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

Dave Ullrich Dave Ullrich (born ) is a Canadian musician and entrepreneur. Early life Ullrich attended O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Oshawa, Ontario and Queens University. Career Ullrich performed as drummer and vocalist with bassist Mik ...

. 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 Gemini Award. On October 22, 2008, O'Neill and Ullrich played a one-off Inbreds reunion show in Halifax as part of the 2008

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. In 2012, O'Neill released his first solo album in eight years, entitled ''Wild Lines''. The album ''Colours'', a collaboration with

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, was released on September 23, 2013, on Tin Angel Records. O'Neill also collaborated with ''Trailer Park Boys'' creator

Mike Clattenburg Mike Clattenburg is a Canadian television and film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known as creator, executive producer, writer and director of the TV comedy series ''Trailer Park Boys'' (2001–2008), for his work with '' This ...

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 The Super Friendz are a Canadian indie rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia. They were initially active between 1994 and 1997, before reforming in 2003. Contemporaries of Sloan, their early work was on Sloan's Murderecords label. Career The Su ...

in the supergroup Tuns."Sloan / Super Friendz / Inbreds Supergroup TUNS Announce Debut Album"
'' Exclaim!'', May 20, 2016.

Discography

With the Inbreds

* 1992: ''

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'' * 1994: ''

Kombinator ''Kombinator'' is an independently released studio album by Canadian alternative rock duo The Inbreds in 1994, produced by Dave Clark of Rheostatics. ''Kombinator'' reached number one on the Canadian national campus radio charts and was nomi ...

'' * 1996: ''

It's Sydney or the Bush ''It's Sydney or the Bush'' is the third studio album by Canadian alternative rock duo The Inbreds, released in 1997 on PF Records in Canada and TAG Recordings in the United States. Produced by Lincoln Fong, the album represented an expansion of ...

'' * 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

Compilations

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

References

External links

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CBC Radio 3 CBC Radio 3 is a Canadian digital radio station operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which plays a relatively freeform mix of indie rock, indie pop, alternative hip hop, folk, country and electronic music. The service, which la ...

Mike O'Neill
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