Press (long!): Tea Party singer returns with new album and band

Tea Party singer returns with new album and band
By Jason Clevett, gaycalgary.com

It’s bitterly cold in Calgary, and Jeff Martin is a long way away from his current home in Perth, Australia.
Comforted by a blazing fire and a Caesar in a downtown hotel restaurant, he brims with excitement in discussing
his new band Jeff Martin 777 and their new album The Ground Cries Out. read more

Press: ‘It’s all about sex’

‘It’s all about sex’

Jeff Martin is sitting at my desk talking about the essence of rock ’n’ roll.

He’s changed little since his days fronting The Tea Party during the Canadian band’s glory years in the ’90s. He’s still every bit the road warrior, snakeskin boots poking through tattered jeans, straggly hair framing a sculpted face. He still rolls his own — Drum tobacco finely spread over a licorice cigarette paper.

“What I find in rock ’n’ roll right now is that most of it is coming from here,” Martin says, pointing to his head. “Everyone is thinking too much.
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Press: Jeff Martin has some fun again

Jeff Martin has some fun again, post-Party
By Tom Zillich, Surrey Now March 4, 2011 11:01 AM

Jeff Martin has found that Tea Party-like mojo again, this time with a pair of players from Australia.

Martin still looks very much the rock star, and he turned heads when he came bounding into the Now offices on a recent promo tour for local media.

But what’s with his slight Aussie accent? read more

Jeff Martin solo shows

Jeff Martin will play some solo acoustic shows mid May in Australia. Special guest and suppoart act will be Ken Watt!
Check out the tour section for more details.

Press: Jeff Martin 777: Led Zeppelin, Egypt And Aleister Crowley

Jeff Martin 777: Led Zeppelin, Egypt And Aleister Crowley
by By Trevor Morelli (CHARTattack)

Jeff Martin can’t wait to hit the road with his new band, Jeff Martin 777. There’s just one small problem: he needs to figure out how to play his own songs first.

Sitting in a Vancouver hotel room a few weeks before the tour starts, surrounded by guitars, the former Tea Party frontman pondered how to re-arrange the complexities on the band’s The Ground Cries Out debut LP so they work on a single guitar. It’s no easy task, but he’s rejigged songs many times before. read more

Press: No Tea, but Martin seems ready for bluesy Party

No Tea, but Martin seems ready for bluesy PartyTom Harrison, The Province
Published: Thursday, March 03, 2011

Jeff Martin leans into the table, levels his gaze, points to his head and declares, “Everybody’s trying to be too clever. I was looking for the sex. read more

Tea Party’s Jeff Martin returns with new band, new album

Tea Party’s Jeff Martin returns with new band, new album
By Mike Bell, Postmedia News March 1, 2011

Jeff Martin knows what’s in a name.

Or, rather, what’s in his name. And that’s the cachet it carries after 20 years in the modern rock world, first as the frontman for Canrock trio The Tea Party, then as a solo entity, then with the project The Armada, and now, recently, as the driving force behind the three-piece named, not accidentally, Jeff Martin 777. read more

Album out + win a Maton guitar

The Ground Cries Out is now available in Canadian stores, on Amazon.ca and iTunes.

To celebrate the release of his new album, The Ground Cries Out, Jeff Martin 777 has partnered with CHARTattack for an exclusive Maton guitar giveaway. That’s right, Jeff Martin would like to give you a guitar! Enter for your chance to win an EM425C/12 guitar provided by Maton Guitars!

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Listen to Queen Of Spades

Queen Of Spades is going to be the first single of The Ground Cries Out in Australia. You can listen to it by clicking the play button below the menue bar of this site! We hope you enjoy it…