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  • Omg i had this on a cassete when i was 14 bk in 1993, one of the greatest hits that never hit

  • The Americans have their Tea Party.

    We Canadians have ours.

  • @Yakovlievich Americans don't have tea parties. O__o

  • let's hope the Tea Party tour the US. I'll be there

  • Stoked they are back together again!

  • These guys have ALWAYS been one of my FAVORITE bands of all time....Jeff Martin so reminds me of Jim Morrison from the DOORS....I swear when I 1st saw Jeff singing "Save Me" I went ummm WTF who reincarnated Jim.

  • Tea Party on Colbert. Yeah.

  • Favorite band of all time!!!! One of the greatest songs ever!!!!

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  • Wow, I was 13 when I first saw this on muchmusic

  • @skexee lucky, im fourteen and much and mtv both suck now

  • jeff lives in sydney.. he found the light

  • @awakenlilrabbit No dude, he lives in Perth predominately, but also spends some of his time in Byron Bay. Sydney sucks dude, I'd choose Canberra any day!

  • @AnthosHero yeah fireworks, porn and weed, ahhh, canberra

  • @awakenlilrabbit no if that had happened he woulda moved to Fremantle HAHAHHAHA

    (says the Aucklander)

  • From reading previous comments:No point harping on about who ripped who off, ALL bands borrow from others. Great bands tend to transcend their influences that's all.If you want to start talking about Tea Party ripping Led Zeppelin off, it works the other way too! Led Zep ripped off Davy Graham ("Stairway to Heaven" lifts the riff from Davy's "Cry Me A River" as well as Spirit's "Taurus").

  • Im a huge Zep and Doors Fan and i think its awesome blending the 2 bands into 1 - face it the Doors and Zep are no more - modernize and rock the crap out of it - these guys rock

  • @mpainer Totally agree... I hear Led Zep & The Doors in The Tea Party real prominent. Though from what I hear, they hate the Doors tag (cos of his appearance more than his sound really)!

  • @nickthelick no he deff has the droney, sedated sound morrison had. and the same mannerisms. just my oppinion tho

  • @coldstar55 Heh... I know what you mean and agree dude but I just meant that's what I heard the band say on some TV music program years and years ago... =O)

  • is this jim morrison,s offspring ?

  • I've only just heard about these guys. Wow, loving it. Only have Splendor so far... have to trawl through the bins at the music shop. This track is very cool!

  • searching for some memorable music.....i remember seeing tea party at a club in seattle.....definitely one of my all time favorites....actually i went to c them w a couple friends....almost got kikd out for smokin the heavenly urb we always had

  • My friend told me this was the doors when I first heard it :)

    Jeff made a reference to sounding/looking like "Jim Morrison playing the bluegrass" at a concert in 97ish in Lond, ON...I caught them in Sarnia...bad venue for them, but still awesome.I saw some of Jeff's stuff with Armada...awesome drums and he ripped a lot of solos.

  • seeing them tommarro!

    

  • @hoopdollz Me too. I can't wait.

  • One of the best songs of The Tea Party!

  • Man it was an awesome show last night in Ottawa! Hearing this song totally would have been the icing on the cake! I am so happy for their revival!

  • seeing them tonight in Ottawa! :P

  • @Speedlight77 man, it's just too bad they didn't play this, still a good show though

  • awsome drumming. I need to learn this myself and do a cover. would be badass.

  • OMBG - these guys are sooooooo fucking bad they are (almost ) good.

  • This song brings me back wow I love it ....

  • I just discovered these guys earlier tonite. They are awesome!

  • greatest canadian band to walk the eath in my opinion

  • Omg sounds and looks like jim morrison i love it!

  • @TaLDrummer ........They're.

  • i saw these guys back in 95 in Madison,WI ... best show i have ever seen!! there might have been 20-30 people at that show, and i talked to Jeff after the show, he was real down to earth and friendly, will never forget that show!!!!

  • @madmordigan83 I know exactly what you mean. In ways I agree with you, but this is just opinion too. When bands such as Zep or the Doors aren't around themln this is what we've got.. Although they aren't even around anymore. But I do understand what you mean. No one can come near those bands, but these guys do a damn fine job of what they do

  • the are back together for a few shows and festivals this year. look them up to find out where.

  • Rumour seems true Wikipedia says that they will reform briefly to play Sarnia Bayfest and Canadian tour. Sarnia Bayfest listed the Tea Party on their website as participants. PASS IT ON!

  • I didn't know that Josh Brolin sang and played guitar...

  • Oh ya get to see these guys live on july 9th in Sarnia Ontario welcome back guys we missed you.

  • @crowndroyal ill see you there xD

  • @youskass a week away get to see them play on my birthday what a present also be in the vip liqueur section hehe

  • @crowndroyal cool! WAS that at bayfest! I miss Sarnia in the summer! lol.

    ;p

  • @crowndroyal Bayfest?

  • @crowndroyal fuckin rights everyone come to sarn-hole!!

  • Awesome Song.

    This Video= Acid Trip

  • fukin love diss songg

  • what made these gusy so popular back in the day is that no matter how big they got they would still play small venues i remeber going to see them in bellville ontario at the waterfront and it only cost 5 dollars

  • he borrowed the pirate shirt from seinfeld.

  • This is better than 99.99% of the crap coming out now a days. Im glad I live so close to Canada. Got to see them a lot.

  • Damn! Canada and the rest of the world miss this band!!!!!!

  • i saw this video on muchmusic back whenthey played videos,i was blown away and still am,incredible musicians

  • These guys can play many instruments.

  • This was such an awesome band, wish they would get back together. I heard rumours that they get back together but didn't hear anything more after that. All I know is that Jeff is doing solo accoustics at the moment.

  • i just met jeff martin and i am so fucking happy

  • "im still pushing for different highs"

  • One of the best bands ever.

  • this is the first song I ever heard while on beans. It will forever be a sensual song to me.

  • Good band. Jeff Martin is a conceited hasbeen.

  • Perfection...!

  • He does look like Jim Morrison and has admitted to it though he has also admitted that in no real way does he like The Doors or their music. When some of their songs featured sitars or tabla drums, that came from his nearly fanatic love for The Beatles.

    I know, right?

  • THIS ALBUM IS PURE BRILLANCE......THEN WHAT HAPPENED? TOTAL GARBAGE

  • I've seen these guys a few times and I've been blown away by the talent in this band every time. They picked up where Zeppelin left off. The way they experiment with different instruments from different cultures is great. Really miss their music, great band, great music :)

  • One of my favorite bands of all time. Have all their albums. I used to skip class and go buy the new one when they came out. I would drive around the rest of the day just rocking out to them. They were so under appreciated and did not ever get the credit or exposure they deserved. I attended every concert of theirs I could get to. Ultimately I think I saw them 7 times. It was a sad day in my life when I heard Jeff had left the band. I can only hope for a reunion tour to get my fix once again.

  • One of my favorite bands of all time. Have all their albums. IO used to skip class and go buy the new one when they came out. I would drive around the rest of the day just rocking out to them. They were so under appreciated and did not ever get the credit or exposure they deserved. I attended every concert of theirs I could get to. Ultimately I think I saw them 7 times. It was a sad day in my life when I heard Jeff had left the band. I can only hope for a reunion tour to get my fix once again.

  • I told some American friends that Jimmy Page and Jim Morrison made a record together but it was never released. "Someone found the tapes and had them digitally remastered" I said. Then I played Splendor Solace.

    Blew their minds! Didn't help that everyone was high. So funny.

  • @smedley That just made my night. Awesome! Splendor Solis is still in my top five of best records ever!

  • @smedley hahaha! good one @smedley! great thing you've done there!

    

  • @smedley I hated these guys at first. Now my second favorite band. No copy. They own us all.

  • @smedley ...... je ..... funny, NO sarcasm. By the way it's "Splendor Solis" instead of Splendor Solace. Greetings !!!!

  • @smedley lol yea Splendor has so many Zeppelin sound alike songs like the one song starts off sounding exactly like Rain Song i think..

  • @smedley

    Nice one.

    So stealing that.

  • @smedley MEAN yet AWESOME. lol.

  • I completely agree, this band is one of my main influences as an artist and yet perhaps my main influence because of what my music sounds like. I would listen to their albums for hours, days, months in a row. I would be immersed in the sound pick up my guitar and play what they inspired. I'm indebted to them for showing me the music of the east.

  • I love these guys...not well known though :(

  • unique sound

  • I played on the same bill as these guys back in 1995. Angola, NY. They played on the beach in the afternoon. Jeff Martin had a great line between songs, "this is what happens when you mix tequlia and mescaline". Their first 2 albums are awesome. 

  • @lickknob11 totally awesome man, then the became, lame......like another band took their place....

  • They stopped becoming this band, and became something horrible! then they all started blaming one another as to why they started to suck, so jeff martin fucked off to do his own thing. Then legal problems followed! Jeff couldn't get back more then half his own guitars back when he left! shitty.....anyway 102.1 in toronto plays bullshit, support local radio kiddies!

  • @Orieus What station in Toronto plays stuff like the Tea Party and other heavier rock and to go so far as Metal? Because I'd love to know, they repeat the songs so much on there and seldom do I hear anything good. Although Fred plays Tool and did plays Lateralus on Halloween. That was fucking choice!

  • @Krafterr4 well u will find nothing but garbage on the Edge, i don't listen to them anymore, probably from about 8 yrs now.....fuck that corporate shit........pretty much the only decent station to catch indie music in general such as metal, experimental sounds would be CIUT 89.5 fm.......but basically u know how it is, find good music via going to local shows or finding it on the net or word of mouth........

    I spoke to Jeff few years about at one of his gigs

  • @Krafterr4 so Jeff told me, he was tierd of trying to sound like a commercial band, he wanted to get more into the art of music like in their first 2 albums.......he said gigging in toronto was well, bs.....he found lots of success in australia and europe too.......In north america we have been fuckin sheep, being force jay-z and katy perry......they don't want us to listen to thought provoking music anymore.....anyway thats my rant and I hope thats sheds some insight......

  • @Orieus Can you ask Jeff why he played Val Kilmer in the original DVD release?

  • @majorisore Sorry bud.. this was meant for Krafterr4..

  • This is one of the best songs I've heard from them. Just plain awesome. Never knew they had this kind of musicianship until recently.

  • the group broke up awhile ago

  • Val Kilmer does an excellent job in this video! You dig?

  • Argueably the best Rock n Roll song ever.

  • Their best tune, IMO. What an epic debut.

  • CLASSIC!!!!!

  • morrocan roll haha!!!!

  • seeing jeff play tonight =D

  • These guys were freakin amazing!! They sounded as good live as they did on their album...EVEN BETTER!! I must have seen them 6-7 times back in the late 90's in Buffalo, Niagara Falls Ont at the Peace Festival. and in up in Barre, Ont and they absolutely blew my mind!!

  • Stuart Chatwood Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • where is the tea party?

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  • where is the tea party????????

  • damn... I am so gonna cover this song when I'm in a band...

  • @Kaprah91 Way ahead of you ;)

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  • @Jizyon Everything

  • Miss these guys - saw them over 30+ times back in the day - got to interview them some as well. Nothing will beat hearing this song for the first time in a small club - 1993. Too bad egos and drugs got in the way.....at the end.

  • Damn... wheres my nug?

  • These guys went to my igh school. Sandwich Secondary in LaSalle, Ont. As kids, you could go down the street and here them jamming in the garage on victory street. This was when they were just garage jammin, hardly popular. But definately cool memories. Now the drummer is a DJ on a local radio station in Windsor

  • Great song + clean acid = wicked trip (when I was young)

  • I saw these dudes live a few times . First time was in 1992 @ the Town Pump in Vancouver BC. They opened the set with this song. The crowd was blown away for the entire set. The drummer is one of the greatest in rock music .

  • just an AWESOME BAND!!!! and if he doesn't look like Jim Morrison ABSOLUTELY in this era, I don't know?! I would like to think this what Morrison would have been in the 90's on.... wowow!!!

  • these guys scarcely made a blip in the music biz...just not fair..such a great band

  • @bloodsling These guys were rather big in England and Australia, just not in the USA. Mostly because of their label I'm sure. Thats not a fact, but lots of Canadian artists get fucked for signing onto a label that doesn't allow them much US airplay, and therefore, fame and fortune.

  • I saw these guys when they first got started...simply amazing..and like @Thejurneyman said..how can a shit band like Nickleback be around, and Tea Party isn't?!

  • Splendor Solis was the best album Led Zeppelin never made

  • ThiS isS FUCkin incredible when u're high

  • @clytemnestrasue all of thier music is amazing high as fuck

  • @clytemnestrasue even when your not

  • nickleback?..he sings...cant hear the background..wtf?!!

  • one of the best Canadian bands of the las 25 years!!!!!

  • @mason492 THEY ARE THE BEST

  • i always thought this song had a Kashmir vibe to it...

  • This band is just the ultimate. So great and so unique. I would compare these guys to Zeppelin or The Doors any day. They deserve it. AND their Canadian. :)

  • @TaLDrummer

    You got to be kidding me. This band is decent but almost every one of their songs is a rip off of a zep song, just half as good. I am not trying to talk bad about the band because I do like them but when I see a comment comparing them to zeppelin or the doors then I cant resist

  • @madmordigan83 Every heavy rock song is a rip off of Zep nowadays my friend.

  • @madmordigan83

    How is heaven coming down a ripoff of Zeppelin? Or most of splendor solis for that matter. The only thing in common really is the use of exotic eastern scales in their music which isn't a ripoff it's a choice to use them.. this band sounds so little like Zeppelin

  • I can't believe that 6 people don't like this song. What is there not to like? Where can you find better Music? Better Lyrics? better Art? I'd like know.

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  • These guys were awesome live, too bad they broke up : (

  • I love his hat! ^w^

  • splendor solis and edges of twighlight are their only good stuff....after that it was pussification

  • how can six ppl not like this

  • @skafan89 Perhaps it's because the video is so awful. :D

    Good song though.

  • @somedude2319 This is right after straight off their independent release--first release off of basically the enhanced/remake of their small independent album. This was also with very limited funds in 1992.....

  • @skafan89 Because they are morons. Simple as that.

  • Sweet. Any one that likes this band should listen to the dead band Morphine.

  • he looks a bit like Jim Morrison...

  • @xHadaVerdex if you walk the walking wounded music video... just think of will ferrell when you see him.

  • @xHadaVerdex And he eventually grew to resemble Captain Morgan at one point :P I actually remember when this came out all my friends were calling them "The next doors" or "The Doors meets Zeppelin", as I remember Jeff got pretty sick of the comparisons lol

  • @ZarathustrasCrown but still they have their own style! I think they must've feel honored by being compared with The Doors or Led Zeppelin, though.

  • this would be a great song to listen to on LSD

  • @streets1390 Nope- not required. It's an excellent song all on it's own.

  • I love this song. The whole album is just amazing. I actually got to meet Jeff Burrows, he's a really cool guy.

  • this is such a great song, but someone needs to tell the lead singer that pirate shirts are really gay.

  • @sabbathtage25 That was quite a pointless comment.

  • wow heroine sheik is in

  • Justin Bieber is a faggot and his voice makes me feel like I'm getting AIDS from it everytime I have to hear it....

    Nickelback is rehashed and I can't listen to it anymore...

    This however... is our generation's The Doors...

    Genius...

  • It's hard to pick a favourite song by these guys, but if I had to pick one it would be this one. Please get back together again!

  • These guys are the reincarnated doors anyone agree?

  • No these guys are better than the Doors.

  • @dachachamonk doors by vocals, led zep by music

  • Nickelback is making music for the same reason Justin Bieber is already a millionaire. It's all a brilliant marketing scheme. Let's face it...every fuckin' Nickelback song sounds the same. It's commercial vomit. If you can find a way to take advantage of the stupid, ignorant masses, the world will be yours. It has nothing to do with being fair.

  • LOl i was pretty fuckin high myself such a trip Miss this fuckin band. God i miss Real music period!.

  • looks like jim morrison

  • they rarely played this song live... Seen them probably a dozen times and heard it once. Unreal.

  • The River are the best song of The Tea Party ever.These guys rocks!Rofl

  • People keep talking about he looks and sounds like Jim Morrison, blah, yeah maybe but that makes no difference. What is important is that this band managed to compose songs that were on par with the best Zeppelin songs and then...

    His use of dissonance, harmony lines, LYRICS, the breathing room inside the songs, is what makes this band one the GREATEST ROCK BANDS of all time. No one else makes that kind of music, to my knowledge.

  • Jeff looked awesome here.

  • Why is Nickleback still making music and these guys aren't?

  • @TheJurneyMan well at least jeff is still making music though...

  • @TheJurneyMan  because they are talented and nickelback aren't

  • @TheJurneyMan LOL, no kidding

  • @TheJurneyMan yeah I know what you mean, these guys are so awesome, It's sad that something like this can't survive but nickleback can.

  • @TheJurneyMan because good musicians evolve, they move on, they dont stay stagnant. they did great work already, and each took his own path.

    but yeah, i do understand your feeling.

  • yeah to hell with nickelback

  • @TheJurneyMan Nickleback I hate them they suck

  • @TheJurneyMan Because "popular music" and "brilliant art" are incredibly different animals...

  • @TheJurneyMan Satan retired and took the good bands with him.