John Dwyer 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 Osees, with whom he has released 23 studio albums. In addition to his work with Osees, Dwyer records solo material under the name "Damaged Bug". From 2020-2021, Dwyer released several improvisation-based records with a rotating collective of different artists, including "Bent Arcana", "Witch Egg", "Endless Garbage", "Moon Drenched" and "Gong Splat". He is also 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, where he first began playing. He has been in and fronted several underground American bands since 1997. In 2003, John Dwyer met Brian Lee Hughes while he was filming Rock Star Scars, which Dwyer contributed Coachwhips music to, as well as having a part in the film. In 2006, Dwyer met Matt Jones at a party, and together, with Brian Lee Hughes, they founded Castle Face Records. John Dwyer was one of the curators of the Dutch festival Le Guess Who in November 2021.

Discography

Studio albums

With Coachwhips

With Pink And Brown

With Zeigenbock Kopf

With The Hospitals

With Yikes

With Dig That Body Up, It's Alive

With Sword + Sandals

With Osees

As OCS As The Oh Sees As Thee Oh Sees As Oh Sees As Osees

As Damaged Bug

With Bent Arcana

With Witch Egg

With Endless Garbage

With Moon Drenched

With Gong Splat

With Posh Swat