{"id":51744,"date":"2026-02-18T14:41:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T22:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/?p=51744"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:41:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T22:41:54","slug":"johnny-oneil-releases-live-at-le-musique-room-featuring-lover-a-brand-new-track-from-an-upcoming-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/johnny-oneil-releases-live-at-le-musique-room-featuring-lover-a-brand-new-track-from-an-upcoming-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny O\u2019Neil Releases \u201cLive at Le Musique Room\u201d Featuring \u201cLover\u201d a Brand New Track from an Upcoming Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-51745\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pr2026-02-18-oneil-01-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JOHNNY O\u2019NEIL \u201cLover\u201d Official Music Video from the Album \u201cJohnny O\u2019Neil LIVE at Le Musique Room\u201d\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9NtXsFZSHVg?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"isPasted\" class=\"default\" style=\"text-align: center;\">JOHNNY O\u2019NEIL \u201cLover\u201d Official Music Video from the Album \u201cJohnny O\u2019Neil LIVE at Le Musique Room\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9NtXsFZSHVg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/9NtXsFZSHVg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MINNEAPOLIS, MN (February 18, 2025) \u2014 Johnny O&#8217;Neil announces his new live album \u201cLive\u00a0at Le Musique Room\u201d, out now on Bearded Maggie Records. The live album features a live performance of a brand new song \u201cLover\u201d that will be released on his upcoming new studio album.<\/p>\n<p id=\"isPasted\" class=\"default\">JOHNNY O\u2019NEIL \u201cLover\u201d Official Music Video from the Album \u201cJohnny O\u2019Neil Live at Le Musique Room\u201d:\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/9NtXsFZSHVg<\/p>\n<p>You can stream and purchase \u201cLive\u00a0at Le Musique Room\u201d\u00a0at:\u00a0<a id=\"isPasted\" href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/johnnyoneil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/linktr.ee\/johnnyoneil<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"isPasted\" class=\"default\">Talking about the new live album, Johnny O\u2019Neil said, \u201cOur new live album was recorded in a very intimate theater setting at Le Musique Room, opening for our good friends, Bobby Jensen and the Dead Cowboys. The album represents a true inflection point for our band. After our former guitarist, John Funk, informed us last spring that, \u201cI just have no passion to play hard rock anymore,\u201d we had to decide whether to replace him with another second guitarist. We very briefly considered holding auditions, but rather than going through the agony (and time!) of that process, we elected to forge ahead as a three-piece, and have never looked back or regretted our decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default\">The album features songs from our first two studio albums, as well as a brand new track, \u201cLover,\u201d a tune I\u00a0wrote about a fellow who has watched a woman being mistreated by someone from afar, and tells her to \u201cleave him \u2013 c\u2019mon with me\u201d! \u201cLover\u201d is the first single from our upcoming third studio album, which again will be co-produced, recorded, and mixed by Johnny\u2019s \u201cBlood Brother,\u201d the incomparable Brian Bart. We cannot wait for our fans to hear us get back to our hard rock roots &#8211; this time as a three-piece!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ARTIST: Johnny O&#8217;Neil<br \/>\nALBUM: LIVE at Le Musique Room<\/p>\n<p id=\"isPasted\" class=\"default\">1. Snake In The Grass<br \/>\n2. Brand New Day<br \/>\n3. Red Suns In The Sky<br \/>\n4. My Mona<br \/>\n5. Temple<br \/>\n6. When Janie Moved Into Town<br \/>\n7. On My Way<br \/>\n8. Lover<br \/>\n9. Comin\u2019 For You<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Band Members:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nJohnny O\u2019Neil:\u00a0<span id=\"isPasted\">Lead Vocals, All Guitars<br \/>\nBenny Craig: Bass Guitar and Background Vocals<br \/>\nJoachim Baecker: Drums and Background Vocals<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>JOHNNY O&#8217;NEIL:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nO\u2019Neil has been in practice as a Ph.D.-level clinical psychologist for over two decades, quite a feat considering he dropped out of high school at 16 to focus on his burgeoning music career. After more than a decade of achieving many of his musical dreams, including the \u201880s with Dare Force, O\u2019Neil decided to go back to school at the age of 28 to get his GED. He went on to earn his Bachelor\u2019s degree from the University of Minnesota, followed by a Master\u2019s degree and eventually a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from The Ohio State University.<\/p>\n<p>Now a solopreneur in private practice as a forensic psychologist, O\u2019Neil conducts Independent Psychological Evaluations (IPEs) of claimants involved in workers&#8217; comp and personal injury cases, and provides courtroom testimony as an expert witness \u2013 a fascinating occupation to be sure. In fact, he found himself interviewing dozens of Minneapolis police officers who filed disability claims due to PTSD in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, for O\u2019Neil, playing music is an invaluable form of therapy and expressing his emotions. \u201cI don\u2019t have a choice, I have to play music,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s how I\u2019m wired and how I preserve my sanity. It\u2019s therapy for me. I\u2019ll be performing until my last gasp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Neil fell in love with music at the age of five, begging his parents to buy him a guitar after seeing The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show, which they finally did when he turned eight years old. The stars aligned when his future Dare Force bandmate, Brian Bart, moved in across the street when he was nine. \u201cWe had a tussle over something silly in the front yard, then my mom invited us in for a piece of cake; we\u2019ve been thick as thieves ever since,\u201d O\u2019Neil says.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Neil and Bart immediately bonded over their mutual love of music (including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Johnny Winter, Steppenwolf, and Creedence Clearwater Revival), and quickly formed a band together. One of their first gigs was at Sunny Hollow Elementary School in 6th grade, where Bob Dylan\u2019s younger brother, David Zimmerman, was their music teacher and introduced their band to an audience of 500-some fellow classmates.<\/p>\n<p>Infusing his songwriting with his personal values of tolerance, compassion and empathy throughout his career, O\u2019Neil believes that an important part of an artist\u2019s job is to not only reflect what\u2019s going on in the world, but also to comment on it and influence it. To this end, O\u2019Neil\u2019s driving rock tunes go beyond being simply upbeat, feel-good rock \u2018n roll, to songs that really have something to say to the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>DARE FORCE:\u00a0(Johnny O&#8217;Neil&#8217;s previous band Dare Force)<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nDare Force was a legendary hard rock\/heavy metal band based in Minneapolis that was initially founded by Johnny and Brian Bart when they were 18 years old. Dare Force released three albums in the 1980s and performed in concert with numerous national acts such as KISS, Ted Nugent, Triumph, Kansas, UFO, the Joe Perry Project, and Ratt, as well as headlining in venues throughout the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. Dare Force also had several songs that received heavy airplay on rock radio stations throughout the midwestern US in the 1980s. Dare Force released its third album, &#8220;Firepower,&#8221; with a reformed version of the band in 1989. The original lineup performed occasional reunion gigs after the long run of the original band ended in 1987, but the original version of Dare Force stopped performing live altogether after their last reunion show in 2002. Dare Force reformed yet again with a return to a four-piece lineup in 2017, and released its fourth album, \u201cCallin\u2019 Your Name,\u201d in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA:<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.JohnnyONeil.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.JohnnyONeil.com<\/a><br \/>\nFB: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Facebook.com\/JohnnyONeil\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.Facebook.com\/JohnnyONeil<\/a><br \/>\nOfficial Instagram: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Instagram.com\/Johnny_ONeilOfficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.Instagram.com\/Johnny_ONeilOfficial<\/a><br \/>\nBandcamp: <a href=\"https:\/\/johnnyoneil.bandcamp.com\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/johnnyoneil.bandcamp.com\/releases<\/a><br \/>\nYouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/JohnnyONeilOfficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/JohnnyONeilOfficial<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnnyONeil16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnnyONeil16\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For all inquiries, contact:<br \/>\nMICHAEL BRANDVOLD MARKETING &amp; MANAGEMENT<br \/>\nMichael Brandvold | me@mikebrandvold.com | 415-200-8483<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Michael Brandvold is a freelance music industry consultant based in Northern California. Having launched Michael Brandvold Marketing to leverage his years of experience to provide direction to large and small clients in the areas of online &amp; social marketing as well as e-commerce and customer acquisition and retention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Gene Simmons of KISS first tapped Michael\u2019s skills as a pioneering online marketing strategist to launch and manage all aspects of Kissonline.com\u2019s multi-million dollar enterprise, including their ground-breaking VIP ticket program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Michael has also managed the online efforts for Jordan Rudess, Greg Kihn, KISS, ACCEPT, SOiL, Tantric, Killer Dwarfs, Dream Theater, Little Caesar, Narada Michael Walden, Motley Cr\u00fce, Rod Stewart, Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne, Madonna and Britney Spears to name only a few.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you are interested in speaking with Michael about what he can do to assist with your marketing needs contact him online at\u00a0me@mikebrandvold.com | 415-200-8483<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHNNY O\u2019NEIL \u201cLover\u201d Official Music Video from the Album \u201cJohnny O\u2019Neil LIVE at Le Musique Room\u201d https:\/\/youtu.be\/9NtXsFZSHVg MINNEAPOLIS, MN (February 18, 2025) \u2014 Johnny O&#8217;Neil announces his new live album \u201cLive\u00a0at Le Musique Room\u201d, out now on Bearded Maggie Records. 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