Thee Oh Sees

Thee Oh Sees
Thee Oh Sees live at Primavera Festival 2010
Background information
Origin	San Francisco, California, United States
Genres	Garage rock, psychedelic rock, alternative rock, punk rock, noise rock, post-punk
Years active	1997–Present
Labels	Castle Face Records, In The Red Records, Load Records, Narnack Records, Rock is Hell Records,
Associated acts	Pink and Brown, Coachwhips, The Hospitals, The Intelligence, Sic Alps, Ty Segall
Website	Official Website
Members	John Dwyer Tim Hellman Dan Rincon Paul Quattrone
Past members	Ryan Moutinho Nick Murray Brigid Dawson Petey Dammit! Mike Shoun Lars Finberg Jigmae Baer Patrick Mullins

Thee Oh Sees is an American garage rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1997. The band currently consists of primary songwriter and core member John Dwyer (vocals, guitar), alongside Tim Hellman (bass), Dan Rincon (drums) and Paul Quattrone (drums). Thee Oh Sees sound incorporates a wide range of rock genres, including 1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock, punk rock, noise rock, art punk, and 1980s post-punk.

Initially an outlet for Dwyer (Coachwhips, Pink and Brown and The Hospitals) to release experimental home recordings, Thee Oh Sees evolved into a full band, featuring Brigid Dawson (vocals, keyboard), Petey Dammit (bass, guitar), Mike Shoun (drums), and Lars Finberg (drums, guitar). Over the course of several releases and genre transitions, the band became noted for their prolific discography, energetic live shows, and whimsical visual aesthetic. The band has changed its lineup and name several times, having previously being known as Orinoka Crash Suite, OCS, Orange County Sound, The Ohsees and The Oh Sees.

In late 2013, it was announced that the band would be entering a hiatus. A new studio album, however, entitled Drop, was released in 2014, and Thee Oh Sees subsequently toured as a three-piece, with Sic Alps bassist Tim Hellman and White Fence drummer Nick Murray replacing Dawson, Dammit!, and Shoun. In 2015, Dawson returned to the band, in a studio capacity, for its next studio album, Mutilator Defeated At Last. Following its release, Dwyer and Hellman began touring with two drummers, Ryan Moutinho and Dan Rincon, replacing Murray. Touring extensively, this line-up recorded the band's seventeenth and eighteenth studio albums, A Weird Exits and An Odd Entrances.