I thought the album was already on the blog, but I don't see it. And since I digitized their second LP today (Thx iNgo), it wasn't difficult to decide which post must now follow. Welcome to the debut by The Nikoteens. Formed as a trio mid-1979 in Ingolstadt and in March 1981, the first recordings were made in Berlin, which were intended for the Soundtracks Zum Untergang Sampler. However, the producer had a problem with the song "Bombs Over Russia", so the tapes were bought and the legendary first EP which was produced in-house. They expanded to a fourth member and released the Hardcore milestone Aloah-Oehh in 1983 on the obscure Rock-O-Rama label. The legendary "Skateboard Tape" then broke the speed barrier in 1984. The second LP "Hardcore Holocaust-Slamdance Party Vol.3" followed in 1986. After that, the band broke up. With new members, the drummer continued as Nikoteens for a while. This formation then released the underground hit "Leader Of The Rotten Corpse" on the Brain Attack EP. At the end of the 80s, the band was renamed "SHOTGUN". In 2002, the Nikoteens were revived in a large oxygen tent by a mad scientist. Since then, they have played various gigs as a trio again. The band was strongly motivated by the extremely positive response from old and new fans. At Christmas 2007, they went into the studio to record a few new songs and the whole thing was mixed in spring and on October 1, 2008, five useful ones appeared as the Full Speed Ahead 12Inch which released in a small edition of 300 hand-numbered copies. At the end of Summer 2010, a 4-song EP follows on Höhnie Records. And for the first time, the whole thing will be available digitally and the CD contains all the songs from the 12Inch and the yet-to-be-released Outsider EP newly remastered. Aloha-Oehh! is a small explosion, even if the recordings are typically creaky due to the unambitious producer, but it's definitely a milestone of the German Hardcore Underground Scene.
