Tony O'Neill
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Tony O'Neill is a New York
-based author. A one time musician with Kenickie
(1997–98), Marc Almond
(1997–98), The Brian Jonestown Massacre
(2000) and Kelli Ali (2001–04), O'Neill is also the author of several books including Digging The Vein 2006, Down and Out on Murder Mile 2008 and Sick City 2010.
Digging the Vein was a novel based on the authors years as a heroin and crack
addict as well as his experiences in the music industry, while the sequel, Down and Out on Murder Mile was released by Harper Perennial
as a mass market paperback in November 2008. Jerry Stahl
said of Down and Out on Murder Mile: "I fucking loved it."
Sick City was released by Harper Perennial
in July 2010. The plot revolves around two heroin addicts who try to sell a legendary sex tape starring Sharon Tate
. The book earned praise from Barry Gifford
, Sebastian Horsley
, Tom McCarthy
among others.
He also co-wrote the memoirs of NFL player Jason Peter
. The resulting book, Hero of the Underground was a New York Times bestseller published in July 2008 by St Martins Press. Other non-fiction works includes the memoir of the lead singer of The Runaways
, Cherie Currie
– Neon Angel: A Memoir of The Runaways (2010, It Books / Harper Collins)
A short story anthology Notre Dame Du Vide was published in France, June 2009, by 13e Note Editions. Down and Out on Murder Mile and Sick City
have also been translated into French, and Sick City
will be published in Germany
, Switzerland
and Austria
in 2011.
He has written short stories for 3:AM Magazine
and Laura Hird
's fiction showcase, among others. A short story collection, Seizure Wet Dreams, was published by Social Disease in the UK, also in 2006. In 2007 Songs From The Shooting Gallery, his first book of poetry, was published by Burning Shore Press
of Long Beach, California.
He is a founding member of the Brutalists
, a literary collective including authors Adelle Stripe
and Ben Myers
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
-based author. A one time musician with Kenickie
Kenickie
Kenickie were a four-piece rock band from Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. The band were formed in 1994 and consisted of lead vocalist, guitarist and lyricist Lauren Laverne , drummer Johnny X , lead guitarist and occasional vocalist Marie du Santiago and bass guitarist Emmy-Kate Montrose...
(1997–98), Marc Almond
Marc Almond
Marc Almond is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who originally found fame as half of the seminal synthpop/New Wave duo Soft Cell...
(1997–98), The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Brian Jonestown Massacre is an American eclectic musical group led by Anton Newcombe, whose music spans multiple genres including psychedelia, electronica, folk music, blues, experimental music, and many others....
(2000) and Kelli Ali (2001–04), O'Neill is also the author of several books including Digging The Vein 2006, Down and Out on Murder Mile 2008 and Sick City 2010.
Digging the Vein was a novel based on the authors years as a heroin and crack
Crack cocaine
Crack cocaine is the freebase form of cocaine that can be smoked. It may also be termed rock, hard, iron, cavvy, base, or just crack; it is the most addictive form of cocaine. Crack rocks offer a short but intense high to smokers...
addict as well as his experiences in the music industry, while the sequel, Down and Out on Murder Mile was released by Harper Perennial
Harper Perennial
Harper Perennial is a paperback imprint of the publishing house HarperCollins Publishers. Harper Perennial has divisions located in New York, London, Toronto, and Sydney. The imprint is descended from the Perennial Library imprint founded by Harper & Row in 1964...
as a mass market paperback in November 2008. Jerry Stahl
Jerry Stahl
Jerry Stahl is an American novelist and screenwriter, He is best known for his memoir of addiction Permanent Midnight. A film adaptation followed with Ben Stiller in the lead role....
said of Down and Out on Murder Mile: "I fucking loved it."
Sick City was released by Harper Perennial
Harper Perennial
Harper Perennial is a paperback imprint of the publishing house HarperCollins Publishers. Harper Perennial has divisions located in New York, London, Toronto, and Sydney. The imprint is descended from the Perennial Library imprint founded by Harper & Row in 1964...
in July 2010. The plot revolves around two heroin addicts who try to sell a legendary sex tape starring Sharon Tate
Sharon Tate
Sharon Marie Tate was an American actress. During the 1960s she played small television roles before appearing in several films. After receiving positive reviews for her comedic performances, she was hailed as one of Hollywood's promising newcomers and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for...
. The book earned praise from Barry Gifford
Barry Gifford
Barry Gifford is an American author, poet, and screenwriter known for his distinctive mix of American landscapes and film noir- and Beat Generation-influenced literary madness....
, Sebastian Horsley
Sebastian Horsley
Sebastian Horsley was a London artist best known for having undergone a voluntary crucifixion. Horsley's writing often revolved around his dysfunctional family, his drug addictions, sex, and his reliance on prostitutes.-Background:Horsley was born in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire...
, Tom McCarthy
Tom McCarthy
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among others.
He also co-wrote the memoirs of NFL player Jason Peter
Jason Peter
Jason Michael Peter is a retired American football player. Peter was an All-American defensive tackle his senior year at the University of Nebraska and was taken in the first round by the Carolina Panthers in the 1998 NFL Draft. His career was shortened by a recurring and chronic neck stinger...
. The resulting book, Hero of the Underground was a New York Times bestseller published in July 2008 by St Martins Press. Other non-fiction works includes the memoir of the lead singer of The Runaways
The Runaways
The Runaways were an American all-girl rock band that recorded and performed in the second half of the 1970s. The band released four studio albums and one live set during its run. Among its best known songs: "Cherry Bomb", "Queens of Noise", "Neon Angels On the Road to Ruin", "California Paradise"...
, Cherie Currie
Cherie Currie
Cherie Currie is an American singer, actress and chainsaw artist. Currie was the lead vocalist of The Runaways, a hard rock band from Los Angeles in the mid-to-late 1970s.-Life and career:...
– Neon Angel: A Memoir of The Runaways (2010, It Books / Harper Collins)
A short story anthology Notre Dame Du Vide was published in France, June 2009, by 13e Note Editions. Down and Out on Murder Mile and Sick City
Sick City
Sick City , a 12" maxi record release of PIG, was released on Potomak in 1989. J. G. Thirlwell as well as John Caffery were heavily involved in this record.-Track listing:# "Sick City" – 4:58...
have also been translated into French, and Sick City
Sick City
Sick City , a 12" maxi record release of PIG, was released on Potomak in 1989. J. G. Thirlwell as well as John Caffery were heavily involved in this record.-Track listing:# "Sick City" – 4:58...
will be published in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
in 2011.
He has written short stories for 3:AM Magazine
3:AM Magazine
3:AM Magazine is a literary magazine, which was set up as 3ammagazine.com in April 2000 and is edited from Paris. Its editor-in-chief since inception has been Andrew Gallix, a lecturer at the Sorbonne ....
and Laura Hird
Laura Hird
Laura Hird is a Scottish novelist and short story writer.Hird studied Contemporary Writing at Middlesex Polytechnic and is the author of two novels, Nail and Other Stories and Born Free . Hope and Other Urban Tales, a novella and short story collection, followed in 2006. All her novels and...
's fiction showcase, among others. A short story collection, Seizure Wet Dreams, was published by Social Disease in the UK, also in 2006. In 2007 Songs From The Shooting Gallery, his first book of poetry, was published by Burning Shore Press
Burning Shore Press
Established in 2005, Burning Shore Press is a publisher of serious "underground" literature and is based in Long Beach, California. It has thus far published the novel Heaping Stones, by Rob Woodard, and the play Don Giovanni, by Dan Fante, and Songs From The Shooting Gallery, the debut book of...
of Long Beach, California.
He is a founding member of the Brutalists
Brutalists
Brutalism is a literary movement formed in 2006 by three writers from the north of England , and may have been the first literary movement to be launched via the social networking site Myspace where it announced itself with the following manifesto:"Brutalism calls for writing that touches upon...
, a literary collective including authors Adelle Stripe
Adelle Stripe
Adelle Stripe is a poet from Tadcaster, North Yorkshire. In 2006, alongside Tony O'Neill and Ben Myers she formed possibly the first literary movement spawned via a social networking site, The Brutalists, who the BBC described as a 'group of young writers with a back-to-basics approach to...
and Ben Myers
Ben Myers
Ben Myers is an English writer.His first novel The Book Of Fuck, a fictionalised account about a hapless music journalist, was published to underground acclaim in 2004 through Wrecking Ball Press. Myers claimed it was written in six days "as a joke"...
Fiction
- Digging The Vein Contemporary Press 2006
- Down and Out on Murder Mile Harper Perennial 2008
- Sick City (2010)
Short Fiction
- Seizure Wet Dreams Social Disease 2006
- Notre Dame du Vide 13eNote Editions, Paris 2009
- The Loose Canon Vol. 1 (Siren Song, Montreal) 2009
Non-Fiction
- Hero of the Underground (2008) Co-writer w/ Jason PeterJason PeterJason Michael Peter is a retired American football player. Peter was an All-American defensive tackle his senior year at the University of Nebraska and was taken in the first round by the Carolina Panthers in the 1998 NFL Draft. His career was shortened by a recurring and chronic neck stinger...
- Neon Angel: A Memoir of The Runaways (2010) Co-writer w/ Cherie CurrieCherie CurrieCherie Currie is an American singer, actress and chainsaw artist. Currie was the lead vocalist of The Runaways, a hard rock band from Los Angeles in the mid-to-late 1970s.-Life and career:...