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Mojo Nixon, the unapologetically brash musician, actor, and radio DJ, died of "a cardiac event" on Wednesday, Feb. 7, his family confirmed to Rolling Stone. He was 66. Nixon was aboard the Outlaw Country Cruise, an annual music cruise where he was a co-host and regular performer.

"August 2, 1957 - February 7, 2024 Mojo Nixon. How you live is how you should die. Mojo Nixon was full-tilt, wide-open rock hard, root hog, corner on two wheels + on fire," his family shared in a statement to Rolling Stone. "Passing after a blazing show, a raging night, closing the bar, taking no prisoners + a good breakfast with bandmates and friends.

"A cardiac event on the Outlaw Country Cruise is about right & that's just how he did it, Mojo has left the building," his family's statement continued. "Since Elvis is everywhere, we know he was waiting for him in the alley out back. Heaven help us all."

Nixon enjoyed a supremely weird yet singular career after he and his former partner, Skid Roper, scored a bizarro breakthrough in 1987 with their novelty hit "Elvis Is Everywhere." A deranged bit of cowpunk/rockabilliy pastiche that honored (and lightly skewered) the King of Rock and Roll's diehard fans, "Elvis Is Everywhere" and its charming low-budget video became an unexpected MTV staple.

Nixon and Roper recorded six albums together during the Eighties; after they split, Nixon embarked on a career of his own, releasing a bunch of solo albums and a handful of collaborative LPs (including one with the Dead Kennedys' Jello Biafra). He also scored work as an actor and radio DJ, eventually becoming a regular presence on SiriusXM's Outlaw Country channel in the mid-2000s, where he was known as "The Loon in the Afternoon."

"We are absolutely devastated," said Jeff Cuellar, CEO of Sixthman, which organized the Outlaw Country Cruise. "Our thoughts and hearts are with Mojo's family and the Outlaw community."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/mojo-nixon-unabashed-outlaw-cult-hero-dead-at-66/ar-BB1hWOL6

RIP

R.I.P. Toad from the live-action Super Mario Bros. movie

If you don't have Mojo Nixon, then your store could use some fixin'!

One of my friends texted me about his death over an hour ago. She was friends with his wife some years ago.

RIP

His music was used in the soundtrack for the game Redneck Rampage. I wish they would make a new one.

I'd rather keep him and not have Unknown Hinson.

RIP

https://youtu.be/xN4jRIpkKBg?si=B53T3UZSwPsNWX3P

Pray for Mojo.

But in all seriousness, RIP.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0d479f32.jpg

KFHEWUI posted...

His music was used in the soundtrack for the game Redneck Rampage. I wish they would make a new one.

I played that game as a kid, too bad my PC ran like shit.

wanderingshade posted...

I'd rather keep him and not have Unknown Hinson.

I used to be an Unknown Hinson fan, but he called Dolly Parton a 'bitch' for support BLM, fuck him.
You can't say that kinda shit about Dolly, she's a National Treasure.

Johnny Knoxville's cousin, right?
I know I listen to both on SXM

KFHEWUI posted...

His music was used in the soundtrack for the game Redneck Rampage. I wish they would make a new one.

Daaaaaamn.
I had this feeling of "I have heard the name Mojo Nixon... but from where?"
Yeah, that game was great! Liked it a lot more than the second game, too.