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Over the years, OMT has gone through a number of reconfigurations. In the summer of 2008, the band introduced another home grown Napervillian, Dick Kuhn to lend a hand on guitar and vocals. The addition of Kuhn has had a positive effect on the chemistry of OMT in relieving Steininger of the double duty role of lead and rhythm guitar in a three piece show. With the addition of Kuhn, the band has expanded its repertoire to include a few newer songs from the classic rock, if not contemporary rock, genre.

OMT is not content to rest. The band rehearses two hours every Sunday night in a local barn converted to a sound studio. “We enjoy rehearsing as much as playing out on a job,” Schlueter said. “When people see us play live, we’re almost exactly like that in practice.” That kind of dedication paid off with a charity fundraising gig during the summer of 2006 with the Ides of March at Pfeiffer Hall in Naperville. “It was a short show, but it was memorable,” Schlueter said.

The band thrives on having a personal connection with its fans. A “nation” state in which the band and audience exist in a state of reciprocal appreciation. “We want our fans to know that their appreciation is the driving force that keeps us evolving.” The band now appears at local venues like Frankies's Blue Room in Naperville and in some of the areas most pupular music festivals such as Naperville’s “Rib Fest” and “Last Fling” events.

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