# RIP Mojo Nixon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [February 8, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285 "2024-02-08T02:17:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285/1 "2024-02-08T02:17:29Z")
The groundbreaking psychobilly singer-songwriter behind such '80s deep cuts as “Elvis is Everywhere” and “Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child” has died at age 66 after suffering a heart attack on a cruise ship where he was performing. > **[Mojo Nixon, Unabashed Outlaw Cult Hero, Dead at 66](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mojo-nixon-dead-obituary-1234964257/)** > > Mojo Nixon, the unabashed cult favorite who recorded novelty hits like 'Elvis Is Everywhere' and 'Don Henley Must Die,' has died at the age of 66. I have fond memories of him as the afternoon DJ on KGB-FM in San Diego in the early 2000s. In a time where radio was already becoming corporate and same-y, he wasn’t afraid to deviate from the Clear Channel-approved classic rock playlist and spin some underground punk and garage stuff I’d never heard before. He will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285/2 "2024-02-08T02:21:28Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > died at age 66 after suffering a heart attack on a cruise ship where he was performing. Performing on a cruise ship? Sounds like he was predeceased by his career. I got a kick out of the guy whenever I heard him (I think I saw him perform at a Rev. Horton Heat show once) but that just sounds sad. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285/3 "2024-02-08T02:28:01Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Performing on a cruise ship? According to the part of the linked article I could see (the rest is behind a paywall), the [Outlaw Country Cruise](https://www.outlawcountrycruise.com/), “an annual music cruise where he was a co-host and regular performer.” ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285/4 "2024-02-08T02:30:32Z")
Oh, shit! My favorite band, Los Straitjackets, is on that bill. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285/5 "2024-02-08T02:41:07Z")
If your cruise killed Mojo Nixon then your cruise could use some fixin’… Seriously, I used to catch him whenever he came through town and his shows were always a blast. The one bit of silver lining here is that having a heart attack on a cruise where he was performing sounds like a very Mojo Nixon way to go out. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285/6 "2024-02-08T02:45:38Z")
RIP. I have Mojo to thank for cluing me in to the fact that Michael J. Fox is has no Elvis in him. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285/7 "2024-02-08T03:00:25Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > The one bit of silver lining here is that having a heart attack on a cruise where he was performing sounds like a very Mojo Nixon way to go out. Remember: Elvis needs boats. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285/8 "2024-02-08T03:13:01Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > If your cruise killed Mojo Nixon then your cruise could use some fixin’… There’s a line you can milk. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285/9 "2024-02-08T07:30:35Z")
I discovered Johnny Cash because of Mojo Nixon. I was listening to the above-mentioned KGB-FM one afternoon in 2003 when he broke in between songs to announce that Cash had died. I’d heard of Cash before, but never actually heard his music. Mojo said he didn’t care that Cash was a country singer and this was a rock station, because in his mind Cash exemplified the very spirit of rock & roll, and he talked about how that famous black-and-white picture of Cash giving the finger to the camera was a big inspiration to him, then he played “A Boy Named Sue” uncensored. ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285/10 "2024-02-08T07:51:28Z")
What bothers me most is the smile this will put on Don Henley’s face. Condolences to the two-headed love child. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285/11 "2024-02-08T08:43:34Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > If your cruise killed Mojo Nixon then your cruise could use some fixin’… “Punk Rock Girl” is the only reason I’ve heard of the guy. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285/12 "2024-02-08T09:12:10Z")
Anyone called (619) 239-KING lately? ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285/13 "2024-02-08T09:35:11Z")
He was the real deal. He walked the walk. He was nice to everybody. RIP Kirby. PS: In addition to Michael J. Fox, he claimed in 1993 that Michael Bolton and Rush Limbaugh had no Elvis in them (on stage at _Max’s On Broadway_, in Fells Point, Baltimore, five feet from me). ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285/14 "2024-02-08T09:36:39Z")
> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#): > > PS: In addition to Michael J. Fox, he claimed that Michael Bolton and Rush Limbaugh had no Elvis in them And he was in Joan Rivers, but trying to get out. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285/15 "2024-02-08T09:38:38Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > And he was in Joan Rivers, but trying to get out. If I believed in an afterlife, I’d hope that Mojo is now telling her, “Listen up, Joanie, baby!” ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285/16 "2024-02-08T09:52:46Z")
I saw him open for Dead Milkmen. ---
**Author:** ![Chelonaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285/17 "2024-02-08T10:30:45Z")
What a gut punch to learn about his death. I hope he has gone to ‘Mojo World! Where there’s waterslides With loop-de-loops And barbeque sauce in the waterslides And there’s go kart tracks Going through the middle of the loop-de-loops And the waterslides And there’s drive-in movie theater! Showin’ Vanishing Point, Two-Lane Blacktop and Thunder Road every night And you can always buy Cheez Whiz, Beanie Weenies, Royal Crown, Pomade And liquor stores open 24 hours a day, everyday! Yeah!’ My favourie song of his is this one from Root Hog or Die. No laugh out funny jokes, but filled with such a heartfelt sincerity: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/taww1oNOQIA/maxresdefault.jpg "Wide Open") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taww1oNOQIA) ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285/18 "2024-02-08T11:20:49Z")
Putting on my very excellent Jello Biafra / Mojo Nixon CD right now! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285/19 "2024-02-08T11:47:50Z")
Oh hell, that’s the Outlaw Country cruise. Steve Earle regularly plays that and does a radio broadcast featuring really cool music from it. RIP Mojo!! ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285/20 "2024-02-08T12:01:55Z")
I saw him and Skid Roper at the Rialto in Raleigh many moons ago. The moment he came on stage, he said “What’s this sittin’ down bullshit? Get up and dance!” Roper played a contraption that looked like a mop handle with a washboard and sink drain covers attached to it with a wire brush. Mojo played all his raunchy hits, but got oddly serious when playing “Football Friday Night.” Great show. At least he went out doing what he loved. I found out my coworker Donna went to the same show. She said she and her sister were in the front row, and Mojo stepped in front of her and ground his hips in her face. She did not enjoy the experience. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mojo-nixon/997285.md?page=2)