Post #5632 by Tiki King on Mon, Aug 12, 2002 9:30 AM

I have pondered this myself, having come from a punk background. (You can see my punk past here: http://noexcuse.iuma.com)I know many Tiki people who came from the same. I think that part of it is, as somewhat said above, "the life" begins to fit poorly as you get older. (I have seen old punk rockers, and it ain't pretty.) but why many of us went Tiki/Exotica is not clear. When I started the Tiki King catalog in '94, I didn't know anyone else was into Tikis, I just thought it was fun to make them
I was doing it for about a year before I learned there was a "scene" I actually know a fair amount of x punk and Mod people who "went Tiki" (usually amid amused/disgusted looks from pals) in the late 80's and early 90's but don't know why. It just seemed to happen.