John Dwyer (musician)
John Dwyer | |
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Also known as | Damaged Bug |
Born | October 3, 1974 |
Origin | Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
Genres | Garage rock, punk rock, noise rock, psychedelic rock |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion, keyboards, flute, clarinet, trumpet, cello |
Years active | 1997–present |
Labels | Castle Face Records, In The Red Records, Load Records, Narnack Records |
John Dwyer (born October 3, 1974)[1] is an American multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, visual artist and record label owner. He is best known as the founding member and primary songwriter of the garage rock band Thee Oh Sees, with whom he has recorded nineteen studio albums. In addition to his work with Thee Oh Sees, Dwyer records solo material under the name "Damaged Bug", and is a former member of the garage rock acts, Coachwhips, Pink and Brown and The Hospitals.
Dwyer is currently based in Los Angeles, California, although for much of his career he was based in San Francisco, California. Dwyer is originally from Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
He has been in and fronted several underground American bands since 1997.[2] In 2003, John Dwyer founded Castle Face Records with Brian Lee Hughes and Matt Jones.[3] In a 2016 interview, Larry Hardy, creator of In The Red Recordings, talked about the possibility of a new band with him and Ty Segall.[4]
Discography
Studio albums
With Thee Oh Sees
As OCS
- 1 (2003)
- 2 (2004)
- Songs About Death & Dying Vol. 3 (2005)
- OCS 4: Get Stoved (2005)
- Memory of a Cut Off Head (2017)
As The Oh Sees
- The Cool Death of Island Raiders (2006)
- Sucks Blood (2007)
As Thee Oh Sees
- The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In (2008)
- Help (2009)
- Dog Poison (2009)
- Warm Slime (2010)
- Castlemania (2011)
- Carrion Crawler/The Dream (2011)
- Putrifiers II (2012)
- Floating Coffin (2013)
- Drop (2014)
- Mutilator Defeated at Last (2015)
- A Weird Exits (2016)
- An Odd Entrances (2016)
As Oh Sees
- Orc (2017)
- Smote Reverser (2018)
As Damaged Bug
- Hubba Bubba (2014)
- Cold Hot Plumbs (2015)
- The Tarot of Personal Experience (2016)
- Bunker Funk (2017)
References
- ^ "He'll Be a Really Cool Old Man - Bumbershoot Guide". The Stranger. August 31, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ "ANPQuarterly Vol 2 / No 7 by RVCA". ISSUU.com. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ^ Interview to Still in Rock.com