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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.
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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Kera_MarieDB wrote:
Just stopped in to say you guys have a terrible, terrible name. no matter what country you're from. ...its unfortunate.
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Poisonnation wrote:
criminally underrated
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adora233 wrote:
I missed them in Vancouver BC due to border issues...next time, I swear!!
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Dandy-Jon wrote:
No Politics...Just Rock N Roll!!!!!
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Jovie79 wrote:
Back together again! Hehee!!
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ruulw wrote:
hopefully touring Europe again?
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Aidkit wrote:
Brilliant
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Fallingup1986 wrote:
get to see em live dec 1st, so stoked!!!
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bleeeeh wrote:
Check out the "Get The Tea Party on Gdynia Open'er Festival" profile on Facebook! Let's invite The Tea Party to one of the biggest and multicultural festivals in Europe! Click "like" and support the page! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Get-The-Tea-Party-on-Gdynia-Opener-Festival/154562927954070 THANKS!!
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DirtyHarry033 wrote:
What a shame that they aren't popular in Poland or in middle europe. I think that they are very underrated band like many other playing good music.
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Prognosis_X wrote:
fuckin right finally get to see these guys when they roll in town in November... gonna be awesome!
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NoVaSpY wrote:
Probably Canada's least respected group. The beauty and progression of "Correspondences". Some of the guitar is so Zeppeliny...it's not even in the top 15 because most haven't heard it unfortunately.
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Vicarious_Lord wrote:
they are classifiable as Hard Rock in some of their songs...................... as for indie... lolwut
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Tabucky wrote:
Josh Green reports a Canadian rock band has owned the Internet domain name teaparty.com since 1990 and is now considering selling it. "A sum of $1 million would put the musicians in elite company. Only a few dozen domain names have sold for that much or more, including sex.com ($13 million), vodka.com ($3 million), and poker.com ($1 million). The key to a big payday is marketing and timing." http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/teapartycom-could-make-a-rock-band-rich-09152011.html
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Neue_regel_ wrote:
Btw, "Hard Rock& Indie" tags?? ROFL
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Neue_regel_ wrote:
thx for the link
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iamtheguilty wrote:
PHOTOS: The Tea Party at 2011 Festival Of Friends: http://niagaramusicscene.com/gallery.php?id=63
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bleeeeh wrote:
Hello people!! Help Europe discover The Tea Party! Together, let's invite The Tea Party to one of the biggest European music festivals! :) https://www.facebook.com/pages/Get-The-Tea-Party-on-Gdynia-Opener-Festival/154562927954070 We need you! :)
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Vicarious_Lord wrote:
they just get better with each listen!
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rick-roll wrote:
creepy
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