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O’Neill has played pubs and bars in the outback and cities all over Australia. 2018 saw the Narodniks release their second album Death of a Gringo on Beast records in France. Following this release the band embarked on a mammoth European tour playing over 41 dates across the continent including 3 shows at the legendary Binic Blues festival in France. While in the Czech Republic they recorded at Sono records with legendary engineer Milan Cimfe. Milan has worked with Bowie, Lou Reed and Kris Kristofferson. He also plays drums with fellow Australian Hugo Race in Dirtmusic a band that the Narodniks draw much inspiration from. He has shared stages and supported Tex Perkins, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Kim Salmon, Spencer P Jones, The Beasts of Bourbon, Kid Kingo Powers and many othes. Steeped in the blues, rock & roll, punk and country O’Neill’s influences range from Iggy Pop, Rowland S Howard, Einstürzende Neubauten, the Bad Seeds, Stanford Clarke, W.H. Auden, Rimbaud, PJ Harvey,

Rhyece O’Neill’s songwriting talent has received praise from Tex Perkins (The Cruel Sea/Beasts of Bourbon), Spencer P. Jones (Beasts of Bourbon/Gun Club), Brian Hooper (Beasts of Bourbon/Roland S. Howard), Richard Kingsmill (Triple J Music director) & Steven Walker (The Ghost Triple R Radio) He has toured and performed with some of the worlds finest including The Beasts of Bourbon, The Ape, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Spencer P. Jones & White Denim. Steeped in the blues, rock & roll and country his influences range from Iggy Pop, W.H. Auden, PJ Harvey, Sylvia Plath, Patti Smith, Henry Miller, Townes Van Zandt, Dostoyevsky, Lightnin’ Hopkins & Dylan. O’Neill’s trade is the written word. A prolific poet, novelist and songwriter; in the past three years he has written and produced five albums worth of material. That’s at least 60 songs plus a book’s worth of poetry. Recently he completed his second novel Run To The Dust based on his experiences as a union delegate leading an