This article is about the band. For the concept, see Television personalities.
Television Personalities
Dan Treacy performing with Television Personalities in Japan
Background information
Origin
England
Genres
Post-punk
mod revival
psychedelia[1]
indie pop
Years active
1977–1998, 2004–present
Labels
Little Teddy Recordings Domino Recording Company Rocket Girl Rough Trade Records Fire Records (UK) Whaam! Records
Members
Dan Treacy
Texas Bob Juarez
Mike Stone
Jeff Bloom
Dave Musker
Jowe Head
Lee McFadden
Past members
'Slaughter Joe' Foster
Ed Ball
John Bennett
Gerard Bennett
Mark 'Empire' Sheppard
Bernard Fox
Arnau Obiols
Mark Flunder
Jeffrey Bloom
Victoria Yeulet
Mathew Sawyer
Graeme Wilson
Website
Homepage
The Television Personalities are an English post-punk band formed in 1977 by London singer-songwriter Dan Treacy.[2] Their varied, volatile and long career encompasses post punk, neo-psychedelia and indie pop; the only constant being Treacy's songwriting. Present and former members include Chelsea childhood mates 'Slaughter Joe' Joe Foster, one time best friend Ed Ball (early line-up, later briefly)[3] and Jowe Head (ex-Swell Maps), with Jeffrey Bloom from 1983-94. The threesome of Treacy, Head, and Bloom formed the longest unchanged line-up and as a result is considered by many to be the definitive line-up, performing hundreds of gigs around the world and recording many of the band's most popular songs like "How I Learned to Love the Bomb", "Salvador Dali's Garden Party" and "Strangely Beautiful". Despite this, the Television Personalities are best known for their early single "Part Time Punks", a favourite of John Peel's.[3]
Despite their relatively minor commercial success (their third album was sardonically titled They Could Have Been Bigger than the Beatles), the Television Personalities are highly regarded by critics and have been widely influential, especially on the C86 generation, on many of the bands signed to Creation Records in the 1990s, and on American artists such as Pavement[4] and MGMT. Treacy's unconventional but dryly witty and culture infused lyrics, have led to his reputation as a seminal and iconic figure within the independent music scene.[5]
In 2006, music critic Cam Lindsay described Treacy as having "recorded some of the most bizarre, unlistenable and brilliant pop songs in the last three decades".[6]
^Esplen, John. "Television Personalities". Wipe Out Music. Retrieved 13 May 2018
^Earp, Joseph. "The Missing Man Of Music: A Search For The Elusive Dan Treacy Of Television Personalities". The Brag, 26 July 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2018
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^Lindsay, Cam. "Television Personalities". Exclaim, 1 April 2016. Retrieved 13 may 2018
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