Who the frick is Mojo Nixon?Mojo in a Nutshell
He is the Honorary Captain of the 1998 medal winning US Olympic Luge team. He
appeared on the cover of the Wall Street Journal the same week he appeared nude in Future
Sex magazine. He debated Pat Buchanan on Crossfire. He was an answer on Jeopardy. He
appeared on Politically Incorrect. He had two lines edited out of a song because his
distributor was afraid of being sued by McDonalds. An article he wrote for Hustler
Magazine was censored. He once had to hire an armed guard for a show due to death
threats from an angry Don Henley fan. He had Don Henley join him on stage to sing along on
his song "Don Henley Must Die." His song "Bring Me The Head Of David
Geffen" was abruptly pulled from an album after threats of lawsuits. He has performed
shows with acts ranging from Soul Asylum, The Dead Kennedys and the Butthole Surfers to
Koko Taylor, Jerry Lee Lewis and Ali Farke Toure. He was the subject of a New York Times
op ed piece on Clinton's choice of campaign songs. His video for "Debbie
Gibson Is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Child" starred Winona Ryder and was banned
by MTV. He has been in several movies the last was of which is titled
"BUTTCRACK". He has performed in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan.
Birth Name:
Neill Kirby McMillan Jr.
Born:
August 2, 1957
in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Died:
February 7, 2024 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Origin of the name, Mojo Nixon: "It was just two things that shouldn't go
together. Mojo is some disreputable blues musician and Nixon is some bad politics. Voodoo
and bad politics. Plus, you've got to have a good name for the encore. You've got to have
a good two-syllable name so people can chant it. I hated Nixon. I was calling for Nixon's
impeachment in '73. He was the president you loved to hate." - Mojo Interview on
"The Onion"
Education:
Degree in Political Science and History from Miami University, Oxford Ohio.
Political Affiliation: "The Mushroom Party", but the Libertarian Party recognizes Mojo as a friend of Liberty.
Musical Career:
Let's face it, Mojo is most well known for his timeless ode to the eternal being of
"The King" in his tune, "ELVIS IS EVERYWHERE". Over the years he
has captured our shallow souls with other songs screaming against conformity such as,
"DON HENLEY MUST DIE", "DEBBIE GIBSON IS PREGNANT WITH MY 2 HEADED LOVE
CHILD", and recently with "I DONT WANT NO CYBERSEX" and "MACHINES AINT
MUSIC". Mojo has written and released over 100 songs on about a dozen
albums. Check out his Discography here.
Film Appearances: Mojo has appeared in a handful of movies and to his own
admission, they are all shitty flicks. Check out the International Movie Database to find out
which shitty flicks that he has appeared.
TV Appearances: During the mid-to-late 80's MTV honchos and honchettes realized that
an important demographic was missing from their viewership (folks with an ounce of common
sense and like their entertainment foul, funky, and maybe a little smelly - folks that
were looking for a new voice, a new leader). Some genius turned Mojo loose and let
him rant in this series of 30 second spots that didn't generally have anything to do with
MTV at all.
Current Projects:
Mojo
had been a SiriusXM radio personality on the Outlaw Country
station. His show "Loon In The Afternoon" had been
broadcasting since 2008. He passed away on February 7, 2024 due
to a cardiac event while on a Outlaw Country Cruise docked in San
Juan, Puerto Rico.
Mojo Honors:
Named Honorary Captain of the US Olympic Luge Team,
1998.
Mojo's Holy Trinity:
1. Elvis
2. Foghorn Leghorn
3. Otis the Drunk (Mayberry RFD)
Mojo Interviews & Links:
1. MojoNixon.com
2. Atrocity's
Mojo Nixon Page
3. Elvis
has left the building and he's taken his phone number with him
4. acid
logic.... presents an interview with Mojo Nixon - Sept
16, 2001
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