Moz fans - PASS on The Tea Party
I'm sorry, but the Tea Party are shite. Most of those who like Moz/Smiths stuff, I'm willing to wager, won't like The Tea Party. They're a bad Doors ripoff band. They used to BE a cover bacnd called "The Back Doors". The dudes are so full of themselves.
> I have liked the band since they started in 1993 - mainly for the reason
> they they played heaps of pubs in Sydney and gained a huge following in
> Australia that way! Their second main fan base behind Canada is Australia.
> They are still great live! They have a habit of doing a "cover"
> in the middle of one of their own songs eg Jeff Buckley or Leonard Cohen -
> they did a great version of "Hallelujah",by the way!
> They have had five albums released - all are very different but you should
> probably start on "Triptych" which is the most
> "commercial" - though not in a bad way! The lyrics are mainly
> inspired by literature, as are the Smiths, but darker, more somber
> literature like "The Master and Margerita" and the poem
> "Sister Awake". I know a lot of people hate this band because
> they think they are very dour and pretentious but that's crap - they are
> all great musicians in the pure sense of the word - they play many unusual
> instruments including the oud (a Turkish mandolin) and other instruments
> indigenous to the Middle East and Asia as well as being a great guitar
> rock band!