Mojo Nixon, the rabble-rousing psychobilly musician and radio host who shot to fame together with his satirical 1987 hit “Elvis is In every single place,” died on Wednesday aboard a rustic music cruise that he was co-hosting. He was 66.
His dying was confirmed by Matt Eskey, the director of a 2020 documentary movie about Mr. Nixon. He mentioned that Mr. Nixon had a “cardiac occasion” whereas he was asleep because the Outlaw Nation Cruise was docked in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
A assertion posted by the movie’s official Fb web page mentioned that Mr. Nixon had died “after a blazing present, a raging evening, closing the bar, taking no prisoners.”
Mr. Nixon was finest recognized for his superstar spoofs, like “Don Henley Should Die” and “Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Youngster,” and for satirical tirades like “I Hate Banks” and “Destroy All Attorneys.” “All of it was carried out in most overdrive on a mattress of rockabilly, blues, and R&B, which earned Nixon some associates within the roots rock group however had sufficient punk perspective — in its personal weird means — to make him a university radio staple throughout his heyday,” the All Music Information wrote.
“I’m a rabble-rouser who does humorous social commentary inside a rock-and-roll setting,” he advised The New York Instances in 1990.
“Elvis is In every single place” and its video acquired the eye of MTV, which made him an occasional host in 1988.
Mr. Nixon, born Neil Kirby McMillan Jr., is survived by his spouse Adaire McMillan, sons Rafe Cannonball McMillan and Ruben McMillan, granddaughter Avery Frances McMillan, sister Jane Holden McMillan and brother Arthur Reese McMillan, Mr. Eskey mentioned.
