“You’re either gonna be a terrible old man or a really cool old man, so you might as well try and point your way towards cool.”
— John Dwyer
As i sit here writing, I´m enjoying the new LP by Thee Oh Sees, Putrifiers II which is due out on Sept. 11 and maybe one of the best work the band has created invoking an overall vibe of true rock and roll utterly soaked in sweetness distortioned and sweaty yelps of it all, and which I hope to get my hands on the proper album on next month, or time whatever it takes to get to Argentina, my country, here’s a complete and chronological caravan through the musical creativity and chaos of John Dwyer, intertwined with a back to front blast ,through the discography of his prized and prolific project Thee Oh sees, which keeps him very busy since almost a decade, when started playing dreamy psych-folk as OCS on 2004, what was originally an outlet for his own experimental, instrumental home-recordings and to morphed it now into a full-on four piece, featuring Brigid Dawson , Petey Dammit and Mike Shoun , a so cohesive group with whom seems to have found a comfortable niche to thrive.
Since relocating to San Francisco from Providence in 1997, Dwyer has been a mainstay in the Bay Area´s underground with a variety of demented rowdy earlier incarnations like Coachwhips, Pink and Brown, Landed, Yikes, Burmese, The Hospitals, Zeigenbock Kopf, or Dig That Body Up It’s Alive.
Regarding Thee Oh Sees music, it can found floating in the web around of Garage Punk, Garage Rock, Experimental, Psychedelic. Whatever label will works for you, can will see how they draw from all of these genres to have a sound that is uniquely their own that they come in a different form with each release , which usually landing with their juggling rowdy somewhere refreshing and sometimes nostalgic between the 60s/70s.
So, if you’ve never heard of this band before, please listen to them , or If you’ve got every other record John Dwyer ever made, I think surely it’s one of your faves and If you’re not convinced yet, then you can choose some from below and just hit “play,” .
There are many reasons to love John Dwyer. Thee Oh Sees is one.
Goddamn, only hopefully you not miss this. San Francisco, sweet thing, thank you for all your bands´s psychedelic vibes
OCS
Orinoka Crash Suite – 1
Label:Tumult
Format:2 × CD, Album
Country:US
Released:2003
Tracklist
34 Reasons Why Life Goes On Without You
1-1 / 1-35 Untitled
18 Reasons To Love Your Hater To Death
2-1 / 2-18 Untitled
OCS – 2
Label:Narnack Records
Format:CD, Album
Country:US
Released:2004
Tracklist
1 So I Guess We Can’t Hang Out
2 Untitled
3 Untitled
4 Mike D.
5 Banjo, Sold For Rent
6 Killed Yourself
7 You Are 16, I Am High
8 Untitled
9 608 C
10 Left Me Dry
11 Untitled
12 Intermission
13 Bisbee Featuring – Chiara G
14 Fretting And Fussing
15 I Would Drown In Regret
16 Untitled
17 No Bitches On This Train
18 Bisbee 2
19 Untitled
20 Our Lovesong Written-By – Icky Boyfriends
21 JPD, A Young Man, Tells Goldylox Thanksss
OCS – Songs About Death & Dying Vol. 3
Label:Yik Yak
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, White
Country:US
Released:2005
Tracklist
1 If I Had A Reason 3:20
2 Second Date 3:17
3 The Pool 2:22
4 Burning Beauties 1:48
5 Rescue 2:10
6 Here I Come 2:35
7 Greedy Happens 2:50
8 Hey Kid 1:50
9 Bicycle 3:05
10 Split The Take 3:02
11 I’m Coming Home 2:41
12 Oh No Bloody Nose 1:34
13 Lili & Me 1:55
14 I Am Slow 2:51
OCS – OCS 4: Get Stoved
Label:KimoSciotic Records
Format:Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Red Clear
Country:US
Released:2005
Tracklist
1 Wait All Nite 2:25
2 Devil’s Last Breath 1:14
3 Tower & The Wall 3:09
4 Friends Of St. Thomas 1:53
5 Along The Way.. 1:46
6 Crime On My Mind 3:14
7 Get Thy Bearings 2:21
8 Harmony & Bells 2:45
9 Head 2 1:43
10 Beginning Burning 2:39
11 Head 0:56
12 Cookie Destroyer 2:14
13 Oh Babe, It Ain’t No Lie 2:23
14 Dreadful Heart 3:02
THE OHSEES
The OhSees – The Cool Death Of Island Raiders
Label:Narnack Records
Format:CD
Country:US
Released:13 Jun 2006
Tracklist
1 The Guilded Cunt 2:43
2 The Dumb Drums 2:29
3 Turn Offs 2:04
4 Losers In The Sun 2:24
5 Drone Number One 5:01
6 Island Raiders 4:05
7 Cool Deaths 2:27
8 Broken Stems 3:26
9 We Are Free 4:13
10 Drone Number Two 4:53
11 You Oughta Go Home 2:24
THE OH SEES
The Oh Sees – Sucks Blood
Label:Castle Face
Format:CD, Album
Country:US
Released:2007
Tracklist
1 It Killed Mom
2 Sucks Blood
3 Iceberg
4 The Gouger
5 You Make Me Sick, Oh Yeah
6 Untitled I
7 The Killer
8 Ship
9 What The Driven Drink
10 Invitation
11 Golden Phones
12 Untitled II
Thee Oh Sees – The Master’s Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In
Label:Tomlab
Format:CD, Album
Country:Germany
Released:07 Apr 2008
Tracklist
1 Block Of Ice 2:14
2 Visit Colonel 3:32
3 Grease 2 2:47
4 Ghost In The Trees 2:15
5 Two Drummers Disappear 3:59
6 Graveyard Drug Party 3:50
7 The Master’s Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In 2:26
8 Grease 3:10
9 Adult Acid 2:55
10 The Coconut 3:11
11 Maria Stacks 2:17
12 Poison Finger 3:09
13 You Will See This Dog Before You Die 4:08
14 Quadropazzed 5:04
15 Koka Kola Jingle 1:16
Thee Oh Sees – Thee Hounds Of Foggy Notion
Label:Tomlab
Format:CD, Album, Limited Edition DVD, DVD-Video
Country:U S
Released:22 Aug 2008
Tracklist
1 GIlded Cunt
2 Island Raiders
3 Ship
4 Block Of Ice
5 Curtains
6 Dumb Drums
7 We Are Free
8 Thee Hounds Of Foggy Notion
9 Make Them Kiss
10 Golden Phones
11 If I Had A Reason
12 Highland Wife’s Lament
13 Dreadful Heart
14 Ghost In The Trees
15 Iceberg
16 Second Date
Thee Oh Sees – Help
Label:In The Red Recordings
Format:CD
Country:US
Released:28 Apr 2009
Tracklist
1 Enemy Destruct 3:20
2 Ruby Go Home 4:23
3 Meat Step Lightly 2:49
4 A Flag In The Court 2:02
5 The Turn Around 1:04
6 Can You See? 2:35
7 Rainbow 1:46
8 Go Meet The Seed 5:54
9 I Can’t Get No 1:58
10 Soda St. #1 2:40
11 Destroyed Fortress Reappears 5:24
12 Peanut Butter Oven 2:39
Thee Oh Sees – Zork’s Tape Bruise
Label:Kill Shaman
Format:Vinyl, LP, Clear CD, Compilation
Country:US
Released:2009
Tracklist
Zork’s Tape Bruise
1 Rainbow (1+2)
2 Can You See?
3 The Turn Around
4 You Are In My Glass
5 Hey, Conflicted Men
6 Noise For :30
7 Back Door
8 Enemy Destruct
9 Say Mother
10 Weird Bit
11 The Count
12 Destroyed Fortress
13 Soda St. #1
14 The Heavy Sweats
15 Ruby Go Home
16 A Flag In The Court
17 Wave Hi To The Vicar
18 Holiday
19 Fried Swiss
20 The Sword Clatters
Singles And Unreleased Tracks
21 Carol Ann
22 Inquiry Perpitrated
23 Mincing Around The Frocks
24 Kingsmeat
25 The Freak Was Clean
26 Kids In Cars
27 Bloody Water
28 Hey Buddy
29 Komas
30 I Agree
31 Grave Blockers
Thee Oh Sees – Dog Poison
Label:Captured Tracks
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:US
Released:2009
Tracklist
1 The River Rushes (To Screw MD Over)
2 Fake Song
3 The Fizz
4 Sugar Boat
5 Head Of State
6 I Can’t Pay You To Disappear
7 The Sun Goes All Around
8 Voice In The Mirror
9 Dead Energy
10 It’s Nearly Over
Thee Oh Sees – Warm Slime
Label:In The Red Records
Format:CD, Album
Country:US
Released:2010
Tracklist
1 Warm Slime 13:27
2 I Was Denied 3:38
3 Everything Went Black 3:18
4 Castiatic Tackle 2:24
5 Flash Bats 3:11
6 Mega-Feast 2:08
7 MT Work 2:27
Thee Oh Sees – Singles Vol. 1 + 2
Label:Castle Face
Format:2 × Vinyl, Compilation, LP, Limited Edition, Colored
Country:US
Released:Mar 2011
Tracklist
1 Carol Anne
2 Inquiry Perpetrated
3 Mincing Around The Frocks
4 Kingsmeat
5 The Freak Was Clean
6 Kids In Cars
7 Bloody Water
8 Hey Buddy
9 Comas
10 I Agree
11 Grave Blockers
12 Tidal Wave
13 Heart Sweats
14 Contraption (Demo)
15 Friends Defined
16 Blood In Your Ear (Demo)
17 Schwag Rifles
18 The Drag
19 7484
20 Castiatic Tackle (Demo)
21 She Said To Me
22 Where People Do Drugs
23 In The Shadow Of Giants
24 Ichor
Thee Oh Sees – Castlemania
Label:In The Red Recordings
Format:CD, Album, Digipak
Country:US
Released:10 May 2011
Tracklist
1 I Need Seed
2 Corprophagist (A Bath Perhaps)
3 Stinking Cloud
4 Corrupted Coffin
5 Pleasure Blimps
6 A Wall, A Century 2
7 Spider Cider
8 The Whipping Continues
9 Blood On The Deck
10 Castlemania
11 AA Warm Breeze
12 Idea For Rubber Dog
13 The Horse Was Lost
14 I Won’t Hurt You
15 If I Stay Too Long
16 What Are We Craving?
Thee Oh Sees – Carrion Crawler / The Dream EP
Label:In The Red Recordings
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:US
Released:08 Nov 2011
Tracklist
1 Carrion Crawler 5:50
2 Contraption/Soul Desert 5:21
3 Robber Barons 5:15
4 Chem-Farmer 4:07
5 Opposition 1:38
6 The Dream 6:52
7 Wrong Idea 1:52
8 Crushed Grass 2:52
9 Crack In Your Eye 3:41
10 Heavy Doctor 3:06
Thee Oh Sees – Putrifiers II
Label:In The Red Recordings
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:U
SReleased:11 Sep 2012
Tracklist
1 Wax Face
2 Hang A Picture
3 So Nice
4 Cloud #1
5 Flood’s New Light
6 Putrifiers II
7 Will We Be Scared?
8 Lupine Dominus
9 Goodnight Baby
10 Wicked Park
SINGLES / EPs
Thee Ohsees / The Intelligence – Thee Ohsees / The Intelligence
Label:Mt. St. Mtn.
Format:Vinyl, 12″, Limited Edition, 45 RPM, EP
Country:US
Released:2008
Tracklist
1 Thee Ohsees – Inquiry Perpitrated
2 Thee Ohsees – Mincing Around The Frocks
3 Intelligence – Bulbs
4 Intelligence – Witchworld
5 Intelligence – Sunny Backyard
Thee Oh Sees – Carol Ann
Label:Slowboy Records
Format:Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single, Limited Edition
Country: Germany
Released:2008
Tracklist
1 Carol Ann
2 Bloody Water
3 Untitled
Thee Oh Sees – Peanut Butter Oven
Label:Awesome Vistas
Format:Vinyl, 12″
Country:US
Released:2008
Tracklist
1 Kingsmeat
2 The Freak Was Clean
3 Quadrospazzed
4 Kids In Cars
Thee Ohsees – Blood In Your Ear
Label:Rock Is Hell Records
Format:Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Limited Edition, White Label
Country:Austria
Released:07 Oct 2009
Tracklist
1 Blood In Your Ear
2 Friends Defined
Thee Oh Sees / Paul Cary – Thee Oh Sees / Paul Cary
Label:Stankhouse Records
Format:Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Limited Edition, EP, Marbled
Country:US
Released:2009
Tracklist
1 Thee Oh Sees – Hey Buddy 3:00
2 Thee Oh Sees – Coma 3:03
3 Paul Cary – Coyote 3:41
4 Paul Cary – Goner 3:18
Thee Oh Sees – In The Shadow Of The Giant
Label:Sub Pop Series:Sub Pop Singles Club 3.0
Format:Vinyl, 7″, Single, 45 RPM, Limited Edition, Clear Red
Country:US
Released:05 Jul 2009
Tracklist
1 In The Shadow Of The Giant
2 She Said To Me (Demo)
3 Where People Do Drugs
Thee Oh Sees / Ty Segall – The Drag / Maria Stacks
Label:Castle Face
Format:Vinyl, 7″, Blue
Country:US
Released:2009
Tracklist
1 Thee Oh Sees – The Drag
2 Ty Segall – Maria Stacks
Thee Oh Sees – Tidal Wave
Label:Woodsist
Format:Vinyl, 7″, Single
Country:US
Released:11 May 2009
Tracklist
1 Tidal Wave
2 Heart Sweats
Live @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Date: 2009-04-05
Tracklist
01_-_Dreadful_Heart_Live
02_-_Iceberg_Live
03_-_Island_Raiders_Live
04_-_If_I_Had_a_Reason_Live
05_-_I_Agree_Live
Live at The Bell House 4/4/2009
Artist/Composer: Thee Oh Sees
Date: 2009-04-08
Tracklist
01_-_Block of Ice
02_-_Visit Colonel
03_-_Meat Step Lively
04_-_Enemy Destruct
05_-_Ruby Go Home
06_-_Grease
07_-_Grease 2
08_-_Poison Finger
09_-_Ghost In The Trees
10_-_It Killed Mom
11_-_Destroyed Fortress
Ty Segall / Thee Oh Sees – Bruise Cruise, Vol. 1
Label:Bruise Cruise Records
Format:Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Limited Edition, Colored
Country:US
Released:21 Dec 2010
Tracklist
A Ty Segall – Happy Creeps 2:01
B Thee Oh Sees – Crushed Grass 2:35
Thee Oh Sees / Total Control – Thee Oh Sees / Total Control
Label:Castle Face
Format:Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country:US
Released:2011
Tracklist
1 Thee Oh Sees – Dead Energy
2 Thee Oh Sees – Corrupt Coffin
3 Thee Oh Sees – Aa Warm Breeze
4 Thee Oh Sees – Blood In Your Ear
5 Total Control – Nervous Harvest
6 Total Control – For Lease
7 Total Control – Rogue Abortion
8 Total Control – Sweaty
Various – Group Flex
Label:Castle Face
Format:6 × Flexi-disc, 7″, spiral bound book
Country:USA & Canada
Released:12 Jul 2011
Tracklist
1 Blasted Canyons – Ice Cream Man
2 Blasted Canyons – Death And A Half
3 Bare Wires – Wanna Fight
4 Bare Wires – The Right Time
5 Fresh & Onlys, The – When Are You Gonna Grow Up
6 Fresh & Onlys, The – You’re Only Happy When You Know
7 Thee Oh Sees – Burning Spear
8 Thee Oh Sees – What You Need (The Porch Boogie Thing)
9 Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin – Fame
10 Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin – Suffragette City
11 Here Comes The Here Comes – Ha Ha Ha
wearethelastbeatniks 
Wow, this is overwhelmingly awesome, thanks!
THANKS A LOT REALLY GREAT!!! 🙂
I got already all LP’s but here are OC’S 1 & 2 and stuff thanks a bunch!
MUCHAS GRACIASSSSSSS UN MONTON MAN
Heyo, could you possibly re-upload the OCS/ Total Control split? That would be awesome…
hey, any chance of a reup of the first ocs? Cheers