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Dan Treacy is an English singer and songwriter best known as the founding member of the post-punk band The Television Personalities (TVP), formed in 1977 with his childhood friends Ed Ball and ‘Slaughter Joe’ Joe Foster while they were teenages.[1][2]
Treacy was inspired to form TVP having heard the Sex Pistols[1] and Jonathan Richman amongst others.
Since his career was launched with the 1978 single Part Time Punks his songwriting and musical style has encompassed post-punk, neo-psychedelia and indie pop. He has been the only constant member of the Television Personalities.
Treacky has always been idiosyncratic to the point of ambivalence about music, being far more interested in satire. The band rarely ever practised, and he rarely prepared set lists for live performances, preferring to keep the band on their toes.[3]
He is known for the numerous popular culture references and in-jokes scattered throughout the TVPs’ lyrics, album titles and release artwork. Most of the references are to (mostly British) cult films, 1960s culture and forgotten or underappreciated musicians and celebrities.[citation needed]
Early Life
Career
Early success
Treacy borrowed money from his parents to record a follow-up single to their debut, “Where’s Bill Grundy Now?”. The band decided to release a four track EP consisting of the songs “Part Time Punks”, “Happy Families” and “Posing at the Roundhouse“.[5] The track Part Time Punks was picked up the influential BBC radio DJ John Peel, who played it repeatedly[7] and offered the band a Peel Session.[8] As a result of this exposure, Treacy was contacted by several independent record labels..[9]
He and Ball formed the Whaam! record label and released several other self-financed singles. However, the project had to be renamed “Dreamworld” after they received a cease and desist letter from legal representatives of George Michael of the pop group Wham!, who paid an undisclosed sum to get the duo to stop using the name.[9] Treacy eventually signed with Geoff Travis‘ Rough Trade Records, who released the single in 1980. It was instantly popular, with the first 14,000 copies selling in 6 months and a further 13,000 pressed six months later. The song brought the band to attention abroad and led to tours and record sales in America, Germany and Holland.[7]
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Resuragance
Influence
Discography
Albums
- …And Don’t the Kids Just Love It (1981, Rough Trade)[13]
- Mummy Your Not Watching Me (1982, Whaam! Records)
- They Could Have Been Bigger than the Beatles (1982, Whaam! Records)[14]
- The Painted Word (1984, Illuminated Records)
- Privilege (1989, Fire Records)
- Closer to God (1992, Fire Records)
- I Was a Mod Before You Was a Mod (1995, Overground Records)
- Don’t Cry Baby, It’s Only a Movie (1998, Damaged Goods Records)
- My Dark Places (2006, Domino)[15]
- Are We Nearly There Yet? (2007, Overground Records)
- A Memory Is Better Than Nothing (2010, Rocket Girl)
- Beautiful Despair (2018, Fire Records)[16]
References
- ^ a b Baal, Iphgenia. “Daniel Treacy as seen on Screen Archived 2 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine“. Dazed & Confused, 24 August 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2018
- ^ Earp, Joseph. “The Missing Man Of Music: A Search For The Elusive Dan Treacy Of Television Personalities Archived 10 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine“. The Brag, 26 July 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2018
- ^ Marsh, Calum. “Beautiful Despair“. Pitchfork, 26 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018
- ^ “Television Personalities Archived 15 February 2025 at the Wayback Machine“. NTS Radio, 2 February 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024
- ^ a b Davidson, Chris. “TV Personalities: Interview with Dan Treacy”. Slow Dazzle fanzine, Number 4, 1982
- ^ Quantick, David. “Personality People Reveal The Painted Word”. NME, 11 February 1984
- ^ a b Robbins, Ira. “Television Personalities Archived 16 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine“. Trouser Press, 16 February 2005. Retrieved 19 June 2025
- ^ [[Alan McGee]|c]. “Why Dan Treacy inspired me start Creation Records“. The Guardian, 5 May 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2025
- ^ Cardew, Ben. “Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out – Radio Sessions 1980-1993: Television Personalities“. Pitchfork, 2005. Retrieved 5 December 2025
- ^ Alan McGee. “McGee on music: Salute Dan Treacy, the last bluesman in England“. The Guardian, 4 May 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2025
- ^ Mason, Stewart. “…And Don’t the Kids Just Love It – Television Personalities”. AllMusic. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ “TrouserPress.com :: Television Personalities”. trouserpress.com.
- ^ Lindsay, Cam (2006-04-01). “Television Personalities My Dark Places”. Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
- ^ “Discography Archived 13 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine“. AllMusic. Retrieved 12 May 2018
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