Los Nikis - Los Nikis 1981-1989

This is not the original artwork for this album!

One of my very favorite Spanish bands along with Siniestro Total and Eskorbuto. They are just plain fun and put me in a great mood!

"Los Nikis ("The polo shirts") were a Spanish pop-punk group of the 1980s that were associated with la Movida. They were nicknamed "The Ramones from Algete" with songs that feature very simple music and humorous lyrics and subject matter. Some of the more famous song titles, for example, are: Mi chica se ha ido a Katmandu ("My girl left to Kathmandu"), Navidades en Siberia("Christmas in Siberia"), Olaf el Vikingo and Medicina nuclear.
Their cover of Born to Be Alive consisted of just repeating "Me voy a Benidorm" ("I go to Benidorm!"). They also covered Rhythm of the Rain (originally by The Cascades) as "No vuelvo a ir a Benidorm" ("I won't go to Benidorm again") with lyrics criticizing mass tourism in this Spanish coastal city. The local administration declared them personae non gratae."

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Kaka de Luxe - Las Canciones Malditas (1983)

Kaka de Luxe was a punk group formed in Madrid in 1977 which broke up in 1978. Comprised of key figures such as Carlos Berlanga, Olvido Gara, Nacho Canut, Manolo Campoamor, Enrique Sierra, Fernando Márquez and Pablo Martínez, Kaka de Luxe went on to become the predecessors of the punk rock and new wave scene of Madrid which was part of "La Movida Madrileña". "La Movida" was a sociocultural movement that took place in Madrid during the first ten years after the death of Francisco Franco.
This album is a collection of Kaka de Luxe's recordings and it was released some years after they broke up. Manolo Campoamor went on to become a plastic artist, Olvido Gara (Alaska), Carlos Berlanga and Nacho Canut formed Alaska y los Pegamoides, Fernando Márquez played in Paraíso and La Mode and Enrique Sierra became part of Radio Futura. Later on, Nacho Canut joined Paralisis Permanente, a band in which ex-Alaska y los Pegamoides members Eduardo Benavente and Ana Curra also played.

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