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Post #561010 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Oct 21, 2010 10:54 PM

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Watermelon were friends of Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo, who early on went to Hawaii to see Martin Denny play, and also recorded the Denny-esque theme song for Pewee's Playhouse. The early Exotica revival (with artists like Throbbing Gristle,Boyd Rice and Monitor) was ten years ahead of the early 90s Tiki revival.