Franz Treichler

The Young Gods
The Young Gods in 2007
Background information
Also known as	TYG
Origin	Fribourg, Switzerland
Genres	Industrial rock industrial avant-rock
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Wax Trax! Play It Again Sam Interscope Ipecac Intoxygene Make Up Two Gentlemen
Members	Franz Treichler Alain Monod Bernard Trontin Vincent Hänni
Past members	Cesare Pizzi Patrice Bagnoud Urs Hiestand

The Young Gods are a Swiss industrial rock band from Fribourg. The band's lineup consisted of a trio composed by a vocalist, a keyboardist/sampler operator, and a drummer. In 2007, a fourth member joined the band. Their instrumentation often includes sampled electric guitars, drums, keyboards, and other samples. The lyrics are written in English, French and German.

Their name is taken from an early EP by the no wave/noise rock band Swans. Artists influenced by The Young Gods include Pitchshifter, Mike Patton, Sepultura, The Edge (as stated in U2 by U2), Devin Townsend, Ithak, Econoline Crush and David Bowie; asked in 1995 if his album Outside was influenced by Nine Inch Nails, Bowie answered: "The band that I was actually quite taken with was three guys from Switzerland called The Young Gods... I’d been aware of them previous to knowing about Nine Inch Nails."

Roli Mosimann of Swans has worked with the group as a producer. In 2007 they did a Take-Away Show acoustic video session. Notable hits are: "Did You Miss Me?", "Envoyé!", "Longue Route", "Skinflowers", and "Kissing the Sun".