Ming Tea


Ming Tea is a retro-mod band consisting of:
Myers formed the band with Sweet and Hoffs following his Saturday Night Live stint in the early 1990s. The members all adopted 1960s personae and performed under pseudonyms, with Myers creating the character of Austin Powers. Myers' then-wife Robin Ruzan encouraged him to write a film based on the character. He then wrote , which was directed by Hoffs' husband Jay Roach, who would also direct the sequels.
The band performed the song "BBC" for the ending credits of the movie Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. The song "Daddy Wasn't There" is performed by the band early in the film Austin Powers in Goldmember, which Myers' character Austin Powers also sings in the movie. Both songs appear in their respective movie soundtracks. A promotional music video for Austin Powers in Goldmember of the full song "Daddy Wasn't There" was broadcast on music video channels. The band aesthetics, costumes and instruments were different in each film. Originally appearing with mid-60’s mod fashions, Fender, Rickenbacker guitars and Gibson bass for BBC. Ming Tea costumes changed to colorful late-60’s motif and matching Musicvox Spaceranger guitars and bass for Daddy Wasn’t There. The band’s drum set remained the same in both films, a rare British made Arbiter set with the custom art band logo Ming Tea bass drum head.
After their collaboration in Ming Tea, Sweet and Hoffs continued to work together, recording three albums. Under the Covers, Vol. 1, Under the Covers, Vol. 2, and Under the Covers, Vol. 3 consist of some of the duo's favorite classic rock songs. In this format they have been known by the pseudonyms Sid and Susie.
In one reply to a fan's question about Ming Tea in The Bangles Fan Mail page, Susanna Hoffs states that "We got the name Ming Tea from a very obscure 1960's Italian movie starring Ursula Andress." The film in question is The 10th Victim, which features the fictional Ming Tea Company.