anyone a fan of The Tea Party here?

jfs5-10-10

Amazing band I had the privilege of seeing 9 times. Front row center for 8 of the shows. Met the singer twice and the bassist once, caught a drumstick. Countless memories. They aren't together anymore but seriously check them out if you haven't heard them. Youtube their song psychopomp

thesewordselope

jfs5-10-10 wrote:

Amazing band I had the privilege of seeing 9 times. Front row center for 8 of the shows. Met the singer twice and the bassist once, caught a drumstick. Countless memories. They aren't together anymore but seriously check them out if you haven't heard them. Youtube their song psychopomp

Love Tea Party! Have seen them a few times. Psychopomp is the best song...was listening to that one not that long ago.

Here is my favourite version of it (Jeff Martin solo):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOFyf8-ugno starts at about the 1:50 mark

jfs5-10-10

Ah yes love that version!

Ty

Jeff lives in Australia now, in Perth. he has a kid here. He tours NON-STOP around Australia, and has been to Newcastle 3 times in the last 12 months already! Love 'em. He's got an ego, but when he can sing like that and play like that, I would have a big ego too!

Hugh Freaking Dillon

funny, I was just listening to the audio from the Live Intimate and Interactive DVD that I have. JM has a new band called The Armada. Sounds JUST like the Tea Party. You can now get it off iTunes, in addition to one of the songs being remixed, but the only place to buy it retail is an Australian website, and it cost me a fortune. Then someone here hooked me up with the deluxe version (so I sent my regular version to a friend in TO), which has an extra cd of a live show they did. Very nice people on this board (in some areas, anyway).

jfs5-10-10

The armada is great . Have the whole album on my blackberry. When I get the chance ill have to put up the picture of me and my buddy with jeff martin from 8 years ago. Wow time flies.

tvismyfriend

Terrific band, I still regret not going to see them in 2005.

maynardsux

They formed in my hometown of Windsor, Ont. and their drummer jeff Burrows is a deejay on our local rock station....he's around town constantly and saw him at a couple of Sam Roberts' shows the past year. He's in a new band with former I Mother Earth lead singer Edwin, called Crash Karma. My most vivid memory of seeing them live was seeing them get booed off-stage in Toronto during a festival called Edgefest because they were running late and cutting into headliner Tool's time (and rightfully so, Tool played for only 45 minutes, so like 3 songs) Other than that, they did enjoy some moderate success here in Canada (even opened for Ozzy) and lead singer jeff Martin often drew comparisons to Jim Morrison because of his "looks" and voice

Hugh Freaking Dillon

I saw them several times. My best memory is seeing them at the Winnipeg Arena for a free show at the Red River Ex. The place was packed, and everyone went absolutely nuts during Walk With Me. It was unbelievable. My only regret is missing them during their acoustic tour supporting Alhambra.

demetrios

Seen them a few times here in Halifax! They kicked ass. I really liked their older stuff. When Temptation came out though, I didn't so much care. The techno was something I didn't like after 2 amazing kick ass records. Jeff Martin also did a few solo act show's here. He opened for Live many year's back. It was pretty cool.

There was a thread over @ the Porch about the Doors & the singer for The Cult bitching about no other artist stepping up & playing vocals with The Doors. Not for nothing but Jeff Martin would so kick ass on the mics & cover Jim Morrison. IMO, so much better then that Cult singer.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

demetrios wrote:

Seen them a few times here in Halifax! They kicked ass. I really liked their older stuff. When Temptation came out though, I didn't so much care. The techno was something I didn't like after 2 amazing kick ass records. Jeff Martin also did a few solo act show's here. He opened for Live many year's back. It was pretty cool.

There was a thread over @ the Porch about the Doors & the singer for The Cult bitching about no other artist stepping up & playing vocals with The Doors. Not for nothing but Jeff Martin would so kick ass on the mics & cover Jim Morrison. IMO, so much better then that Cult singer.

yeah, but he's too much of a guitarist to step into just a singer's role. It would look weird to see him with nothing but a mic. And I don't think he likes the Doors that much, from comments he's made in the media about comparisons. At Edgefest one year, he said to the crowd "it was reported in one of your newspapers today (Winnipeg Sun) that we were going to play an entire set of Doors songs. Frankly, we like our songs better". He's kind of arrogant, but I can't imagine the constant questions about that. When their musical influence is most obviously Zeppelin, and not the Doors.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

want some unreleased studio tracks and full live shows for download? go here:

http://www.teaparty-online.com/media/audio.htm

enjoy!

Easties

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh0C3e0He2k

Great song! The first two albums are sweet. As already mentioned, they were pretty big here in Australia and Jeff still travels around doing small club gigs. 3 awesome musicians. Jeff Burrows can seriously hit a kit. Nice and loud and hard : )

jfs5-10-10

Yeah they were pretty big in buffalo, glad I got to see them 9 times. Never a bad show.
Jeff was always a great guy when I met him. He was hammered the second time I met him haha.
Good times. =D

Hugh Freaking Dillon

new album being recorded as we speak.

ForceofNature101

Nah I vote Democrat....









Dig the band, always thought they were severely underlooked by a lot of people!

LostUponMyWay

The Tea Party are great. One of my all time favorite songs in "Save Me", especially live. Years ago my band got to play right before them at an outdoor festival thing. I saw them a few times at edgefest as well,tight band with a kick ass drummer.

I completely wore out my Edges of Twilight T-shirt.

smarchee

LostUponMyWay wrote:

Years ago my band got to play right before them at an outdoor festival thing. I saw them a few times at edgefest as well,tight band with a kick ass drummer.

Curious, what festival, was it Edgefest? Care to disclose the name of your band? That's really cool, I saw them a couple of times at those Edgefest's back in the 1990s, I loved those days

LostUponMyWay

smarchee wrote:

LostUponMyWay wrote:

Years ago my band got to play right before them at an outdoor festival thing. I saw them a few times at edgefest as well,tight band with a kick ass drummer.

Curious, what festival, was it Edgefest? Care to disclose the name of your band? That's really cool, I saw them a couple of times at those Edgefest's back in the 1990s, I loved those days

It was a small festival in Tweed Ontario. Tea Party, Econoline Crush, Headstones, The New Meanies. We closed the small stage right before The Tea Party closed the Main Stage. This was many many years ago, my band was called Fishbelly White.

The Edgefests of the 90`s were by far the best. We used to go up the night before and party in the fields where everyone parked, then we would just relax and watch the bands the next day. Good times.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

LostUponMyWay wrote:

smarchee wrote:

LostUponMyWay wrote:

Years ago my band got to play right before them at an outdoor festival thing. I saw them a few times at edgefest as well,tight band with a kick ass drummer.

Curious, what festival, was it Edgefest? Care to disclose the name of your band? That's really cool, I saw them a couple of times at those Edgefest's back in the 1990s, I loved those days

It was a small festival in Tweed Ontario. Tea Party, Econoline Crush, Headstones, The New Meanies. We closed the small stage right before The Tea Party closed the Main Stage. This was many many years ago, my band was called Fishbelly White.

The Edgefests of the 90`s were by far the best. We used to go up the night before and party in the fields where everyone parked, then we would just relax and watch the bands the next day. Good times.

a New Meanies mention on the Pearl Jam board? wow I miss those guys. and the Headstones....well.....

Hugh Freaking Dillon

my buddy just won their indie record on cassette on facebook from a fan page in Europe. Can't wait to check it out when I go visit him in December for our Headstones tour!

smarchee

LostUponMyWay wrote:

It was a small festival in Tweed Ontario. Tea Party, Econoline Crush, Headstones, The New Meanies. We closed the small stage right before The Tea Party closed the Main Stage. This was many many years ago, my band was called Fishbelly White.

The Edgefests of the 90`s were by far the best. We used to go up the night before and party in the fields where everyone parked, then we would just relax and watch the bands the next day. Good times.

that's pretty cool man, and I remember Econoline Crush and The New Meanies, they were from Winnipeg right?

I too went to those Edgefest's, well 5 in total, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. I remember them and have gone to wikipedia when I am bored and reminded myself of who played what. I always had a blast and brought different people with me each year, now that I think about it. I too, went up the night before with whoever I was with, sometimes with a tent, sometimes without, and we would park in the lot and crank the tunes and start drinking. The first few years was definitely wilder than the last few, lots of fireworks and more rowdiness, I think someone set a tent on fire, they beefed up security.

Drink all night, pass out at 5:30 get up at 9 AM as the Sun was already baking down on you and those who passed out early were up and making noise. Stand in line for hours to get into the park, and watch bands the rest of the day.

Tea Party headlined one of the shows, I think David Usher was before him, or maybe they played right before Tool in 2001.

I also remember them playing in 1997 before Transmission was released and being blown away by Psychopomp.

LostUponMyWay

smarchee wrote:

LostUponMyWay wrote:

It was a small festival in Tweed Ontario. Tea Party, Econoline Crush, Headstones, The New Meanies. We closed the small stage right before The Tea Party closed the Main Stage. This was many many years ago, my band was called Fishbelly White.

The Edgefests of the 90`s were by far the best. We used to go up the night before and party in the fields where everyone parked, then we would just relax and watch the bands the next day. Good times.

that's pretty cool man, and I remember Econoline Crush and The New Meanies, they were from Winnipeg right?

I too went to those Edgefest's, well 5 in total, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. I remember them and have gone to wikipedia when I am bored and reminded myself of who played what. I always had a blast and brought different people with me each year, now that I think about it. I too, went up the night before with whoever I was with, sometimes with a tent, sometimes without, and we would park in the lot and crank the tunes and start drinking. The first few years was definitely wilder than the last few, lots of fireworks and more rowdiness, I think someone set a tent on fire, they beefed up security.

Drink all night, pass out at 5:30 get up at 9 AM as the Sun was already baking down on you and those who passed out early were up and making noise. Stand in line for hours to get into the park, and watch bands the rest of the day.

Tea Party headlined one of the shows, I think David Usher was before him, or maybe they played right before Tool in 2001.

I also remember them playing in 1997 before Transmission was released and being blown away by Psychopomp.

I remember the night that The Tea Party headlined, he was talking about the moon and had a tabla group (from Toronto) on stage with them. That was the best Tea Party show ever, I was stoked afterwards. Sounds like we may have been partying right next to each other. I know I wasn't one of the guys who passed out early haha
Did you see Green Day light the drum kit on fire? Not sure what year that was. I seem to remember one hell of a water bottle bombarding of the stage, I think it was aimed at Collective Soul. Good Times

smarchee

LostUponMyWay wrote:

I remember the night that The Tea Party headlined, he was talking about the moon and had a tabla group (from Toronto) on stage with them. That was the best Tea Party show ever, I was stoked afterwards. Sounds like we may have been partying right next to each other. I know I wasn't one of the guys who passed out early haha, Did you see Green Day light the drum kit on fire? Not sure what year that was. I seem to remember one hell of a water bottle bombarding of the stage, I think it was aimed at Collective Soul. Good Times

Nope, I was definitley not the ones who passed out early either. Do you remember the year the soccer match at 3 AM broke out? I remember a volleyball match broke out one year too.

I remember watching Green Day, I think it was 1998 that year, they put on a great set, had some dude play a song, and stage dive afterwards, had people dressed up in costumes on stage, did a kickass cover of The Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson. Foo Fighters played right after I believe, and they were highly entertaining too.

I remember Collective Soul's set, that was 1997, right before the Tea Party I believe, and Our Lady Peace as the headliner, oh those halcyon days

Mad Mohab

One of my favourites! Splendour Solis is incredible. They should never have abandoned that style. I actually like it better than any single Zep album, its awe inspiringly good. It sounds really good in the Canadian wilderness, not a bad song on it,

Edges of twilight is also one of the finest albums ever. Every song is great, silence, shadows on the mountainside, the badger, the bazaar, walk with me, sister awake, all proper.

Alhambra is the perfect companion to these high water marks, even Time with Roy Harper was worthy.

Nothing they did after compares, hard to imagine however their third disc has nothing on the first two. The halcyon days is the only song I like after that.

The Indie record must be absolutely incredible, I should track that down immediately.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

Mad Mohab wrote:

One of my favourites! Splendour Solis is incredible. They should never have abandoned that style. I actually like it better than any single Zep album, its awe inspiringly good. It sounds really good in the Canadian wilderness, not a bad song on it,

Edges of twilight is also one of the finest albums ever. Every song is great, silence, shadows on the mountainside, the badger, the bazaar, walk with me, sister awake, all proper.

Alhambra is the perfect companion to these high water marks, even Time with Roy Harper was worthy.

Nothing they did after compares, hard to imagine however their third disc has nothing on the first two. The halcyon days is the only song I like after that.

The Indie record must be absolutely incredible, I should track that down immediately.

I just bought it off ebay. Can't wait to get it.

RobbyD462

Love the Tea Party!!

Please reissue

RobbyD462

I just bought it off ebay. Can't wait to get it.[/quote]


Oh shit......
Fucking love that album!!
Did you get a good deal on it?

B-Rock

Seen Jeff a couple times acoustically in Sydney over past few years as well as the Sydney Tea Party show which was released on the dvd!

I also won tickets to see them at an acoustic show last year which was awesome.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

RobbyD462 wrote:

Oh shit......
Fucking love that album!!
Did you get a good deal on it?

with shipping and a couple extras he's throwing in, about $100.