The Tea Party
The Tea Party is a Canadian rock band from Windsor, Ontario, with blues, pr… Read Full Bio ↴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.1 on the Canadian mainstream charts in 1999.
In 2000, Capitol Records finally released a retrospective compilation in the USA of their Canadian singles entitled Tangents after only releasing their first two albums south of the border.
The Tea Party released The Interzone Mantras in 2001, but it did not possess the singles of its predecessors.
In October 2005, a year after their final album Seven Circles was released, Jeff Martin left the band and embarked on a solo career, releasing an album in early 2006. Jeff Burrows (drummer) and Stuart Chatwood (bass/synthesiser) have also had post-Tea Party successes, the former in several projects and the latter in soundtrack composition. Burrows and Chatwood worked together on a new project called The Art Decay before Burrows joined Crash Karma in 2008.
On April 12th 2011, an official Facebook page was launched with a biography section that closed with "The band is scheduled to play a select number of dates in 2011. No other info was available at this time." The following day, the local radio station K106.3 announced the Sarnia Bayfest lineup including The Tea Party, which was later confirmed by drummer Jeff Burrows on his radio show on April 13th. Burrows further stated that a Canadian tour was also in the works.
The Tea Party performed at the Cisco Systems Bluesfest in Ottawa, Ontario on July 14th, 2011, and the band will be playing a Canadian tour commencing on November 15th, 2011 in Vancouver. The band's website and tour is called "THE TEA PARTY - No Politics... Just Rock and Roll". In September 2011, the band was reportedly approached to sell its website URL for over a million dollars by the extremely popular American political movement bearing the same name: www.teaparty.com.
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.1 on the Canadian mainstream charts in 1999.
In 2000, Capitol Records finally released a retrospective compilation in the USA of their Canadian singles entitled Tangents after only releasing their first two albums south of the border.
The Tea Party released The Interzone Mantras in 2001, but it did not possess the singles of its predecessors.
In October 2005, a year after their final album Seven Circles was released, Jeff Martin left the band and embarked on a solo career, releasing an album in early 2006. Jeff Burrows (drummer) and Stuart Chatwood (bass/synthesiser) have also had post-Tea Party successes, the former in several projects and the latter in soundtrack composition. Burrows and Chatwood worked together on a new project called The Art Decay before Burrows joined Crash Karma in 2008.
On April 12th 2011, an official Facebook page was launched with a biography section that closed with "The band is scheduled to play a select number of dates in 2011. No other info was available at this time." The following day, the local radio station K106.3 announced the Sarnia Bayfest lineup including The Tea Party, which was later confirmed by drummer Jeff Burrows on his radio show on April 13th. Burrows further stated that a Canadian tour was also in the works.
The Tea Party performed at the Cisco Systems Bluesfest in Ottawa, Ontario on July 14th, 2011, and the band will be playing a Canadian tour commencing on November 15th, 2011 in Vancouver. The band's website and tour is called "THE TEA PARTY - No Politics... Just Rock and Roll". In September 2011, the band was reportedly approached to sell its website URL for over a million dollars by the extremely popular American political movement bearing the same name: www.teaparty.com.
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The Tea Party Lyrics
A Certain Slant Of Light As the colors fade away my love, As the darkness turns…
A Slight Attack demonic little love god …
A Woman Like You I don’t believe that I’ve seen a woman like you…
Aftermath Desperate to take Lost in its wake Time slips away too soon …
Alarum I took a slide, slipping down a staircase A piranesian dream…
All My Charms Walking alone, On a lonely Friday night I'm thinking about …
Angels Another holiday from the vampires And all the sycophants ca…
Apathy You want to look at the edge of madness Just to…
Army Ants Bring on the absolute A walk on the water Can lead you…
Baby What You Trying to Do I'm standing in the sun, waiting for the rain. Thinkin' bout…
Babylon Now that the thrill of the massacre is over Isn't it…
Bazaar silence swimming in a pool of dreams beneath its depths…
Black River I′m so far from home I can't see the faces I′ve…
Black Roses Watch it unfold, beautiful lady See how the sun brightens t…
Blood Moon Rising I′ve flown across the oceans And I've walked across the land…
Brazil The city's asleep, the street fires burn Her gaze is ablaze…
Can You See My Tears Where did you go to, it's not what you told…
Cathartik Try to change I never wanted to be a simple man I'd…
Chimera you say it's all about intention a chimera in disguise its a…
Coming Back Again Tell me sister about the story Of the man who lost…
Coming Home When frightened by change Serenity clings to my sleep And…
Comming Back Again tell me sister about the story of the man who lost…
Correspondences Hope springs to life Charmed by approaching listlessness …
Cypher You hold the key, the secret unheard You shared it with…
Drawing Down the Moon holding on once again take the time to look around is it all…
Dreams of Reason Oh how the paths change, When the wisdom fades away. Somet…
Dust To Gold I've got no patience for this, your philosophies twist And …
Emerald Confess what you crave A life without pain You'd kill for th…
Empty Glass These premonitions shine like stars that Fall to earth too …
Fallen Angel Falling from the sky baby, I must have lost my…
Fire In The Head you stay silent, knowing, always in time see how this love s…
Gone broken moments in time could still shine but they're getting…
Goodman Rag I went on down for a walk in the woods, and…
Great Big Lie god is pressure …
Gyroscope Come face to face with it Pushed on your side Lose all…
Halcyon Days alone, left here in dust amidst my fears and doubts life's s…
Heaven Coming Down With nothing to do you'd waste away Obscured in exile They'v…
Hole in My Heart You got your freedom now but who do you serve You…
In This Time Hey hey lady looks like I'm under your spell once…
Inanna Over the skies and sea my love Over the sky and…
Interzone so there i was in time without a place and a…
Let Me Show You the Door Is that what mama, is that what you want to…
Lifeline See this lifeline in chains Safe resistance restrains Listle…
Little Miss Heaven I am the saviour, I said yes I am the…
Lullaby You've been looking for god You've been down on your knees W…
Luxuria there's a secret i've learned so many lives hold their lesso…
Mantra a thousand dreams within within me softly burn they burn the…
Messenger got a letter from a messenger, i read it when it…
Midsummer Day When you've decided to hold on to all that you've…
Must Must do you feel the same again a return to the within trying…
Oceans Where are you going Can I follow Because distance is hard to…
One Step Closer I know your name I heard you call A distant voice behind…
One Step Closer Away I know your name, I heard you call A distant voice…
Our Love Rising above the fray Something like this will stay here Tim…
Overload you paint such a pretty picture you fuel my desire but desti…
Paint It Black I see a red door and I want it painted…
Psychopomp You wanted this So sad to see The sweet decay Of ecstasy An…
Pulse I saw a face in the mirror That made my blood…
Raven Skies I am walking on to the place of the light. And…
Release I want the world to wake I want to give you…
Requiem And you say life is bitter sweet, You've tried so gracefully…
Samsara Please would you tell me my friend Which direction is…
Save Me I must leave you tonight my love. Remain so faithfully. I mu…
Seven Circles Here, here we are Shelterless souls Lit by the stars And …
Shadows On the Mountainside We are spirits passing through the doors of time With an…
Shelter You′re descending step by step Obstinence and soft regrets S…
Show Me Is that what mama, is that what you wanna do? You…
Silence Silent spirit walks before me With her beauty and with…
Sister When the winter was over She returned there to…
Sister Awake Remix When the winter was over She returned there to find him An…
So Careless I wake up in the morning and I make your…
Soulbreaking If fate holds a purpose You feel fate will lend a…
Stargazer So you say that your heart When it beats its like…
Submission Tell me what you want now Come take my hand Everything's u…
Sun Going Down I woke up this morning, someone was knocking at my…
Sunshower And so, so the time′s come I guess I'll walk down,…
Taking Me Away A view from a broken window I can hardly breathe…
Temptation Driven by restrained desire I want what I need Shaking as he…
The 11th Hour I took a walk, some time after dark, I had…
The Bazaar silence swimming in a pool of dreams beneath its depths…
The Beautiful Alright She said I don′t know why and I can't explain You′ve…
The Black Sea Adrift and cut loose on the darkest of seas Never look…
The Cass Corridor Skinny little white boy's taking his time Skinny little whi…
The Edges Of Twilight Spoken: As you draw near I hear the mutter of the w…
The Grand Bazaar Silence swimming in a pool of dreams Beneath its depths the…
The Halcyon Days Alone, left here in dust Amidst my fears and doubts Life's…
The L.O.C I cry for mercy|Storm clouds gather in the sky|Please don't…
The Majestic Song With a thought you could change what you've never really…
The Maker Oh, oh, deep water It’s black and cold like the night I…
The Master & Margarita So now that your faith's gone who are you going…
The Messenger got a letter from a messenger, i read it when it…
The Ocean At The End You want, you take You need and you receive I can't follow…
The River Sailing down, down the Styx again, Without you my love, I…
The Watcher i'm the unseen i'm disbelief...i'm undone you are a dream y…
The Writings on the Wall [Chorus] When it bends you try to walk a straight line Som…
These Living Arms so a crowd has gathered around us i'm pining one last…
Time Beautiful youth Spirit away Yesterday's truth left yesterd…
Touch catatonic listless creature try to comprehend everything you…
Transmission We fear what we see in the distance We're shattered by…
Turn the Lamp Down turn the lamp down low shelter me turn the lamp down low ris…
Underground i don't need your redemption i don't want you to deceive…
Waiting On A Sign I see you walking You're a miracle on earth And I've been…
Walk With Me Tell me lady, shining sun To feel the warmth that's come…
Walking Wounded Is it safe to look within And erase all that's been And…
Watching What the Rain Blows In All these emotions, filling my mind. And all of your healer…
Water Here we stand hand in hand|See those stars those shifting…
Water's On Fire Here we stand, hand in hand See those stars, those shifting…
Waters On Fire Here we stand hand in hand|See those stars those shifting…
Way Way Down I took a walk to the nearest crossroads And I fell…
White Water Siren imagine this if it all falls in place and your love, under w…
Winter Solstice [Instrumental]…
Wishing You Would Stay I don't know what it is, but I know that…
Writing When it bends you try to walk a straight line Something…