The Tea Party break up

Dogstar · 10-20-2005, 03:08 AM

http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2005/10/1808.cfm

Quote: After recording and touring for almost all of the last 15 years, collecting 13 Juno nominations (yet strangely, no wins) and looking generally creepy all the time, The Tea Party are calling it quits.

Well, more accurately, it appears Jeff Martin is calling it quits. According to a statement, Martin is working on finishing a solo record and will tour in support of the finished product. The singer is ready to shift his focus to himself.

"I am deeply appreciative of all the support Tea Party fans have shown both the band and me over the years," Martin said. "While I'm not ruling out a return of The Tea Party at some time in the future, I am focused for now on my acoustic solo record, and hope to release the new music this winter and tour in support of it. I am excited to embark on this new musical chapter of my life and wish all the best to my two former bandmates and friends, Jeff Burrows and Stuart Chatwood."

In the release, it says Martin's solo project "is shaping up to be classic Martin and inescapably reminiscent of The Tea Party, with Eastern-tinged influences and inimitable vocals and guitar work."

If you want to keep track of Martin despite the Tea Party split, you can check out his soon-to-be-launched website, which will be located at www.jeff-martin.com. We're not going to link to it because it's just one of those irritating random search pages right now.

This is a bummer. I got into these guys on the recommendation of a friend before they were mentioned as possibly working with Scott Stapp. They put out some cool music. I hope Jeff's acoustic album is good. He has a cool voice.

RMadd · 10-20-2005, 11:55 AM

awwww, that's too bad... i've really started to listening to a handful of their songs the past month or 2... well, hopefully Martin's album will kick arse (it sounds like it'd be pretty sweet)... and hopefully it'll be released here in the US lol

Dogstar · 10-20-2005, 03:18 PM

I hope so, too! Maybe I can find a way to see Jeff on his solo tour. I really dig Transmission and Edges of Twighlight. Two really cool albums.

scrit · 10-20-2005, 08:57 PM

This is really strange because i heard them for the first time a few days ago when i got some of their stuff off napster. I was really liking it too.

10-20-2005, 03:08 AM	#1
Dogstar Forum Diplomat USER INFO » Status: Young Grown Old Posts: 21,345 Joined: Sep 2002 Currently: Offline	The Tea Party break up http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2005/10/1808.cfm Quote: After recording and touring for almost all of the last 15 years, collecting 13 Juno nominations (yet strangely, no wins) and looking generally creepy all the time, The Tea Party are calling it quits. Well, more accurately, it appears Jeff Martin is calling it quits. According to a statement, Martin is working on finishing a solo record and will tour in support of the finished product. The singer is ready to shift his focus to himself. "I am deeply appreciative of all the support Tea Party fans have shown both the band and me over the years," Martin said. "While I'm not ruling out a return of The Tea Party at some time in the future, I am focused for now on my acoustic solo record, and hope to release the new music this winter and tour in support of it. I am excited to embark on this new musical chapter of my life and wish all the best to my two former bandmates and friends, Jeff Burrows and Stuart Chatwood." In the release, it says Martin's solo project "is shaping up to be classic Martin and inescapably reminiscent of The Tea Party, with Eastern-tinged influences and inimitable vocals and guitar work." If you want to keep track of Martin despite the Tea Party split, you can check out his soon-to-be-launched website, which will be located at www.jeff-martin.com. We're not going to link to it because it's just one of those irritating random search pages right now. This is a bummer. I got into these guys on the recommendation of a friend before they were mentioned as possibly working with Scott Stapp. They put out some cool music. I hope Jeff's acoustic album is good. He has a cool voice. __________________ Silly monkeys give them thumbs they make a club and beat their brother down. How they survive so misguided is a mystery.

10-20-2005, 11:55 AM	#2
RMadd USER INFO » Status: Found The Real Posts: 10,546 Joined: Aug 2003 Currently: Offline	awwww, that's too bad... i've really started to listening to a handful of their songs the past month or 2... well, hopefully Martin's album will kick arse (it sounds like it'd be pretty sweet)... and hopefully it'll be released here in the US lol __________________

10-20-2005, 03:18 PM	#3
Dogstar Forum Diplomat USER INFO » Status: Young Grown Old Posts: 21,345 Joined: Sep 2002 Currently: Offline	I hope so, too! Maybe I can find a way to see Jeff on his solo tour. I really dig Transmission and Edges of Twighlight. Two really cool albums. __________________ Silly monkeys give them thumbs they make a club and beat their brother down. How they survive so misguided is a mystery.

10-20-2005, 08:57 PM	#4
scrit USER INFO » Status: Faceless Fan Posts: 459 Joined: Oct 2004 Currently: Offline	This is really strange because i heard them for the first time a few days ago when i got some of their stuff off napster. I was really liking it too. __________________ Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief All kill their inspiration and sing about their grief -U2

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