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JC Jeff Central Tiki Socialite Columbus, Ohio Joined: Jul 23, 2002 Posts: 1737	JC Jeff Central Posted posted on Thu, Aug 23, 2018 10:06 AM On 2018-08-23 09:28, MrFab wrote: I'm a veteran LA punk New Waver (or is that New Wave punker?) and I recall local college stations and hipster friends getting into exotica by around '87. i don't recall Boyd Rice (or Throbbing Gristle) as being any kind of motivating factor behind it at the time as much as nostalgia was - apart from reruns of old movies/shows that we'd grown up watching, we also remember our parents/older relatives taking us to Polynesian-style restaurants, having backyard luaus (mom in her mumu, dad in his aloha shirt, Don Ho on the stereo, etc) and were just continuing the LA suburban lifestyle, albeit with a more post-modern self-consciousness. But I'll ask my fellow punk-rock geezers about Boyd Rice. Maybe he got the ball rolling in ways I didn't notice at the time? TG was totally ahead of the exotica curve when they released their Greatest Hits album in 1981. This picture and the group photo on the back proves it. They also played Martin Denny records after some of their performances in the late 70's. That's how I got interested in exotica, through Industrial music!! Boyd Rice actually gave Genesis P'Orridge some Denny records in the late 70's and he was hooked!!! Cheers and Mahalo, Jeff

On 2018-08-23 09:28, MrFab wrote:
I'm a veteran LA punk New Waver (or is that New Wave punker?) and I recall local college stations and hipster friends getting into exotica by around '87. i don't recall Boyd Rice (or Throbbing Gristle) as being any kind of motivating factor behind it at the time as much as nostalgia was - apart from reruns of old movies/shows that we'd grown up watching, we also remember our parents/older relatives taking us to Polynesian-style restaurants, having backyard luaus (mom in her mumu, dad in his aloha shirt, Don Ho on the stereo, etc) and were just continuing the LA suburban lifestyle, albeit with a more post-modern self-consciousness. But I'll ask my fellow punk-rock geezers about Boyd Rice. Maybe he got the ball rolling in ways I didn't notice at the time?

TG was totally ahead of the exotica curve when they released their Greatest Hits album in 1981. This picture and the group photo on the back proves it. They also played Martin Denny records after some of their performances in the late 70's. That's how I got interested in exotica, through Industrial music!! Boyd Rice actually gave Genesis P'Orridge some Denny records in the late 70's and he was hooked!!!

Cheers and Mahalo,
Jeff

Post #789374 by Jeff Central on Thu, Aug 23, 2018 10:06 AM