Neill Kirby McMillan Jr. (August 2, 1957 – February 7, 2024), known professionally as Mojo Nixon, was an American musician and actor best known for his novelty song "Elvis Is Everywhere", which was an alternative staple on MTV. Nixon hosted The Loon in the Afternoon radio show on the Outlaw Country channel of Sirius XM.
Early career Neill Kirby McMillan Jr. was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on August 2, 1957. He paired with Skid Roper in the early 1980s in San Diego. Roper mostly provided instrumental backup to Nixon's lyrics. Nixon and Roper released their first album in 1985 on Enigma Records, Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper. The song "Jesus at McDonald's" from that album was the duo's first single. Nixon and Roper's third album, 1987's Bo-Day-Shus!!!, featured the song "Elvis Is Everywhere", a deification of Elvis Presley, which is his best known song (Nixon later declared his personal religious trinity was Presley, Foghorn Leghorn, and Otis Campbell). Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper were also recorded in San Francisco during these early years by producer Sylvia Massy at CD Presents for the Rat Music For Rat People compilation album. Throughout the late 1980s, Nixon and Roper produced...
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