Mojo Nixon, who blended roots and punk rock, has died at the age of 66

“It was all done at full speed on a bed of rockabilly, blues and R&B, which earned Nixon some friends in the rock community but had enough punk flair – in its own weird way – to make him a staple on college radio during his heyday.” All music guide books.

“I'm a rabble-rouser who makes humorous social commentary within a rock 'n' roll environment,” he told The New York Times in 1990. In another interview with the newspaper, he described himself as the voice of “the doomed,” the cursed, the strange.

Neil Kirby McMillan Jr. was born on August 2, 1957 in North Carolina to a father who owned a soul music station. Mr. Nixon was drawn to music from a young age because, He said In 2017, “It's exciting, it's dangerous, and it makes church people nervous.”

In the 1980s, he began performing with Richard Pankey, known as Skid Roper, in San Diego. Their third album “Bo-Day-Shus!!!” It was the first to reach the national charts thanks to the satirical song “Elvis Is Everywhere.” The song, which posits that Elvis was responsible for everything from building the pyramids to making ships disappear in the Bermuda Triangle, and its music video caught the attention of MTV, which made him an occasional presenter in 1988.

He continued to record numerous albums, both solo and with other collaborators, including with the Toadliquors backup band, and also worked as an actor and radio DJ. In recent years, he became a radio broadcaster on Sirius XM, hosting an afternoon show on Outlaw Country under the name “The Loon in the Afternoon.”