Ming Tea is a band

Band (music)

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 formed and consisting of:

• Mike Myers
  Mike Myers (actor)
  Michael John "Mike" Myers is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer of British parentage...
  
   (as Austin Powers, lead vocals)
• Susanna Hoffs
  Susanna Hoffs
  Susanna Lee Hoffs is an American vocalist, guitarist and actress. She is best known as a member of the all-female pop band The Bangles.-Early life:...
  
   (as Jillian Shagwell, lead guitar and backing vocals)
• Matthew Sweet
  Matthew Sweet
  Sidney Matthew Sweet is an American alternative rock/power pop musician. He was part of the burgeoning Athens, Georgia music scene in the early and mid-1980s before gaining commercial success during the early 1990s...
  
   (as Sid Belvedere, bass and backing vocals)
• Stuart Johnson (as Manny Stixman, drums and backing vocals)
• Christopher Ward
  Christopher Ward (songwriter)
  Christopher William Ward is a Canadian songwriter and broadcaster, known as a former long-standing on-air personality at MuchMusic, Canada's music video network, where he and J.D. Roberts were among the first video jockeys in 1984...
  
   (as Trevor Aigburth
  Aigburth
  Aigburth is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Located to the south of the city, it is bordered by Dingle, Mossley Hill, and Garston.-History:...
  
  , guitar and backing vocals)

They are best known for their song "BBC", which appeared after the ending credits of the movie Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery is a 1997 American science fiction/action-comedy film and the first film of the Austin Powers series. It was directed by Jay Roach and written by Mike Myers who also stars in the title role. Myers also plays Dr. Evil, Austin Powers' arch-enemy...

, as well as the song "Daddy Wasn't There", which Myers' character Austin Powers sings in Austin Powers in Goldmember

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Austin Powers in Goldmember is a 2002 American spy comedy film and the third installment of the Austin Powers series starring Mike Myers in the title role. The movie was directed by Jay Roach, and co-written by Mike Myers and Michael McCullers. Myers also plays the roles of Dr. Evil, Goldmember,...

. Both songs appear in their respective movie soundtracks.

The band has appeared in character for several live gigs, including at the Viper Room

Viper Room

The Viper Room is a nightclub located on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California. It was opened in 1993 and was partly owned by actor Johnny Depp until 2004. The club became known for being a hangout of Hollywood elite, and was the site where actor River Phoenix died of a drug overdose on...

.

After their collaboration in Ming Tea, Sweet and Hoffs continued to work together, recording two albums. Under the Covers, Vol. 1 and Under the Covers, Vol. 2 consists of some of the duos' favorite classic rock songs. In this format they have been known by the pseudonyms Sid and Suzie.

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

Ursula Andress

Ursula Andress is a Swiss actress and a sex symbol of the 1960s. She is known for her roles as Bond girl Honey Ryder in Dr...

." The film in question is The 10th Victim

The 10th Victim

The 10th Victim is a 1965 Italian/French international co-production science fiction film directed by Elio Petri. It is based on Robert Sheckley's 1953 short story "Seventh Victim". Sheckley later published a novelization of the film in 1966.-Plot:...

, which features the fictional Ming Tea Company.