The Ohsees

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Ohsees


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Genre = Alternative rock
Punk rock
Noise rock
No Wave
Art punk
Post-punk
Avant-garde rock
Years_active = 1997–present
Label = Load Records, Narnack Records, Rock is Hell Records, Castle Face Records,
Associated_acts = Pink and Brown, Coachwhips, The Hospitals
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/ohsees Thee Ohsees Myspace]
Current_members = John Dwyer
Brigid Dawson
Petey Dammit
Mike Shoun
Past_members = Jeff Rosenberg
Patrick Mullins
Jigmae Baer

The Ohsees (aka The Oh Sees, Thee Oh Sees and formerly OCS, Orange County Sound, Orinoka Crash Suite) began as a way for John Dwyer (of Coachwhips, Pink and Brown, Landed, Yikes, Burmese, The Hospitals, etc.) to release his instrumental, experimental home recordings. However, over the course of 7 albums it has evolved into a full band.

Band members

Current line-up

*John Dwyer - vocals, guitar
*Brigid Dawson - vocals
*Petey Dammit - guitar
*Mike Shoun - drums

Former members

*Jeff Rosenberg - guest guitar ("1")
*Patrick Mullins (of Burmese) - drums, saws, etc. (on "3", "4")
*Jigmae Baer - drums (on "Cool Death of Island Raiders" and selected tracks on "The Master's Bedroom...")

Discography

Albums

*"34 Reasons Why Life Goes On Without You / 18 Reasons To Love Your Hater To Death",????, Tumult Records (as OCS) (aka "1")
*"2", 2004, Narnack Records (as OCS)
*"3 - Song about Death and Dying / 4 - Get Stoved", 2005, Narnack Records (as OCS)
*"Live @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts", 2005, Faux Fetus (online EP) [http://www.fauxfetus.net/faux/bands/ocs/]
*"Grave Blockers EP", 2006, Rock is Hell Records (6" lathe cut vinyl record and a 3" CDr, limited edition of 51)
*"The Cool Death of Island Raiders", 2006, Narnack Records (aka "5")
*"Sucks Blood", 2007, Castle Face Records
*"The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In", 2008, Castle-Face Records / Tomlab Records (as Thee Oh Sees)
*"The Hounds of Foggy Notion", 2008, (Live CD/DVD) (as Thee Oh Sees)

Compilations

* "You're Soaking in It", 1997, Load Records ("Chinese Probe", same as "Intermission" from the album "2") (as Oronoka Crash Suite)
* "U.S. Pop Life Vol.11: Looking for the Perfect Glass - California Post Punk", ????, Contact Records (as OCS)

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/ohsees The Ohsees band's official web site]
* [http://fauxfetus.net/faux/bands/ocs/ The Ohsees live @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts courtesy of Faux Fetus]
* [http://larecord.com/issues/2008/09/16/thee-oh-sees-and-nrsz-i-play-nose-flute/ Sept 2008 Interview] with L.A. Record