Jef aerosol biography of martin guitar

He began his career as a solo artist in , when The Tea Party went on hiatus. Martin grew up in Windsor, Ontario. Forming The Tea Party in after a marathon jam session at the Cherry Beach Rehearsal Studios in Toronto, Martin produced all of The Tea Party's albums, including their debut album in , distributing it through the band's own label, Eternal Discs.

Martin employed open tunings to imitate Indian instruments such as the sitar , something he has continued to employ throughout his career. Further developing The Tea Party's sound in , The Edges of Twilight was recorded with an array of Indian and Middle-eastern instrumentation while Martin drew lyrical inspiration from occult themes and pagan influenced literature.

Upon returning from tours in Canada, Europe and Australia in , The Tea Party went on to record Alhambra , an Enhanced CD which features acoustic re-recordings of songs from The Edges of Twilight , followed by a brief tour around Canada known as "Alhambra acoustic and eclectic".

Back in France, I put away my acoustic guitar and now all I do is listen to rock'n'roll and keep on creating images.

Transmission , filled with dark and angry music, was released in ; it included Martin's first foray into electronica. Triptych followed in ; the first single " Heaven Coming Down " rose to 1 on Canadian radio. Lyrically, Martin was less enigmatic than he was on previous albums: on Triptych he wrote about the experiences of his years in the band.

In , the band members came together once again to perform a series of shows in their home country of Canada. The positive reception of these dates eventually led to the reforming of The Tea Party. Martin's debut solo album titled Exile and the Kingdom was released in Canada and Australia in The first single, titled "The World is Calling", is an open letter to the Bush administration.

In November , Martin released a live album recorded that September, titled Live in Brisbane The album is a complete recording of a live performance full of Jeff's banter with bandmates and the audience, including his thoughts on the disbanding of The Tea Party and where he sees himself in life. In early Martin lead vocals, guitars and Sheehy drums formed The Armada.