Post #606702 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Sep 14, 2011 7:59 AM

Wow, how cool, the Quin-Tikis with a Hei Tiki logo! Where did the "Quin" come from?

Love the internet, there's lots of stuff on them out there:
"Quin Tikis were a popular act at Les Masliah's Tiki Village in Kings Cross, Sydney."

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~mstowers/id69.htm

Here's a Richard Lester/Monkees-style clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnBVBTaXJ98

I doubt they performed in any Tiki temples in the US. They were a "young generation" beat act, and Tiki restaurants were for the "establishment". Even Exotica artists were not that common in these places: It's surprising in how few Polynesian venues Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman played considering how perfect an act they were for these environments.

American Polynesian palaces were mostly entertained by "Hawaiian music" bands and floorshows. So let's continue with that subject now, please. :)

Hey, it appears we already had a thread on this subject on TC!:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=21983&forum=11

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2011-09-14 09:29 ]