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\u201cAll of it was performed in maximum overdrive on a bed of rockabilly, blues, and R&B, which earned Nixon some friends in the roots rock community but had enough punk attitude \u2014 in its own bizarre way \u2014 to make him a college radio staple during his heyday,\u201d the All Music Guide<\/a> wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m a rabble-rouser who does humorous social commentary within a rock-and-roll setting,\u201d he told The New York Times<\/a> in 1990.In another interview with the paper, he described himself as a voice of \u201cthe doomed, the damned, the weird.\u201d<\/p>\n Born Neil Kirby McMillan Jr., on 2 Aug, 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<\/a> in 2017, \u201cit\u2019s exciting, it\u2019s dangerous, and it makes the church people nervous.\u201d<\/p>\n In the 1980s, he began performing with Richard Banke, better known as Skid Roper, in San Diego. Their third album, \u201cBo-Day-Shus!!!\u201d was the first to make the national charts, thanks to the satirical song \u201cElvis Is Everywhere.\u201d The song, which posited that Elvis was responsible for everything from building the pyramids to making ships disappear in the Bermuda Triangle, and its music video, got the attention of MTV, which made him an occasional host in 1988.<\/p>\n He went on to record several more albums, both solo and with other collaborators, including with the backup band the Toadliquors, and also worked as an actor and radio D.J. In recent years, he became a radio host on Sirius XM, where he hosted the afternoon show on the Outlaw Country channel under the name \u201cthe Loon in the Afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n