Andrew O'Neill (born 14 September 1979) is a British comedian, musician, presenter, and writer who lives in London. O'Neill uses they/them pronouns. Background Born in Portsmouth in 1979, O'Neill grew up in the London suburban town of Wallington. They have two brothers, Steve and David. They did their first comedy performance at the age of ten, and started their stand-up career on 16 January 2002 at the Laughing Horse, Camden. They have since gone on to perform in comedy clubs, theatres and music festivals throughout the UK, Australia, US and Europe. O'Neill has described themself as a heterosexual transvestite and as non-binary. They are a vegan. Career 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 steampunk band 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." 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 Never Mind the Buzzcocks, BBC 2 Saxondale (with Steve Coogan), BBC 2 Good News Week, Ten (Australia) Spicks and Specks, ABC1 (Australia) Fags, Mags and Bags, BBC Radio 4 The 7th Dimension, BBC Radio 4 Extra The Richard Bacon Show, BBC Radio 5 Live