Andrew O'Neill

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Andrew O'Neill
Andrew O'Neill, Glastonbury Festival, 2019
Born (1979-09-14) 14 September 1979 (age 44)
Portsmouth, England
WebsiteOfficial website

Andrew O'Neill (born 14 September 1979) is a British comedian, musician, presenter, and writer[1] who lives in London.

Background

Born in

comedy clubs
, theatres and music festivals throughout the UK, Australia, US and Europe.

O'Neill has described themself as "a vegan, heterosexual transvestite, who happens to be a metalhead and amateur occultist".

non-binary,[3] uses they/them pronouns.[4]

Career

Performing "Andrew O'Neill's Totally Spot-On History of British Industry" in 2008

Andrew is a regular on the comedy stage at Download Festival, played to 5,500 people at Sonisphere Festival, opened for Amanda Palmer from The Dresden Dolls, and has performed at comedy festivals in Adelaide, Melbourne and Wellington. They have a column in Terrorizer magazine.

O'Neill is the guitarist for

The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing
.

In 2017 they published their first book, A History of Heavy Metal. It was described by Alan Moore as "a comprehensive landmark analysis of an enormous area of music that has been too long without such a thing, and has the massive advantage of the funny being turned up to twelve. A loud and thoroughly engrossing love-story."[5][6]

In 2023 they appeared as Mutt's Spouse in Series 2 of Good Omens.

Live credits

  • ...Is Easily Distracted (2012)
  • Alternative (2011) (UK & Australia tour)
  • Andrew O'Neill (2010) (UK & Australia tour)
  • Occult Comedian (2009) (UK & Australia tour)
  • Andrew O'Neill's Totally Spot-On History of British Industry (2008)
  • Futuristicelectrodeathninja9000 (2007)
  • Winston Churchill was Jack the Ripper, the full account (2006)
  • The Last Show Around (2005)
  • Andrew O'Neill and James Sherwood, Apparently (2004)
  • UK Tour September 2007 – October 2007 as special guest of Norman Lovett
  • UK Tour January 2008 – July 2008, with Terry Saunders
  • UK Tour September 2008 – June 2009, featuring special guest, former Creaming Jesus and current Giant Paw vocalist, Andy Heintz.
  • UK & Australia Tour September 2010 – June 2011
  • UK & Australia Tour September 2011 – February 2012
  • UK & Australia Tour March 2012 – November 2012

Radio and television

Publication

  • O'Neill, Andrew (2017). A History of Heavy Metal. Headline. .

Awards

References

  1. ^ Donaldson, Brian (12 January 2011). "Andrew O'Neill – Quite possibly the only cross-dressing vegan occultist on the stand-up circuit". The List. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. ^ Hingley, On The Mic, Martin Walker, James. "Andrew O'Neill - On The Mic". www.onthemic.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Andrew O'Neill on Instagram: "Just your tired, happy, non-binary comedian on their way home after a hard afternoon's gig. #comedian #gig #travel"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021.
  4. ^ "@destructo9000" on Twitter
  5. . Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  6. ^ "(bio)". Andrew O'Neill. They are author of the book A History Of Heavy Metal
  7. ^ "Andrew O'Neill: Pharmacist Baffler". BBC Radio 4 Extra. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Damned Andrew". BBC. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Transgender Media Awards Past Winners | Transgender Zone Media". 28 November 2018. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

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