Nikki and the Corvettes

1978 saw the birth of Nikki Corvette's career with the release of the Nikki Corvette and the Convertibles single 'Young and Crazy' b/w 'Backseat Love' and 'Criminal Element'. This was all happening in Detroit during the punk rock explosion where Nikki would see herself sharing the stage with The Ramones, Johnny Thunders, The Romantics and many more. Up untill then she had acquired a pretty decent rock and roll education by attending MC5 and Stooges gigs and by being on the road with The New York Dolls. By 1980 the band name was changed to Nikki and the Corvettes, a band name that would become synonymous with being the template for many female fronted punk groups to come.

They would release their legendary debut album on BOMP! Records, an incredible mixture of 60's style girl group vocals, twangy guitars and teenage pop with plenty of punk rock attitude, with songs about cruisin for boys and fun in the sun. The album and band would influence everyone from The Go-go's (to go for more of a 'pop' sound) all the way to The Donnas (see the lyric 'I wanna be like Nikki Corvette' from Gimmie My Radio), and around the world to Japan with The 5678's.