John Dwyer (musician)
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 released 23 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.
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| Background information | |
| 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 |
| Instruments | 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 |
| Associated acts | Thee Oh Sees, Coachwhips, The Hospitals, Pink and Brown, Landed, Yikes, Burmese, Dig That Body Up, It's Alive, Revenge SF, Sword and Sandals, Zeigenbock Kopf, The Drums, Bent Arcana |
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]
Discography
With Coachwhips
- Hands On The Controls (2002)
- Get Yer Body Next Ta Mine (2002)
- Bangers Versus Fuckers (2003)
- Peanut Butter And Jelly Live At The Ginger Minge (2005)
- Double Death (2006)
With Pink And Brown
- Final Foods (2001)
- Pink And Brown/Death Drug Split 12 inch (2002)
- Shame Fantasy II (2003)
With Zeigenbock Kopf
- I.D.M. LP (2002)
- Nocturnal Submissions (2003)
- Fuck You to Dust (2006)
With Yikes
- Whoa Comas or Blood Bomb (2006)
- Secrets To Superflipping (2006)
With Dig That Body Up, It's Alive
- A Corpse Is Forever (2007)
With Sword + Sandals
- Good & Plenty (2010)
With Ryan Sawyer, Peter Kerlin, Tom Dolas, Brad Caulkins, Kyp Malone, & Marcos Rodriguez
- Bent Arcana (2020)
With Witch Egg
- Witch Egg (2021)
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)
- Thee Hounds of Foggy Notion (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)
- Face Stabber (2019)
As Osees
- The 12" Synth (2019)
- Protean Threat (2020)
- Metamorphosed (2020)
- Panther Rotate (2020)
- Weirdo Hairdo (2021)
As Damaged Bug
- Hubba Bubba (2014)
- Cold Hot Plumbs (2015)
- The Tarot of Personal Experience (2016)
- Bunker Funk (2017)
- Bug On Yonkers (2020)
References
- "He'll Be a Really Cool Old Man - Bumbershoot Guide". The Stranger. August 31, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 23, 2009. Retrieved November 18, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "ANPQuarterly Vol 2 / No 7 by RVCA". ISSUU.com. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
