Career
He is best known as the founding member and primary songwriter of the garage rock band Thee Oh Sees, with whom he has recorded sixteen studio albums. 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, United States.
He has been in and fronted several underground American bands since 1997.
In 2003, John Dwyer founded Castle Face Records with Brian Lee Hughes and Matt Jones. In a recent interview, Larry Hardy, creator of In The Red Recordings, talked about the possibility of a new band with him and Ty Segall.