Thee Oh Sees (etc) was featured as our first ‘Artist of the week’ on 06/09/2021.
Thee Oh Sees is an American rock band originally from San Francisco, California, USA, active since 1997, based in Los Angeles since 2014, and led by John Dwyer. The band has changed its lineup and name several times, having previously been known as: Orinoka Crash Suite (1997–2003), OCS (2003–2005, 2017), Orange County Sound (2005), The Ohsees (2006), Thee Oh Sees (2006–2017), Oh Sees (2017–2019), Osees (2020–present).
Their album or song titles rarely (if ever) bear any relation to the music itself.
For the purposes of this website we are using Thee Oh Sees as the band name, with the variants as cross-references.
The 2020 line-up was: John Dwyer, Tim Hellman, Dan Rincon, Paul Quattrone, Tomas Dolas
Past members: Ryan Moutinho, Nick Murray, Brigid Dawson, Petey Dammit!, Mike Shoun, Lars Finberg, Jigmae Baer, Patrick Mullins, Beef Yeastworthy.
From the sticker on the front cover:
“At the peak of their ‘prog’ obsession, jammed out and totally dominating. The Chapel SF 10-2-19 is a 53 min, beautifully recorded, hi-fidelity live explosion of orc puke and kraut-gone-punk stage melt by one of the rippingest bands of the 21st century”
