He is best known as the vocalist and sole consistent member of the Swiss industrial rock band The Young Gods, which he founded in 1985 with sampler player Cesare Pizzi and drummer Frank Bagnoud.

[9] The band featured Cesare Pizzi on bass and Jacques Schouwey on drums while Treichler sang and played guitar.

[13] Relocating to Geneva following the demise of Jof & the Ram, Treichler formed The Young Gods with Cesare Pizzi and Frank Bagnoud in 1985.

Working with Swans member and producer Roli Mosimann, the band released 1987's The Young Gods and 1989 L'eau rouge to critical acclaim from publications such as Melody Maker.

Treichler resumed playing guitar on 2008's Knock on Wood,[17] as well as on the band's 2010 and 2019 studio albums, Everybody Knows and Data Mirage Tangram.

[16] Treichler is also a record producer, having worked with French industrial metal band Treponem Pal on their self-titled 1989 debut and 1993's Excess & Overdrive.

[26] His favourite albums include The Doors's L.A. Woman, The Ruts's The Crack and Einstürzende Neubauten's Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T., among others.