Los Nikis

{{Short description|Spanish pop-punk group}} {{Multiple issues| {{Notability|1=Music|date=June 2024}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2025}} }} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Los Nikis | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = | background = group_or_band | alias = Algete's Ramones | origin = Algete | genre = Pop-punk, punk rock | years_active = {{start date|1981}}–present | label = | associated_acts = | website = www.losnikis.com | current_members = | past_members = | module = | module2 = | module3 = }} '''Los Nikis''' is a Spanish pop-punk group emerged from the 1980s associated to la Movida. They've been nicknamed "The Ramones from Algete" with songs that feature very simple music and humorous lyrics and subject matter.<ref>{{cite news |last=Robles |first=Jose M. |title=Vuelven Los Nikis: 'Pedimos a un partido de ultraderecha que no usara nuestras canciones' |work=El Mundo |date=13 February 2019 |language=es |url=https://www.elmundo.es/papel/cultura/2019/02/13/5c6026abfc6c835c5b8b467f.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250410223109/https://www.elmundo.es/papel/cultura/2019/02/13/5c6026abfc6c835c5b8b467f.html |archive-date=10 April 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> Some of their more famous songs are: ''El Imperio contraataca'' (''The Empire strikes back''), ''Mi chica se ha ido a Katmandú'' (''My girl has gone to Kathmandu''), ''Navidades en Siberia'' (''Christmas in Siberia''), ''Olaf el Vikingo'' (''Olaf the Viking'') and ''Medicina nuclear'' (''Nuclear medicine'').

Their cover of "Born to be alive" consisted of just repeating ''Me voy a Benidorm'' (''I'm going to Benidorm''). They also covered "Rhythm of the Rain", originally by The Cascades, as ''No vuelvo a ir a Benidorm'' (''I'm not going to Benidorm again'') with lyrics criticizing mass tourism in the Spanish coastal city. Due to this, the local administration declared them personae non gratae.{{Fact|date=March 2009}}

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==External links== *[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Los+Nikis Los Nikis in Discogs] *[http://www.losnikis.com Official page]. **[http://www.losnikis.com/foro Official forum].

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