Mike O'Neill, Ed Lowery, Keith Bartlett, Karen Collins, Jordan Kinley, Chris Alameda, Fred Stolz, Mike Roe, Jeff Wood, Laura Taylor, Greg Gammonley.....
Influences
See the Unrequited Loves MySpace page for his influences. * DISCOGRAPHY: Monday Mornings - Despise Or World? * Nailbiters - Unsorted * Nailbiters - Every Wasted Second Gone * the Unrequited Loves - These Are the Unrequited Loves * the Cryptkicker Five - self-titled * Mike also liked to hand out hundreds of cassettes and homemade CDR's of his live shows, demos, and radio performances
Sounds Like
Mike O'Neill's bands: the Unrequited Loves, Nailbiters, Monday Mornings, thee Cryptkicker Five, Ferrell Melton...
THIS IS A TRIBUTE SITE SET UP BY FANS & FRIENDS OF MIKE O'NEILL ****Mike O'Neill was a songwriter and performer who entered the Tampa area music scene first as co-leader of Monday Mornings and then as leader of Nailbiters and The Unrequited Loves.
He drew from a host of musical influences, most prominently '60s Merseybeat and garage rock. His songwriting showed a rare rigor and discipline - he avoided cliche like the plague and artfully captured in song emotions few of us have the language for and which we often would just as soon ignore.
He was a generous friend who lent support and often equipment to a number of area bands.
He also was an excellent bowler.
Mike O'Neill took his own life on July 17, 2006 at the age of 41.
AFTER THE POLKA MIKE O'NEILL MEMORIAL BROADCAST: Jenny Jurristo-Morrison's excellent tribute can be heard on http://www.free103point9.org and at ScrewMuiscForever.com *****Also see the Unrequited Loves, Mike's last band's site on MySpace.
its that time of the year again - i have such a hard time in the summer - still.................. the song remains the same............................... wish you were here............................... love col
hey - it's me again - it is so friggin hot in Texas - but i am going home to fla soon as i can - by thanksgiving - another year is almost gone - yet it it still seems so unreal - thank god (or your friends) for this site - i visit very often - i love you Mike - you already know - tell Daddy i said Happy Fathers Day - I miss him so so much - i miss you all - love colleen ellen
It's the fourth day of a Heatwave here in New York City. I believe you have just the right long-sleeved, button-down shirt and second-hand jacket for this sweltering occasion. I blew it for not hooking up with you more. I blew it. I own it. We should've done a duet at a benefit for someone at some point. miss you.
So - i had this dream - you were there with me - you held me and i cried and cried - weird - but i felt strangly better - maybe you were there - i love you Mike - col
You are still thought of on your birthday and we all miss you! I am taking my nursing test on Friday, so you and gram and grampa keep your fingers crossed for me :-) Love You Super Uncle Mike! Love, Meg
Your Birthday is Wednesday - You are still missed and loved by so many it blows me away - I am so grateful to visit this site - cuz it really helps to talk to you - I think you read what is written - I love you Mike - and it still seems so very wrong and it still seems so very unreal at times - You Are Loved and forgiven - love you still and always - colleen ellen
Tell Mom I said Happy Birthday and I love her - tell Daddy I love him too -and tell Eileen I love her too - and i miss and love you all - I guess you are all have a b-day party for Mom without the rest of us - hope you get to have the piece of cake with the rose - love colleen ellen
Time goes by like Hurricanes..... and faster things...
I think about you so very often - I worry about how it was for you - I wish I could have helped - weird - I wonder where your glasses are - I know I am weird and I worry about stupid stuff - but then again worrying is something i am really good at - anyway - I love you Mike
So - another year older - 46 now - Jim will turn 50 next month - wish so many things were different - starting with you being gone - wish you were here...love col
Hey - Christmas was yesterday - I miss you - I miss All of the people gone I love - you weren't supposed to be one of them - Hope you are okay Mike - I think of you so much - many times a day - I am learning to smile when i think of you - progress right??? - love col
Hey Mike, Presley's first Christmas and birthday are almost here. Time flies so fast. I wish we could share some of this joy with you. We love you and it still hurts a lot. Peace Brother.
I recommend "Touched By Suicide: Hope and Healing After Loss" (by Micheal F. Myers, M.D. and Carla Fine) to anyone having trouble with grief over Mike. It's helping me.
I think of you so often - everyday - several times a day - I understand the darkeness and i know the feelings - have had them for decades - but yoiu already know that - i love you Mike - col
Miss You Mike - sounds pretty lame doesn't it - doesn't even begin to describe the feeling of you being gone from this earth - hope you still visit from time to time - love col
Me again - I was remembering when we were in grade school - Mrs. Stokes would pick us up in the morning and we had to ride in the back seat with Inez Flores - (we would wrinkle our noses cuz he wore something weird in his hair) and Mom would pick us up and we would stop and get fries and a coke on the way home - I remember when Michael Smith called you a snot bag and we laughed so hard cuz he thought it was the biggest cutdown in the world - Love You Mike - Thanksgiving is almost here - I remember when I came home from Gainesville for thanksgiving - It was Daddy, Jimmy, Me and You - (Mom and Eileen went to Mich) I was in charge of heating up dinner - I could not even boil water in those days - that was 1981 - hard to believe the time goes so fast - You are missed little brother - Love Col
I thought about you while I was driving in Tampa yesterday! Just wanted you to know that we all think about you often and miss you! Love You Super Uncle Mike :-)
