Also known as Damaged Bug Years active 1997–present | Name John Dwyer Role Instrumentalist | |
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Born October 3, 1974 (age 49) ( 1974-10-03 ) Origin Providence, Rhode Island, United States Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter, producer Instruments Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboards, flute 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 Music groups Thee Oh Sees (Since 1997), Pink and Brown Genres Garage rock, Psychedelic rock, Noise rock, Punk rock, Alternative rock, Art punk, Post-punk, Experimental music Record labels In the Red Records, Narnack Records, Load Records People also search for Brigid Dawson, Petey Dammit! Albums Floating Coffin, Castlemania, Carrion Crawler/The Dream, Help, Thee Hounds of Foggy No | ||
John Dwyer (born October 3, 1974) 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. In 2003, John Dwyer founded Castle Face Records with Brian Lee Hughes and Matt Jones. 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.
As Damaged Bug
