Jeff Bloom + Television Personalities & Rude Mechanicals

<p>Jeff Bloom + Television Personalities & Rude Mechanicals in conversation with David Eastaugh</p> <p>The Television Personalities are an English <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-punk'>post-punk</a> band formed in 1977 by London singer-songwriter Dan Treacy. Their varied, volatile and long career encompasses <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_punk'>post punk</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-psychedelia'>neo-psychedelia</a> and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_pop'>indie pop</a>; the only constant being Treacy's songwriting. Present and former members include Chelsea childhood mates <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughter_Joe'>'Slaughter Joe' Joe Foster</a>, one time best friend <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Ball_(musician)'>Ed Ball</a> (early line-up, later briefly) and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jowe_Head'>Jowe Head</a> (ex-<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swell_Maps'>Swell Maps</a>), with <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Bloom'>Jeffrey Bloom</a> 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 "<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Part_Time_Punks'>Part Time Punks</a>", a favourite of John Peel's.</p>