The Nixe were an early punk band from Utrecht, The Netherlands. They gained worldwide notice in collector circles during the Killed by Death explosion, particularly with their appearance on the Killed by Epitaph double LP, as a photo of one of the members looking rather menacing appeared on the sleeve.
The band was formed by Ilva Poortvliet singing, Marian De Beurs on guitar, Nikki Meijerink on bass and Simone Luken on drums. Initially they played with the Lullabies and other punk bands from Utrecht like Rakketax, Bizon Kidz,Noxious and The Ex. In 1981 they releases an EP with 7 tracks that had hand painted sleeves.
The band eventually call it a day because they had no time to do new songs. In 2008 the french label Polly Magoo Records released a compilation LP with all the tracks from the EP, some outtakes and some live songs.
