Tin Tin (band)

This article is about the musical group from the 1960s and 1970s. For the British new wave group, see Tin Tin (British band). For the Belgian comics character, see The Adventures of Tintin.

Tin Tin
Mia Martini, Little Tony, Vena Veroutis and Tin-Tin
Background information
Also known asThe Kinetics, Steve and Stevie, Rombo's World
OriginMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
GenresPop rock, blues rock, psychedelic rock, psychedelic pop, art rock
Years active1966 (1966)–1973 (1973)
LabelsPolydor, Atco
Past membersSteve Kipner
Steve Groves
John Vallins
Geoff Bridgford

Tin Tin was a pop rock band, which first formed in Australia as the Kinetics in 1966. They relocated to the United Kingdom in 1969 and were renamed as Tin Tin, which comprised Steve Kipner (vocals, keyboards, percussion), Steve Groves (vocals, guitar, percussion), John Vallins (bass, guitar, vocals) and Geoff Bridgford (drums). In 1970 they issued a single, "Toast and Marmalade for Tea", which was a No. 10 hit on the Go-Set National Singles Chart in June the following year. It also reached No. 20 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100. Their next single, "Is That the Way?" (1971), peaked at No. 59 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The group disbanded in 1973 and Kipner continued as a songwriter for various acts including Chicago, George Benson and Olivia Newton-John. Groves returned to Australia and worked as a singer-songwriter. Vallins teamed up with Kipner's father, Nat, to co-write "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" for Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams, which was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1978.