Post #610652 by Chuck Tatum is Tiki on Tue, Oct 18, 2011 5:50 PM

On Man, I was done posting in this thread, because of emspace's vitriol

First if "You" would shut the hell up for one moment and go back and read the other posts
you will see that not one person ever said Punk & rockabilly was "Tiki"

I myself said the classic Hawaiian music was part of the mid century Polynesian Bar/SupperClub scene
and because of that I label it as "Tiki Music" if there ever was such a thing as Tiki Music in the first place?

So what does Punk Rock got to do with any of this?

Many of the founding members came out of the Mid to late 1970s music scene (Punk Rock)
Yes I was one of those, we rejected the long hair, Arena Rock & Disco of the "Me Generation"
we embraced the past, Mid Century Modern, Vintage Cloths of the 50s & 60s, Even at that time "Old Music"
Before anyone cared about it, it was unpopular & out of style, you could buy a pristine 1950s suit for $10

A 1950s Eichler could be bought super cheap, because nobody wanted one, it was just an old house to the mainstream.

And if you where a child of the 50s& early 60s in Southern California you where surrounded in "Tiki"

We embraced it, wanted to live in that world again, so we got older but still held on to those roots
and a group of those people started the "Tiki Revival"

The "Hapa Haole" scene (Was there one?) had nothing to do with it what so ever!

As for your blanket statement that all punk rock is juvenile crap, I give you the very small example
of the bands "The Clash" "X" & "The Blasters" just to name a very few, that did and some are still doing
incredible music, You don't have to like it, but these are great song writers & Musicians
and proof you are talking out of your ass.

So if someone wants to combine their roots & "Tiki" into something original, who the hell are you
to say any different.

And not one of those bands is making a killing doing it.