The Treatment are an English

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band, which formed in

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, England, in 2008. Previously, the band members had played together under the moniker, 'God Sacks Man'. In 2011 the band played at Sonisphere Festival on the Jägermeister stage. Later in 2011, a UK tour arranged by the Powerage record label featured The Treatment, alongside New Device, Lethargy and Million Dollar Reload. After the ''Medication For The Nation Tour'' in the United Kingdom in December 2011 the band went on tour in support of

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. The first album ''"This Might Hurt"'' was released on 19 September on

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and

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. Later, on 21 April 2012, The Treatment and Spinefarm released an EP with covers of songs by such bands as

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and others. The disc was titled ''"Then and Again"''. The Treatment played on the Pepsi Max Stage at

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, UK on 9 June 2012. In 2012 the band went on tour with

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in their '' The Tour''. In 2013 they played at Ozzfest in Japan and four dates with

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in the UK. They also supported

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on their Frantic Four reunion tour with Quo's original line-up in 2013. On 3 February 2014 the second full-length album entitled ''"Running With The Dogs"'' was released. In partnership with

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Treatment has released a mini-compilation on 12-inch orange vinyl to mark Record Store Day in 2014. The compilation was released by

and includes 2 tracks from each band. On 29 March 2015 the band announced that their frontman Matt Jones would be leaving The Treatment. On 7 May 2015, the band announced that Mitchel Emms and Tao Grey were the new members of The Treatment. The band had been playing some secret shows with this line-up, then on 25 July 2015 they played at the

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alongside Y&T,

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and

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. In September 2015, the band were special guests on tour in the UK with W.A.S.P. On 7 October 2015, the group was signed by the Italian label Frontiers records. In September 2017, vocalist Mitchel Emms parted ways with the band. In December 2017, Tom Rampton (ex-Freeway Mad) was announced as the new vocalist. In January, the single "Bite Back" was released, which is part of the upcoming album ''Power Crazy'', which was announced for release on 22 March, followed by a tour to support it. In early March, the label released a video for the song "Hang Them High", later another music video for "Luck of the draw" was released, which has radically different style comparing to the typical works of the band. On 13 March 2019 the fourth album, called ''Power Crazy'', was released. Utilizing guitar parts from earlier records e.g. Hang Them High and The Doctor 2020 is the year of the band making the new fifth studio album.

Members

Current members

*Andy Milburn – bass player (2020–Present) *Tagore Grey – guitar/backing vocals (2008–Present) *Dhani Mansworth – drums (2008–Present) *Tao Grey – guitar (2015–Present) *Tom Rampton – vocals (2017–Present)

Former members

*Ben Brookland – guitar (2008–2013) *Matt Jones – vocals (2008–2015) *Rick "Swoggle" Newman – bass (2008–2020) *Jake Pattinson - guitar (2013-2014) *Fabian "Dee" Dammers – guitar (2014–2015) *Mitchel Emms - Vocals (2015 - 2017)

Discography

Studio albums

*''This Might Hurt'' (2011) *''Running With the Dogs'' (2014) *''Generation Me'' (2016) *''Power Crazy'' (2019) *''Waiting for Good Luck'' (2021)

EPs

*''Then and Again (Covers)'' (2012) *

, The Treatment — ''Die Hard / Angel Falling'' (12", Ora) (2014)

Music videos / Singles

*"Drink, Fuck, Fight" (2011) *"Shake the Mountain" (2011) *"Departed" (2011) *"The Doctor" (2012) *"Nothing to Lose But Our Minds" (2012) *"I Bleed Rock & Roll" (2013) *"Emergency" (2014) *"Running With the Dogs" (2014) *"The Outlaw" (2014) *"Let It Begin" (2016) *"The Devil" (2016) *"Generation Me" (2016) *"Bloodsucker" (2016) *"Backseat Heartbeat" (2016) *"Hang Them High" (2019) *"Luck of the Draw" (2019) *"Let's Get Dirty" (2019) *"Bite Back" (2019)

References

External links

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