Thanks to Sonicfan32 and @sonicparadise, in Jan.2019 I found out about @sonic_hedgehog's band sprites. This impressed me so much that I decided to do a homage thread for @NaotoOhshima @Yasuharah @nakayuji and the fans that love removed concepts.
Year 199X here are The Red Kicks!

The Red Kicks was formed by #SonicTheHedgehog He was very excited to make a mark in the music world. Of course he proposed his sneakers to be a key symbol for the band. Sonic prefers to create songs about never give up and freedom.

Mach is a proud guy, he usually shows off his talents, but deep down he's a good friend, he also has a good sense of humor. Sometimes he fight with Sonic over trivial things.

Sharps is very famous, sometimes he is even more popular than Sonic with some fans, they like his sharpen coolness. He is not known for being very talkative, is more a reserved type but when he needs to rock, he rock.

Max has a chill attitude but things don't go well when you finally make him angry. Usually he has a lot of patience when the group discussed. Max has a very strong sensibility to compose and create rhythms. The music flows through him.

Vector has a fleeting and interchangeable passion with music and money. He was the first to join the band and the first to withdraw. In the present he still remember the good times with The Red Kicks. We can see a similar spirit with his partners at the Chaotix Detective Agency.

An intro for an alternative Sonic 1 from 199X, based on the original storyboard concepts of @NaotoOhshima -san with a little twist at the end.

Art that I collected through the time

A final illustration to remember the removed ending with Sonic and all his friends, large ones and little ones haha. (can you say the animal's names fast? Cucky, Pecky, Flicky, Rocky, Pocky, Ricky, Picky, pocdfhheghjk)

Thanks for watching!