The Parties

There are, at least, two artists known as The Parties: 1) An American psych rock group, 2) A pop-quartet from Finland. 1) The Parties is an American psych rock group based in San Francisco, CA. The Parties were formed in 2004 by Red Planet alum Jeremy Powers and Richmond, VA songwriter, drummer John L. Morgan IV with a joint love for all things Lennon-McCartney. The two soon hooked up with bassist Rex Padayhag, who grew up in the Philippines playing with various bands on the Manila Psychedelic Pop circuit, and Oakland guitarist Sarah Melfeld.

1) The Parties is an American psych rock group based in San Francisco, CA.

The Parties were formed in 2004 by Red Planet alum Jeremy Powers and Richmond, VA songwriter, drummer John L. Morgan IV with a joint love for all things Lennon-McCartney. The two soon hooked up with bassist Rex Padayhag, who grew up in the Philippines playing with various bands on the Manila Psychedelic Pop circuit, and Oakland guitarist Sarah Melfeld. The current line-up sees Morgan and Melfeld replaced by Rob Uytingco and Adam Symons respectively.


2) The pop-quartet The Parties have released two albums. Le Dèbut (2010) and Private Parties (2011). Their albums can be downloaded for free from the 1G3B-site.