Chris T-T (born Christopher Thorpe-Tracey, 16 September 1974) is a retired English singer-songwriter based in Brighton.

[3] While T-T did not achieve mainstream success, his influence as an underground artist is widely felt and his music was consistently praised by critics over two decades.

After performing in school bands, in 1993 he began an honours degree in Popular Music Studies at Bretton Hall College (Leeds University).

In 1996, T-T gained his degree and joined Norfolk band Magoo as bass player, as they signed to Chemikal Underground Records.

With larger-scale production than his previous work, it included appearances from Andy Burrows (ex Razorlight drummer), Phil Sumner (British Sea Power cornettist), Jim Bob (Carter USM), Jon Boden (Bellowhead and Spiers & Boden fiddler) and Emmy The Great.

T-T recruited a stable band line-up, Hoodrats, including Ben Murray (ex Le Frange) on drums, Johny Lamb (Thirty Pounds of Bone, Lynched Recordings) on bass and long-term collaborator Jen Macro (Graham Coxon, My Bloody Valentine, Robyn Hitchcock) on lead guitar.

[7] In March 2010, Xtra Mile Recordings released T-T's seventh album Love Is Not Rescue, accompanied by the single 'Nintendo'.

[13] In March 2017, Xtra Mile Recordings announced Best Of Chris T-T; a double-album career retrospective marking his 20th anniversary, to be released on 19 May.

In April 2017, Chris T-T announced he was giving up his music career and that a farewell gig in London in autumn would be his final live concert.

T-T has been club DJ at live concerts by bands including Dinosaur Jr, The Thermals, Okkervil River, Jolie Holland & Samantha Parton and Efterklang.

He has written articles and short fiction for The Quietus, Dark Mountain, Louder Than War, ecnmy.org, Huffington Post, NME and others.

[15] The tweet, including the 'Spartacus' reference, was repeated on the floor of the House of Commons by Liberal Democrat MP Julian Huppert.