Mike O'Neill is a Canadian singer-songwriter,"Mike O'Neill Announces New Solo Album"
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'', December 1, 2011. actor, and screenwriter. Originally from

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, Ontario, he has been based in Halifax, Nova Scotia since 1996. O'Neill was a member of indie-rock band

The Inbreds The Inbreds were a Canadian alternative rock band formed in 1992. Originally from Kingston, Ontario,"Kingston's Inbreds don't need guitars". ''Toronto Star'', July 8, 1993. the band relocated to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1996 and remained based ther ...

in the 1990s before disbanding the group and embarking on a solo career. He was involved as both sound engineer and actor on the popular Canadian television series

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Biography

O'Neill was a founding member in the 1990s of the Canadian indie-rock band The Inbreds along with the drummer

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. The Inbreds released four albums between 1992 and their breakup in 1998, and O'Neill has since released a handful of albums as a solo artist. Though he played bass guitar in The Inbreds, he has been predominantly a rhythm guitarist as a solo artist."Mike O'Neill". ''Atlantic Airwaves'', March 3, 2012. In 2007, he joined the cast of ''

'', appearing in several episodes of the hit series' seventh season, playing the hot-tempered Thomas Collins. His song "Are We Waiting" was featured in the Trailer Park Boys season seven episode "'' Jump the Cheeseburger''". He also worked behind the scenes on the series for several seasons as the sound mixer."Is Hollywood ready for Mike Clattenburg?" '' The Coast'', October 5, 2006. From 2007 to 2010, O'Neill composed music for the

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program '' French Food at Home'', for which he won a

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. On October 22, 2008, O'Neill and Ullrich played a one-off Inbreds reunion show in Halifax as part of the 2008 Halifax Pop Explosion. In 2012, O'Neill released his first solo album in eight years, entitled ''Wild Lines''. The album ''Colours'', a collaboration with Devon Sproule, was released on September 23, 2013, on Tin Angel Records. O'Neill also collaborated with ''Trailer Park Boys'' creator Mike Clattenburg on the screenplays for the 2012 film '' Moving Day'', and the 2014 film '' Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It''. They also co-created the Canadian television comedy series '' Crawford'', which premieres as streaming video on February 2, 2018. As of 2015, he has joined with

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of Sloan and Matt Murphy of The Super Friendz in the supergroup Tuns."Sloan / Super Friendz / Inbreds Supergroup TUNS Announce Debut Album"
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'', May 20, 2016.

Discography

With the Inbreds

* 1992: ''

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'' * 1994: '' Kombinator'' * 1996: ''

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'' * 1998: '' Winning Hearts'' * 2004: ''The Kombinator Demos'' * 2004: ''B-Sides'' * 2004: ''Live in Calgary 1997''

With TUNS

* 2016: ''TUNS''

Solo

* 2000: ''What Happens Now?'' * 2004: ''The Owl'' * 2012: ''Wild Lines'' * 2013: ''Colours'' – with Devon Sproule

Compilations

* ''Our Power'' (2006): "She Believes in Me"

References

External links

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Mike O'Neill
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