Post #563658 by aquarj on Fri, Nov 5, 2010 2:45 PM

If the Smokin Menehunes are NOT TIKI, then I can post this here. At Oasis IV in the Reef bar... :down:

This question about the Menehunes seems to be coming up a lot, but I'm not sure if it's a strawman premise. Does being more or less "Tiki" help or hurt a band increase their audience?

As for these forums, Tiki Central's working definition of Tiki Music includes Hawaiian, and Hapa Haole by proxy even if not by name. Is there anyone really beating the drum that the Smoky Menehunes are not tiki, shouldn't be discussed on TC, shouldn't be at tiki events, etc? If it's an actual two-sided debate, then I don't have any insight to add, since I thought the Smoldering Menehunes were clearly part of TC's notion of Tiki Music. If that's unanimous though, then please disregard my Oasis IV photo above, since that'd be not not tiki.

Now THIS is not tiki... :down:

-Randy