The Bonkers series was one of the leading happy hardcore

Happy hardcore

Happy hardcore, also known as happycore, is a genre of music typified by a very fast tempo , often coupled with solo vocals and sentimental lyrics. Its characteristically 4/4 beat "happy" sound distinguishes it from most other forms of hardcore techno, which tend to be "darker". It is typically in...

 compilation series in the UK. The first release was in 1996 on record label React (now Resist), it was available on 2xCD, 2xTC and 4xLP (Only the early albums) formats. DJs DJ Sharkey

DJ Sharkey

Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...

 and Hixxy

Hixxy

Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....

 were signed by React and the pair released "Bonkers", the first in a series of albums which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time. The series is currently on its nineteenth release, with Bonkers: The Original Hardcore having been released on 11 May 2009.

Worldwide Licenses

Bonkers 1-15 was also licensed to "Get over the records" in 2005 for Japanese branded releases. With Japanese edition Bonkers vol. 1 on going on sale Oct 26th 2005 with a full TV advert in Japanese. "Get over the records" only released Bonkers 1-7 in the Japanese market and have since 2007 stopped releasing albums altogether.

Bonkers has also been licensed for local release in Australia via Central Station records.

Frequent contributors to the Bonkers collection include: Hixxy

Hixxy

Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....

, DJ Dougal

DJ Dougal

DJ Dougal is a British UK Hardcore and happy hardcore artist and DJ.He first became involved with the dance music scene at the age of 15, while setting up sound systems for some of the first acid house parties, as part of work experience assignment to a music shop.His style is a mix of euphoric...

, DJ Sharkey

DJ Sharkey

Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...

 and Scott Brown

Scott Brown (DJ)

Scott Alexander Brown is a Glasgow-born Scottish DJ and music producer, now living in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Brown produces and plays a variety of genres commonly called rave. Although he is most associated with bouncy techno, his music ranges from happy hardcore, through hard trance, to...

.

In June 2008, Hardcore

Hardcore techno

Hardcore techno is a type of electronic music typified by the rhythmic use of distorted and atonal industrial-like beats and samples...

 online news site 'happyhardcore.com' announced that British dance label All Around the World

All Around The World (record label)

All Around the World Productions Limited is a record label from Blackburn, England. The label specialises in Dance Music and most recently R&B.-History:AATW was founded by directors Matt Cadman & Cris Nutall in 1991....

 (AATW) had purchased the rights to Bonkers from what would have been volume 18, released in 2009. There was speculation about a change of label for some time, but AATW finally confirmed this. The UK Hardcore

UK hardcore

UK Hardcore is a broad term to describe the evolved sound of Happy Hardcore Rave music which emerged around the end of the 1990s and grew in strength during the 21st century...

 genre, which has seen a recent unprecedented rise in popularity, has already helped AATW in securing number one chart positions with its Clubland

Clubland

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 Xtreme Hardcore releases. The label also claim to want to make the Bonkers brand bigger, suggesting using Universal Music TV as their distributor for future releases, who they use for releasing their successful Clubland

Clubland

Clubland may refer to:* Clubland , an American film by Mary Lambert* Clubland , an Australian comedy film* Clubland , a 1990s house-music group* Clubland , a UK dance album and events brand...

 compilations. All Around the World

All Around The World (record label)

All Around the World Productions Limited is a record label from Blackburn, England. The label specialises in Dance Music and most recently R&B.-History:AATW was founded by directors Matt Cadman & Cris Nutall in 1991....

 re-started the Bonkers series on May 11, 2009 under the title Bonkers: The Original Hardcore and was mixed by Hixxy, Sharkey and Chris Unknown.

Bonkers has not had another release since. The record label AATW has been concentrating on their other two Hardcore compilations, Clubland Extreme Hardcore and HTID. It is still unknown to many if AATW plans to have a follow up release to their 2009 CD Bonkers "Original Hardcore". Or if the series has ceased permanently.

Compilations Released

Title	Bonkers Bonkers (album) Bonkers is the first set in the Bonkers series of happy hardcore compilation albums mixed by Hixxy & Sharkey, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time...	1996	Hixxy Hixxy Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....	Sharkey DJ Sharkey Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...
Bonkers 2: Now We're Totally Bonkers Bonkers 2: Now We're Totally Bonkers Bonkers 2: Now We're Totally Bonkers is the second set in the Bonkers series of happy hardcore compilation albums, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time.- Track listing :Disc 1: Hixxy Mix...	1997	Hixxy Hixxy Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....	Sharkey DJ Sharkey Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...
Bonkers 3: A Journey into Madness Bonkers 3: A Journey into Madness Bonkers 3: A Journey into Madness is the third set in the Bonkers series of happy hardcore compilation albums, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time...	1997	Hixxy Hixxy Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....	Sharkey DJ Sharkey Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...	Dougal DJ Dougal DJ Dougal is a British UK Hardcore and happy hardcore artist and DJ.He first became involved with the dance music scene at the age of 15, while setting up sound systems for some of the first acid house parties, as part of work experience assignment to a music shop.His style is a mix of euphoric...
Bonkers 4: World Frenzy Bonkers 4: World Frenzy Bonkers 4: World Frenzy is the fourth set in the Bonkers series of happy hardcore compilation albums, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time...	18 June 1998	Hixxy Hixxy Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....	Sharkey DJ Sharkey Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...	Dougal DJ Dougal DJ Dougal is a British UK Hardcore and happy hardcore artist and DJ.He first became involved with the dance music scene at the age of 15, while setting up sound systems for some of the first acid house parties, as part of work experience assignment to a music shop.His style is a mix of euphoric...
Bonkers 5: Anarchy in the Universe Bonkers 5: Anarchy in the Universe Bonkers 5: Anarchy in the Universe is the fifth set in the Bonkers series of happy hardcore compilation albums, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time...	26 October 1998	Hixxy Hixxy Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....	Sharkey DJ Sharkey Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...	Dougal DJ Dougal DJ Dougal is a British UK Hardcore and happy hardcore artist and DJ.He first became involved with the dance music scene at the age of 15, while setting up sound systems for some of the first acid house parties, as part of work experience assignment to a music shop.His style is a mix of euphoric...
Bonkers 6: Wheel Crazy Bonkers 6: Wheel Crazy Bonkers 6: Wheel Crazy is the sixth set in the Bonkers series of happy hardcore compilation albums, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time...	19 April 1999	Dougal DJ Dougal DJ Dougal is a British UK Hardcore and happy hardcore artist and DJ.He first became involved with the dance music scene at the age of 15, while setting up sound systems for some of the first acid house parties, as part of work experience assignment to a music shop.His style is a mix of euphoric...	Sy	Vibes
Bonkers 7: Millennium Fever Bonkers 7: Millennium Fever Bonkers 7: Millennium Fever is the seventh set in the Bonkers series of happy hardcore compilation albums, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time.- Track listing :Disc 1: Hixxy's Mix...	4 October 1999	Hixxy Hixxy Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....	Dougal DJ Dougal DJ Dougal is a British UK Hardcore and happy hardcore artist and DJ.He first became involved with the dance music scene at the age of 15, while setting up sound systems for some of the first acid house parties, as part of work experience assignment to a music shop.His style is a mix of euphoric...	Sy
Bonkers 8: The Rezurrection Bonkers 8: The Rezurrection Bonkers 8: The Rezurrection is the eighth set in the Bonkers series of happy hardcore compilation albums, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time...	15 July 2002	Hixxy Hixxy Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....	Sharkey DJ Sharkey Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...	Sy
Bonkers 9: Hardcore Mutation Bonkers 9: Hardcore Mutation Bonkers 9: Hardcore Mutation is the ninth set in the Bonkers series of happy hardcore compilation albums, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time.- Track listing :Disc 1: Hixxy...	4 November 2002	Hixxy Hixxy Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....	Sharkey DJ Sharkey Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...	Scott Brown Scott Brown (DJ) Scott Alexander Brown is a Glasgow-born Scottish DJ and music producer, now living in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Brown produces and plays a variety of genres commonly called rave. Although he is most associated with bouncy techno, his music ranges from happy hardcore, through hard trance, to...
Bonkers X Bonkers X Bonkers X is the tenth set in the Bonkers series of happy hardcore compilation albums, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time.- Track listing :Disc 1: Hixxy#Hixxy - Thou Shalt Not Forget - 1:14...	5 May 2003	Hixxy Hixxy Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....	Sharkey DJ Sharkey Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...	Scott Brown Scott Brown (DJ) Scott Alexander Brown is a Glasgow-born Scottish DJ and music producer, now living in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Brown produces and plays a variety of genres commonly called rave. Although he is most associated with bouncy techno, his music ranges from happy hardcore, through hard trance, to...
Bonkers XI: Forevolution Bonkers XI: Forevolution Bonkers XI: Forevolution is the eleventh set in the Bonkers series of happy hardcore compilation albums, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time.- Track listing :Disc 1: Hixxy...	7 November 2003	Hixxy Hixxy Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....	Sharkey DJ Sharkey Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...	Scott Brown Scott Brown (DJ) Scott Alexander Brown is a Glasgow-born Scottish DJ and music producer, now living in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Brown produces and plays a variety of genres commonly called rave. Although he is most associated with bouncy techno, his music ranges from happy hardcore, through hard trance, to...
Bonkers 12: The Dirty Dozen Bonkers 12: The Dirty Dozen Bonkers 12: The Dirty Dozen is the twelfth set in the Bonkers series of happy hardcore compilation albums, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time. It was the first 4 CD compilation of the series, and the only to feature Breeze & Styles as DJs...	12 April 2004	Hixxy Hixxy Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....	Sharkey DJ Sharkey Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...	Scott Brown Scott Brown (DJ) Scott Alexander Brown is a Glasgow-born Scottish DJ and music producer, now living in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Brown produces and plays a variety of genres commonly called rave. Although he is most associated with bouncy techno, his music ranges from happy hardcore, through hard trance, to...	Breeze Mark Breeze Mark Breeze, also known as DJ Breeze , is a UK Hardcore producer based in the United Kingdom. He is most known for his songs "Let's Fly" and "Jump A Little Higher", and frequently contributes DJ mixes to hardcore compilation series such as the Clubland X-Treme Hardcore series.He is mostly known in...  & Styles Darren Styles Darren James Mew , better known as Darren Styles, is a British record producer, disc jockey and singer-songwriter from Colchester, England. Originally a member of the breakbeat hardcore group DJ Force & The Evolution, Darren found success during the 1990s as one half of Force & Styles...
Bonkers 13: Hardcore Horror Show Bonkers 13: Hardcore Horror Show Bonkers 13: Hardcore Horror Show is the thirteenth set in the Bonkers series of happy hardcore compilation albums, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time. The name and cover stems from being released around the time of Halloween of that year and that it is the...	25 October 2004	Hixxy Hixxy Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....	Sharkey DJ Sharkey Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...	Scott Brown Scott Brown (DJ) Scott Alexander Brown is a Glasgow-born Scottish DJ and music producer, now living in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Brown produces and plays a variety of genres commonly called rave. Although he is most associated with bouncy techno, his music ranges from happy hardcore, through hard trance, to...	Dougal DJ Dougal DJ Dougal is a British UK Hardcore and happy hardcore artist and DJ.He first became involved with the dance music scene at the age of 15, while setting up sound systems for some of the first acid house parties, as part of work experience assignment to a music shop.His style is a mix of euphoric...
Bonkers 14: Hardcore Strikes Back Bonkers 14: Hardcore Strikes Back Bonkers 14: Hardcore Strikes Back is the fourteenth set in the Bonkers series of happy hardcore compilation albums, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time...	30 May 2005	Hixxy Hixxy Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....	Sharkey DJ Sharkey Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...	Scott Brown Scott Brown (DJ) Scott Alexander Brown is a Glasgow-born Scottish DJ and music producer, now living in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Brown produces and plays a variety of genres commonly called rave. Although he is most associated with bouncy techno, his music ranges from happy hardcore, through hard trance, to...	Dougal DJ Dougal DJ Dougal is a British UK Hardcore and happy hardcore artist and DJ.He first became involved with the dance music scene at the age of 15, while setting up sound systems for some of the first acid house parties, as part of work experience assignment to a music shop.His style is a mix of euphoric...
Bonkers 15: Legends of the Core Bonkers 15: Legends of the Core Bonkers 15: Legends of the Core is the fifteenth set in the Bonkers series of happy hardcore compilation albums, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time...	5 December 2005	Hixxy Hixxy Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....  & Re-Con	Sharkey DJ Sharkey Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...  & Marc Smith	Scott Brown Scott Brown (DJ) Scott Alexander Brown is a Glasgow-born Scottish DJ and music producer, now living in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Brown produces and plays a variety of genres commonly called rave. Although he is most associated with bouncy techno, his music ranges from happy hardcore, through hard trance, to...  & Neophyte Neophyte (band) Neophyte is a hardcore, or gabber, group formed in 1992 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The three original members are Jeroen Streunding , Danny Greten and Robin van Roon....	Dougal DJ Dougal DJ Dougal is a British UK Hardcore and happy hardcore artist and DJ.He first became involved with the dance music scene at the age of 15, while setting up sound systems for some of the first acid house parties, as part of work experience assignment to a music shop.His style is a mix of euphoric...  & Gammer Gammer Gammer is a UK hardcore and Hard Dance producer and DJ.Gammer made his first appearance in the Hardcore scene during 2002 and since he has gone on to be a very successful and prolific producer, being best known for his extensive discography on the revamped Essential Platinum label...
Bonkers 16: Maximum Hardcore Energy! Bonkers 16: Maximum Hardcore Energy! Bonkers 16: Maximum Hardcore Energy! is the sixteenth set in the Bonkers series of happy hardcore compilation albums, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time. It is the second set in the series to feature multiple DJs on each disc...	10 July 2006	Hixxy Hixxy Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....  & Re-Con	Sharkey DJ Sharkey Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...  & CLSM CLSM CLSM is also an abbreviation of the scientific term Confocal laser scanning microscopyCLSM is also an abbreviation of the concrete term CLSM is a British Happy Hardcore group...  feat. Kutski Kutski Kutski , is a radio DJ. He was born in Chester, England. He currently presents BBC Radio 1's early Saturday morning show, where he plays a variety of hard dance music, including Breakbeat, Electro, Hard Trance, Hardcore and Hardstyle.-Profile:Kutski started DJing aged 15...	Scott Brown Scott Brown (DJ) Scott Alexander Brown is a Glasgow-born Scottish DJ and music producer, now living in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Brown produces and plays a variety of genres commonly called rave. Although he is most associated with bouncy techno, his music ranges from happy hardcore, through hard trance, to...  & Gammer Gammer Gammer is a UK hardcore and Hard Dance producer and DJ.Gammer made his first appearance in the Hardcore scene during 2002 and since he has gone on to be a very successful and prolific producer, being best known for his extensive discography on the revamped Essential Platinum label...
Best of Bonkers Best of Bonkers Best of Bonkers is the first "best of" set in the Bonkers series of happy hardcore compilation albums, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time...	15 January 2007	Hixxy Hixxy Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....  & Re-Con	Sharkey DJ Sharkey Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...  & Druid	Scott Brown Scott Brown (DJ) Scott Alexander Brown is a Glasgow-born Scottish DJ and music producer, now living in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Brown produces and plays a variety of genres commonly called rave. Although he is most associated with bouncy techno, his music ranges from happy hardcore, through hard trance, to...
Bonkers 17: Re-Booted Bonkers 17: Re-Booted Bonkers 17: Re-Booted is the seventeenth edition of the Bonkers hardcore compilation series Released on a three CD format, Bonkers 17: Re-Booted features six DJs pairing up for three back to back mixes spanning a wide variety of hardcore styles.It is only the second compilation in the series not to...	29 October 2007	Brisk & Ham	Sharkey DJ Sharkey Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...  & Kevin Energy	Scott Brown Scott Brown (DJ) Scott Alexander Brown is a Glasgow-born Scottish DJ and music producer, now living in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Brown produces and plays a variety of genres commonly called rave. Although he is most associated with bouncy techno, his music ranges from happy hardcore, through hard trance, to...  & Marc Smith
Bonkers: The Original Hardcore Bonkers: The Original Hardcore Bonkers: The Original Hardcore is the eighteenth set in the Bonkers series of happy hardcore compilation albums, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time. It is the first Bonkers compilation released by AATW records who recently gained the rights...	11 May 2009	Sharkey DJ Sharkey Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...	Chris Unknown	Hixxy Hixxy Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....

External links

• Resist Music's discography on Discogs
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• Resist's release discography (including all bonkers releases released on Resist)
• React's release discography (including all bonkers releases released on React)