Treece grew up in
Newark, Delaware, where he attended
John Dickinson High School, but moved to Philadelphia in 1982 because, according to Treece, "I was sick of high-school and I knew I wasn't going to college. I knew I wanted to do music and skate." Between 1982 and 1990, he was a professional skater with endorsements by several
companies, including
Santa Cruz Skateboards,
Powell-Peralta, and
Airwalk sneakers. Treece released two albums with his band McRad,
Absence of Sanity in the 1980s (rereleased 2001) and
FDR in 2007. Treece considered his band a
skate rock band, stating that in addition to himself, band members Tristan, Ethan and Zeke were also active skaters. Treece also played guitar with
New York hardcore band Underdog and recorded on their 1989 LP "Vanishing Point". In 1991, he also released a solo album on
Caroline Records titled ''Dream'n''. Starting in 2001, Treece was also a founding member of Philadelphia punk band
Stiffed. The band helped launch the chart-topping solo career of Stiffed's vocalist Santi White under the stage name of
Santigold, who credits Treece as "the person that got me to sing." Most recently, Treece joined producer Chris DiBeneditto at Philadelphonic Studios to record the drum tracks for
The Movement's 2008 rock/reggae album
Set Sail. After recording the album, fellow McRad band members Gary Jackson and Jason Schmidt took on the role as drummer and bassist for The Movement. Treece continues to skate at
FDR Skatepark in Philadelphia and works closely with legendary producer
Joe "The Butcher" Nicolo. In 2010 Treece joined Philly/NYC punk band
Plastic Eaters as their resident drummer. In 2014 Treece continued his Long time musical connection with legendary singer [HR] of the
Bad Brains writing and recording new tracks in the studio and performing live shows on Drums with HR and Philly Dub/ Reggae outfit I Yahn I Arkestra notably featuring Treece's childhood Musical mentor, the original Dub Warrior Timi Tanzania. In January 2016 Treece played second guitar in the DC hardcore group
Scream at the
Black Cat in Washington DC for a benefit show for area musician Doc Night. In 2022, Treece joined
Michael Hampton to form the funk/punk fusion group
Punkadelic. With Hampton on guitar and Treece on bass and drums, Punkadelic performed both original music and Funkadelic covers in Philadelphia, Mexico, and live on the radio at
WOCM Ocean 98 in
Ocean City, Maryland. Punkadelic released 2 singles and an original EP titled Collective Consciousness in 2023. ==References==