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Windsor, Detroit ON, Canada (1990 – 2005, 2011 – present)

The Tea Party is a Canadian rock band from Windsor, Ontario, with blues, progressive rock and Middle Eastern influences who formed in 1990 and disbanded in October 2005. They reformed in 2011 to play some shows in Canada. They have released seven albums commercially during their time together. Guitarist and vocalist Jeff Martin, who has perfect pitch, was also producer for almost all of their albums. All three members played a range of instruments and they took up to 37 on tour with them at times in their career. They were very successful in Canada and Australia, and to a lesser extent in Europe, but never managed to crack the American market.

The band received some media criticism for Jeff Martin’s Jim Morisson-like stage persona in some of its videos and their Led Zeppelin-esq riffs, although he seemed determined to be striving to create his own image and sound. His looks certainly do draw some comparison, however, to The Doors’ late front man.

Their sound is hard to categorize as each album possessed different themes and influences. Splendor Solis (1993) was a more acoustic, blues-based record, while Edges Of Twilight (1995) was much darker with strong Middle Eastern influences on several tracks. Transmission (1997) saw a dramatic change to a darker, more industrial-tinged sound, and it was distributed in the USA by Atlantic Records. The last three albums by the band featured various efforts to attract a wider commercial audience, with the single “Heaven Coming Down” reaching No.
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  • Noxbi

    The only Tea Party I know... LOL

    Sunday evening
  • colescar

    The only Tea Party I give a damn about, right here.

    Friday morning
  • AnachronicCrow

    This Tea Party has been around longer than the political movement. I guess nobody has actual tea parties anymore... with tea. :/

    16 days ago
  • kroshe

    Criminally underrated. [8]

    25 days ago
  • sevenlee7

    Criminally underrated. [7] People ask me for new bands to check out all the time. I give them a few new names but I ALWAYS say The Tea Party. A lot of the time, they haven't heard of the band and a lot of the time they become fans. MORE PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS BAND!!

    29 days ago
  • DM09

    oh shit, what a bad band name!!!

    last month
  • Saphrina

    On tour in July! Cannot wait!

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  • farewe1llnote

    Yeah

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