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Tiki Rock Poster Eye Candy Gallery (Image Heavy) Updated 5/08

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Aloha!
I've been saving images of Tiki related rock posters for awhile now, and felt it was time to share with y'all. I'm figuring Tiki Music is a good place to post this. Most of them I got from the site http://www.gigposters.com/index.php, which is the Tiki Central for rock poster geeks. I realize there's some controversial musical artists here, but my aim is to show how Tiki has been used in this artistic medium, not to promote a particular musical artist. Some of them aren't that great, some are pretty cool, some borrow from familiar places, but they all incorporate Tiki, Hawaii or Polynesia. I did my best to credit the artist of each poster, but couldn't figure out a few. Some of these are available out there. I'd do a search on gigposters, ebay or Google the name of the artist if you're looking for one of them. I'll post more as I discover them. Enjoy!


Kevin Jones


Jermaine Rogers


Jermaine Rogers


Lil Tuffy


Chris Martin


Greg Reinel


Rick Griffin


Chris Shaw


Chris Shaw


Art Chantry


Firehouse


Ron Donovan


Art Chantry


Ralf Rohde


Psychic Sparkplug


Hand Carved Graphics


Chris Shaw


Jermaine Rogers


Erin Norlin


John Pearson


Martin Lohr


Coop


Alan Forbes


Art Chantry

[ Edited by: Selector Lopaka 2008-05-19 00:59 ]

[ Edited by: Selector Lopaka 2010-04-17 12:40 ]

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On 2004-05-31 19:58, Selector Lopaka wrote:
Aloha!
I've been saving images of Tiki related rock posters for awhile now, and felt it was time to share

hey. many mahalos for that effort and for sharing! Great inspiration!

....

hmmm. is that one band or three.
cuz "the cows, the dwarves and throw rag" is one cool name for a rock group!

Jimmy Buffett poster; House Industry andy cruz tiki art.

aaah da classic rick griffin tiki!
used everywhere seen everywhere since the old days.

voted da coolest; chris shaw.

gadi raz
artwork from oceanic arts

the mermen;
famous late 20s Duke Kahanamoku picture.

king hawaii baltic room.
King Kam statue front of Aliiolani bldg.

Ralf Rohde
looks like a few graphics lifted from BOT

mermen fillmore
City of Refuge island of Hawaii national park tikis.

mind driver and Lit
Hand Carved Graphics
party supply shop plastic tiki mask design by Amscan

Erin Norlin
'da hell!?

.John Pearson
rufio
looks like a posterized copy of a PCC Maori dancer.

steel pole bathtub
by the very cool dude hisself; Coop.
dis poster could be entitled
"...in the mood for a little head?!"

ventures mermen Alan Forbes
looks to be inspired by da Hawaiian Eye tiki.

aloha from hell
yma sumac of course!

L

aloha from hell
yma sumac of course!

and in da middle;
looks like da oceanic arts swizzle stick tiki design of theirs.

. . . and I do believe some Crazy Al lightswitch covers too.

L

On 2004-05-31 23:48, Selector Lopaka wrote:
. . . and I do believe some Crazy Al lightswitch covers too.

wheah da kine?

I spy, in the Yma Sumac poster, Crazy Al's tiki lightswitches.

L

On 2004-06-01 16:46, Selector Lopaka wrote:
I spy, in the Yma Sumac poster, Crazy Al's tiki lightswitches.

yes, yes, good eye!
dayum.
I missed that!
ok; can I blame it on da maitais!?

L

On 2004-06-01 16:46, Selector Lopaka wrote:
I spy, in the Yma Sumac poster, Crazy Al's tiki lightswitches.

ok, so whaddaya do if ya create a poster li dat!?
give credit at da bottom;

"mahaloz to:
Yma Sumac, Crazy Al and Oceanic Arts.."

decent thing ta do, no?!

S

Nice collection, I have some Alan Forbes show posters in storage featuring tikis, I will try to dig'em out and post them.

Definately a nice collection. Thanks for sharing. I've always been into concert posters and have not seen many of those.

Thanks for sharing those! A fascinating collection!

I managed to get one like the Buffett one without any mention of him at all, which is more than fine by me!

Shag did a nice one many years ago before he started signing his prints:

Trader Woody

Hiya Kids,
I found some more posters.


Psychotropic


Drowning Creek Studios


Robert Porkorny


Scrojo


Johnny Thief, Mike Martin & Jeff Wood


Jeff Wood & Squid


Hoffa


Scrojo


Ron Liberti


Devil's Candy

[ Edited by: Selector Lopaka on 2004-09-02 01:11 ]

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wow..whatta collection! how do you display/store them all?

i've always wondered how ephemerists (is that a word? keep track of their stuff..

elicia

Just to clarify what I said at the beginning of this thread, I found most of these images on http://www.gigposters.com/index.php. I do own the Rick Griffin Hawaii poster, and the Art Chantry Galaxy Trio poster, but the rest are mere jpegs collected on the World Wide Web.

SL,

http://www.enginehouse13.com/enginehouse13/02_posters.html

Scroll down a bit. They have a cool Dick Dale poster with a tiki, still available. I already ordered mine.

Hey-
Is there any chance of you selling your Cow's Poster? I love the Cow's and I love anything with TIki's on it!! I just thought I'd ask.
Thanx,
Spermy

Spermy,
Like I previously mentioned, I collected these images on the internet, and only own 2 of the actual posters shown. If you google the artist name, there's a chance you can track down the poster you are looking for. There's a lot of different places it could turn up. Good luck.

SL

[ Edited by: Selector Lopaka on 2004-09-06 18:59 ]

Here's two more by http://www.enginehouse13.com/
that I thought I'd add to this gallery.

[ Edited by: Selector Lopaka on 2004-09-07 18:24 ]

Thanks for posting the tiki posters. They all are sizzlin'! It is sad that more effort is placed in a poster than on album art these days.

Aloha Kids,
Here's some recent poster discoveries for your viewing pleasure.


Zachary Kent

Gorgon

Gorgon

Dave Mitchell

Dave Mitchell

Craig Horky

Jason Lonon

Robert Adriaansen

S

Wow, Great stuff! thanks for sharing. That Galaxy Trio Poster is a classic- and at the Alibi to boot! Do you happen to know if they're still around? Really great band.

BTW, it was geat meeting you at the NW crawl. I really enjoyed your tunes.

Aloha kids,
Here's another gaggle of Tiki/Polynesia inspired rock poster images I've gathered up. Thanks to Monkeyskull for sending me the Jurassic 5 image.


Erin O'Connor


Rob Oman


Rob Oman


Lunchbox Heroes


Rob Schwager


Rob Schwager


Kyle Crawford


Ste Wa


Danny F. Criminal


Sean Carroll

The following 4 are all designed by Scrojo

[ Edited by: Selector Lopaka 2005-07-12 10:38 ]

Very cool collection and a great thread. Another good source for these sorts of posters is http://www.posterpop.com. The links section on that site is also worth looking at. I will be adding some posters I know about as soon as I figure out how to upload images!

FA

WOW!! It is amazing to see again and again the level of influence that the tiki has is so many ways through modern culture.

Here's a few to add to this gallery.

Both of these are by Alan Forbes.

[ Edited by: Hakalugi 2006-01-12 23:07 ]


John Warner


Danny F. Criminal


Drowning Creek Studio


Craig Howell


Mike Murphy


Lauren Lopez


Tanxxx


R. Black


Pinhata


Claudia Heck

Fresh for 2006!


Upton Ethelbah


John Warner


Sol Rac


Firehouse


unknown


Sol Rac


Jason Lonon


Scrojo


[ Edited by: Selector Lopaka 2006-01-13 08:21 ]

Matto Le D.

Awsome collection! Thanks for posting. Many I haven't seen in there.

H

Oh, and thanks for including that Rick Griffin poster. Proof that Tiki and Hippie can co-exist peacfully!

("I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." -GWB)

T

I actually have a signed copy of this poster...picked it up @ Amoebas in LA for $25 last December. Holiday shopping is more fun when you get yourself a little something too...

Amazingly, there's more


Uncle Charlie


Mauricio Martucci


Cochambre


Nat Damm


Jon Smith


Danny F. Criminal


Drowning Creek Studio


A Studio


Erin Jacobs


Fritte

Can I pick up Dead Rocks, Surfaris or the Ventures poster at any of the websites mentioned. Great stuff!

Go here:

http://www.gigposters.com/index.php

Either search by designer (designers names are listed below each poster on this thread) or band to get to the poster you are curious about. When you see the poster you are interested in, click on it. There you should be able to contact the artist. If not, try Google or eBay. You could ask on gigposters too, but as with TC, it's good to familarize yourself with the site before posting.

[ Edited by: Selector Lopaka 2006-03-12 13:35 ]

hey Just found some for you guys.


B

these are damn awesome! should've searched before i started my own dumb tiki gig poster thread. school boy error.

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=18884&forum=7&start=last&5


Christopher Lands


Rockin' Balboa


Safety47


Jesse Ladret


Scrojo


Psychic Sparkplug


A Studio


Captain


Goetz


Art Chantry


Lil' Tuffy


Andy Carmago


Andy Carmago


Ross Radiation


Art Chantry


Jorge Alderete

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psssstttt... hey Lopaka... i made you a little movie. You're even mentioned in the title. However, it's privately listed on YouTube (because of copyright concerns--I just made it for myself--not the whole world) but I'm gonna give you the link.

Don't let anyone else use it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LxqNT51iM8

I originally had plans to do something like this as a tv screensaver...a rotating Tiki Art Gallery is what I want to do on a flat tv screen...another personal project just for Hutikihi.

[ Edited by: Exoticat 2006-07-13 02:44 ]

R

bump

The well is not dry.


Adam Swinbourne


Danny...


Danny...


Albi Christen


Porkchop


Benjamin Bader


Art Chantry


Lil' Tuffy


Jon Smith


Wrecking Crew


John Warner


Mike Murphy


Danny F. Criminal

D

You are our Selector Lopaka! thanks for sharing the posters... i think its time for Arkiva Lopaka ~

This is befuddling and outrageous! There is no link whatsoever between the Fastbacks and the Walkabouts and tiki -- n o n e. How dare this poster combine tikis with things that are not tiki! And why are you, Lopaka, contributing to the ruination of all tiki by promoting these? Well, I hope you make a boatload of money on eBay from all the rich jerks who are not genuine tiki fans and who have destroyed all that is holy and deserve to waterboarded and ....

Oh, um, sorry. I guess I was a little worked up after reading a another stream.

H

Here's a flyer I dug out of my closet. This was from 1992.

Wow...these are great. Thanks for posting them. :)

Aloha y'all,
It's been a few months in the mines, but I managed to scrape up some more nuggets.


Danny F. Criminal


Jorge Alderete


Jorge Alderete


Cerebellum Design Co.


Christian Plazma


Christian Plazma


Scrojo


Scrojo


John Detrich


Jorge Alderete


[ Edited by: Selector Lopaka 2007-08-10 01:58 ]

Hey Rob, you sly fox, where did you get that klang und kleid poster!? :)
I don't even have one yet, but when I do, one's got your name on it !

B

My poster artist fell through for Tease-O-Rama. I was searching around and there are so many great artist that are mentioned here!

I am looking for a silkscreener poster maker (one who prints and designs) and would want to do something PG-13 that is for my burlesque show. If anyone can point me in the right direction please e-mail me at: [email protected]

THANKS!

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