The Nikis

Los Nikis are a Spanish musical group born in the 80s. They appeared to give the Madrid scene a Ramones-style twist, with songs with fun lyrics and a guitar-driven pop punk style like The Empire Strikes Back, The Orange Is Not Mechanical, Enrique the Ultrasur and For the sake of interest I love you, Andrés. Their first concert, in May 1980, was given as the opening act for Nacha Pop at the Instituto Santamarca, on Puerto Rico Street in Madrid. Joaquín Rodríguez tells it in the documentary “De un tiempo libre a esta parte”, by Beatriz Alonso Aranzábal (2005).

They left the group at the beginning of the 90s, to dedicate each one to their respective professional careers, re-releasing a limited edition album at the end of the 90s titled More of the same.

The only niki who resumed his musical career was Joaquín Rodríguez, founding the group Los Acusicas together with Mauro Canut (Los Vegetales), counting for his first album This was it with the collaborations of Emilio Niki and Nacho Canut (Fangoria).

After its dissolution, a large number of groups in Spain declare themselves heirs of its casual pop punk style, such as Airbag or Depressing Claim.

In 2019 they published an EP called "Less of the same".

Components

• Battery: Rafa Cabello, "Juanito" (Johnny Canut), Daniel Parra and Santi de la Quintana.
• Under: Joaquín Rodríguez.
• Guitars: Arturo Pérez.
• Voice: Emilio Sancho.

Discography

Albums

• 1986: Marines in full sun (DRO - Three Cypresses, 3C 137).
• 1987: Submarines in full sun (DRO - Three Cypresses, 3C 180).
• 1989: The murderous hormigon (DRO - Three Cypresses, 3C 234).
• 1998: More of the same (autoedited).

EP

• 1981: The yellow threat (Tic Tac TTS-3RC, 11/81; reed. Discos Lollipop 002). It includes the songs: «The Yellow Threat», «Nuclear Medicine», «Ernesto» and «Negot Dirty Businesses».
• 1982: Blood at the Cera Museum (Tic Tac TTS-4LN, reissued by Lollipop 003 that same year). It includes: "Revenge", "Pasión por los decibelios", "Sangre en el Museo de Cera" and "Gamma globulina"
• 1985: Olaf the Viking (Three Cypresses-DRO, 3C-125). It includes: “My girl has gone to Kathmandu”, “Silvia Sobrini”, “Olaf el Vikingo” and “Saturno is boring”.
• 2019: Less than the same Vol. I (Sound Boy, SM054). It includes: "They confuse me with a hipster", "Where I say, Diego", "Jimena's mother" and "I live without living in me".

Singles

• 1985: The Contraat Empire / Christmas in Siberia
• 1985: Olaf el Vikingo / Silvia Sobrini
• 1986: 10 years in Sing Sing / Children in Brazil
• 1986: Orange is not mechanical / Green Door
• 1987: Brutus / Algete arde
• 1987: Cursed Birthday / The Indigerible Girl
• 1989: The Killing Hormor / Grateful
• 1989: For interest I love you, Andrew / For interest I love you, Andrew
• 1989: The Medieval Feast / The useless persecution of Morgan
• 1989: I do not go back to Benidorm / I go to Benidorm
• 1990: Yes, I do / Enrique the ultrasur

Compilations

• 1988: The Nikis (Lollipop)
• 1995: My girl has gone to Benidorm (Tres Cipreses)
• 2001: The Nikis 1981-1989 (DRO)
• 2015: Los Nikis (Lemuria Records)
• 2019: The Nikis contraatacan (Warner Music)

Tributes

• 2002: Salvaje Passion (Brutus Discos)
• 2004: Ten years in Sing Sing (Top Music)