, rock music, and pop with laid-back reggae.
At the time John E. was a label scout at Island Records and Geoff was in a band called "Alpha Jerk".
[3] After 2 years they finally managed to start writing songs and sent a 3 track demo to Atlantic Records,[1] leading them to get signed despite having never played live together.
[6] In the October 2015 edition of Rock Sound magazine, Matthew revealed he would "often get stage fright" when performing live and "The idea of touring another record for two years felt pretty daunting.
"[7] Matthew along with Etienne Franc and Gary Dean then formed a band by the name of "The Free Agency" in 2003 after they all departed OPM.
The album was produced by OPM and Steve Gallagher and features guest appearances by reggae artists Yellowman and Eek-A-Mouse along with Johnny Richter of the Kottonmouth Kings.
The band joined the new label MNO records, founded by John E. and released their single "Holiday Under The Sun" in 2010.
OPM released their 4th EP entitled "The Minge Dynasty" in August 2015 as well as announcing a European tour for 2015.
[13] The re-release featured one bonus track called "Feel The Pain", which was one of the band's first songs recorded in 1999 with the original lineup (John E., Matthew and Geoff).