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Mojo Nixon (born Neill Kirby [=McMillan=], Jr., August 2, 1957 - February 7, 2024) was an American {{psychobilly}} musician, probably best known for his irreverent and comedic TakeThat songs about celebrities which earned him acclaim in the 1980s college rock scene and Creator/{{MTV}}, being namedropped in Music/TheDeadMilkmen's hit "Punk Rock Girl"...and for playing Toad in the ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' movie.

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Mojo Nixon (born Neill Kirby [=McMillan=], [=McMillan=] Jr., ; August 2, 1957 - February 7, 2024) was an American {{psychobilly}} musician, probably best known for his irreverent and comedic TakeThat songs about celebrities which earned him acclaim in the 1980s college rock scene and Creator/{{MTV}}, being namedropped in Music/TheDeadMilkmen's hit "Punk Rock Girl"...and for playing Toad in the ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' movie.
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Mojo Nixon (born Neill Kirby [=McMillan=], Jr., August 2, 1957) is an American {{psychobilly}} musician, probably best known for his irreverent and comedic TakeThat songs about celebrities which earned him acclaim in the 1980s college rock scene and Creator/{{MTV}}, being namedropped in Music/TheDeadMilkmen's hit "Punk Rock Girl"...and for playing Toad in the ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' movie.

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Mojo Nixon (born Neill Kirby [=McMillan=], Jr., August 2, 1957) is 1957 - February 7, 2024) was an American {{psychobilly}} musician, probably best known for his irreverent and comedic TakeThat songs about celebrities which earned him acclaim in the 1980s college rock scene and Creator/{{MTV}}, being namedropped in Music/TheDeadMilkmen's hit "Punk Rock Girl"...and for playing Toad in the ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' movie.



* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: Averted. Mojo, who is a staunch libertarian, strongly supports file-sharing, claiming he's "not an asshole like Music/{{Metallica}}" on the matter.

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* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: Averted. Mojo, who is was a staunch libertarian, strongly supports supported file-sharing, claiming he's "not an he wasn't "an asshole like Music/{{Metallica}}" on the matter.



* TenMinuteRetirement: In 2003, Mojo declared himself to be retired from the music business. However, six years later, he came out with ''Whiskey Rebellion'' and still tours to this day.

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* TenMinuteRetirement: In 2003, Mojo declared himself to be retired from the music business. However, six years later, he came out with ''Whiskey Rebellion'' and still tours to this day.toured until his passing.
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* TenMinuteRetirement: In 2003, Mojo declared himself to be retired from the music business. However, six years later, he came out with his most recent album, ''Whiskey Rebellion'' and he still tours to this day.

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* TenMinuteRetirement: In 2003, Mojo declared himself to be retired from the music business. However, six years later, he came out with his most recent album, ''Whiskey Rebellion'' and he still tours to this day.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: "She's Vibrator Dependent" is a rare female example by a male artist.
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Mojo Nixon (born Neill Kirby [=McMillan=], Jr., August 2, 1957) is an American psychobilly musician, probably best known for his irreverent and comedic TakeThat songs about celebrities which earned him acclaim in the 1980s college rock scene and Creator/{{MTV}}, being namedropped in Music/TheDeadMilkmen's hit "Punk Rock Girl"...and for playing Toad in the ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' movie.

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Mojo Nixon (born Neill Kirby [=McMillan=], Jr., August 2, 1957) is an American psychobilly {{psychobilly}} musician, probably best known for his irreverent and comedic TakeThat songs about celebrities which earned him acclaim in the 1980s college rock scene and Creator/{{MTV}}, being namedropped in Music/TheDeadMilkmen's hit "Punk Rock Girl"...and for playing Toad in the ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' movie.
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Mojo Nixon (born Neill Kirby [=McMillan=], Jr., August 2, 1957) is an American psychobilly musician, probably best known for his irreverent and comedic TakeThat songs about celebrities which earned him acclaim in the 1980s college rock scene and Creator/{{MTV}}, being namedropped in Music/TheDeadMilkmen's hit "Punk Rock Girl"...and for playing Toad in the ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' movie.

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Mojo Nixon (born Neill Kirby [=McMillan=], Jr., August 2, 1957) is an American psychobilly musician, probably best known for his irreverent and comedic TakeThat songs about celebrities which earned him acclaim in the 1980s college rock scene and Creator/{{MTV}}, being namedropped in Music/TheDeadMilkmen's hit "Punk Rock Girl"...and for playing Toad in the ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' movie.

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* YourMom: The very first line in "Tie My Pecker to My Leg" is "Me your mama and some other whore."

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* YourMom: The very first line in "Tie My Pecker to My Leg" is "Me your mama and some other whore.""
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* TakeThat: One of his music's best known characteristics. [[Music/TheEagles Don Henley]] surprised Mojo by showing up at one of Mojo's concerts and [[ActuallyPrettyFunny offering to perform "Don Henley Must Die" with him]].

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One of his music's best known characteristics. [[Music/TheEagles Don Henley]] surprised Mojo by showing up at one of Mojo's concerts and [[ActuallyPrettyFunny offering to perform "Don Henley Must Die" with him]].
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* TakeThat: One of his music's best known characteristics. [[Music/TheEagles Don Henley]] surprised Mojo by showing up at one of Mojo's concerts and offering to perform "Don Henley Must Die" with him.

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* TakeThat: One of his music's best known characteristics. [[Music/TheEagles Don Henley]] surprised Mojo by showing up at one of Mojo's concerts and [[ActuallyPrettyFunny offering to perform "Don Henley Must Die" with him.him]].
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Mojo Nixon (born Neill Kirby [=McMillan=]) is an American psychobilly musician, probably best known for his irreverent and comedic TakeThat songs about celebrities which earned him acclaim in the 1980s college rock scene and Creator/{{MTV}}, being namedropped in Music/TheDeadMilkmen's hit "Punk Rock Girl"...and for playing Toad in the ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' movie.

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Mojo Nixon (born Neill Kirby [=McMillan=]) [=McMillan=], Jr., August 2, 1957) is an American psychobilly musician, probably best known for his irreverent and comedic TakeThat songs about celebrities which earned him acclaim in the 1980s college rock scene and Creator/{{MTV}}, being namedropped in Music/TheDeadMilkmen's hit "Punk Rock Girl"...and for playing Toad in the ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' movie.
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Mojo Nixon (born Neill Kirby [=McMillan=]) is an American psychobilly musician, probably best known for his irreverent and comedic TakeThat songs about celebrities which earned him acclaim in the 1980s college rock scene and {{MTV}}, being namedropped in Music/TheDeadMilkmen's hit "Punk Rock Girl"...and for playing Toad in the ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' movie.

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Mojo Nixon (born Neill Kirby [=McMillan=]) is an American psychobilly musician, probably best known for his irreverent and comedic TakeThat songs about celebrities which earned him acclaim in the 1980s college rock scene and {{MTV}}, Creator/{{MTV}}, being namedropped in Music/TheDeadMilkmen's hit "Punk Rock Girl"...and for playing Toad in the ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' movie.
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** In "Elvis is Everywhere," the one exception to everyone having a little Elvis in them is Creator/MichaelJFox, who is described as "the evil opposite of Elvis: the anti-Elvis." Immediately after this, he adds that "Elvis is in Creator/JoanRivers but he's trying to get out, man!"
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* PromotedFanboy: After covering a Music/DeadKennedys song, he recorded an album with their erstwhile frontman Music/JelloBiafra.
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* PromotedFanboy: After covering a Music/DeadKennedys song, he recorded an album with their erstwhile frontman Music/JelloBiafra.
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* LargeHam: Mojo has been compared (by himself) to a cross between Elvis, WesternAnimation/FoghornLeghorn, and Otis Campbell, the town drunk from ''TheAndyGriffithShow''.

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* LargeHam: Mojo has been compared (by himself) to a cross between Elvis, WesternAnimation/FoghornLeghorn, and Otis Campbell, the town drunk from ''TheAndyGriffithShow''.''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''.
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* CreatorWorship: Invoked in "Elvis is Everywhere" in which Elvis is depicted as a Christ-like deity.



* GunPorn: In "Where The Hell's My Money," he describes a gun he pulls out in much more detail than the rest of the anecdote.



* RefugeInAudacity: A lot of his songs, but probably most infamously "Tie My Pecker to My Leg," which references coprophagia, incest bestiality, pedophilia, and so on to the point where an alternate title could be "TheAristocrats: The Song."



* VanityLicensePlate: The music video of "Elvis is Everywhere," which was notably featured on ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'', contains one reading "P. ELVIS."

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* VanityLicensePlate: The music video of "Elvis is Everywhere," which was notably featured on ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'', contains one reading "P. ELVIS."
* YourMom: The very first line in "Tie My Pecker to My Leg" is "Me your mama and some other whore.
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* EightiesHair: Not a fan of the mullet hairstyle, about which he once wrote the song "Don't Want no Foo-Foo Haircut" describing his supposed failed experimentation with the hairstyle.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: "She's Vibrator Dependent" is a rare female example by a male artist.
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* TheBermudaTriangle: According to "Elvis" is Everywhere," Music/ElvisPresley is responsible for all the disappearing vessels here, simply because "Elvis needs boats."

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* TheBermudaTriangle: According to "Elvis" "Elvis is Everywhere," Music/ElvisPresley is responsible for all the disappearing vessels here, simply because "Elvis needs boats."
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* AcceptableTargets: Mojo mocked RickAstley [[RickRoll before it was cool]] on "DebbieGibson is Pregnant With My Two Headed Love Child," declaring the "Never Gonna Give You Up" singer a "pantywaist."
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* CoverVersion: Several, including Music/DeadKennedys' "Winnebago Warrior," Music/AliceCooper's "Be My Lover," and Music/TheSmiths' "Girlfriend in a Coma," the latter of which contains a long rant poking fun at lead singer Music/Morrissey.

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* CoverVersion: Several, including Music/DeadKennedys' "Winnebago Warrior," Music/AliceCooper's "Be My Lover," and Music/TheSmiths' "Girlfriend in a Coma," the latter of which contains a long rant poking fun at lead singer Music/Morrissey.Music/{{Morrissey}}.
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* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: Averted. Mojo, who is a staunch libertarian, strongly supports file-sharing, claiming he's "not an asshole like Music/{{Metallica}}" on the matter.

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* TheBermudaTriangle: According to "Elvis" is Everywhere," Elvis is responsible for all the disappearing vessels here, simply because "Elvis needs boats."

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* TheBermudaTriangle: According to "Elvis" is Everywhere," Elvis Music/ElvisPresley is responsible for all the disappearing vessels here, simply because "Elvis needs boats."



* CoverVersion: Several, including Music/DeadKennedys' "Winnebago Warrior," Music/AliceCooper's "Be My Lover," and Music/

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* CoverVersion: Several, including Music/DeadKennedys' "Winnebago Warrior," Music/AliceCooper's "Be My Lover," and Music/Music/TheSmiths' "Girlfriend in a Coma," the latter of which contains a long rant poking fun at lead singer Music/Morrissey.


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* LargeHam: Mojo has been compared (by himself) to a cross between Elvis, WesternAnimation/FoghornLeghorn, and Otis Campbell, the town drunk from ''TheAndyGriffithShow''.
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* CircusOfFear: "Circus Mystery"


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* FiveFiveFive: Averted in "(619) 239-KING," which was an actual phone number supposedly belonging to Elvis which was created to promote the same song.


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* NostalgiaFilter: "Lincoln Logs" is a tribute to Skid Roper's favorite childhood toy of the same name.
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* ShoutOut: He has released two musical tributes to fellow satirical country musician and gubernatorial candidate Music/KinkyFriedman, including "Kinky is Everywhere," a rewrite of his hit "Elvis is Everywhere."


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* TenMinuteRetirement: In 2003, Mojo declared himself to be retired from the music business. However, six years later, he came out with his most recent album, ''Whiskey Rebellion'' and he still tours to this day.

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Mojo Nixon (born Neill Kirby McMillan) is an American psychobilly musician, probably best known for his irreverent and comedic TakeThat songs about celebrities which earned him acclaim in the 1980s college rock scene and {{MTV}}, being namedropped in Music/TheDeadMilkmen's hit "Punk Rock Girl"...and for playing Toad in the ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' movie.

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Mojo Nixon (born Neill Kirby McMillan) [=McMillan=]) is an American psychobilly musician, probably best known for his irreverent and comedic TakeThat songs about celebrities which earned him acclaim in the 1980s college rock scene and {{MTV}}, being namedropped in Music/TheDeadMilkmen's hit "Punk Rock Girl"...and for playing Toad in the ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' movie.



* BawdySong: "Tie My Pecker To My Leg" among many others.

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* BawdySong: Among many others, "Tie My Pecker To My Leg" among many others.which, aside from the title, gives us lines such as "Yeah her asshole is tighter than a steel drum/And I'd eat a yard of her shit to watch her cum" and "I need a woman six foot ten/She's gotta be that tall so I can get it all in."



* ChristmasSongs: The Christmas album ''Horny Holidays'' as well as the later single "Christmas, Christmas" which is essentially a Christmas-themed parody of "Louie, Louie."
* CoverVersion: Several, including Music/DeadKennedys' "Winnebago Warrior," Music/AliceCooper's "Be My Lover," and Music/



* TakeThat: "[[Music/TheEagles Don Henley Must Die]]"

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* TakeThat: "[[Music/TheEagles One of his music's best known characteristics. [[Music/TheEagles Don Henley]] surprised Mojo by showing up at one of Mojo's concerts and offering to perform "Don Henley Must Die]]"Die" with him.
* VanityLicensePlate: The music video of "Elvis is Everywhere," which was notably featured on ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'', contains one reading "P. ELVIS."
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Mojo Nixon (born Neill Kirby McMillan) is an American psychobilly musician, probably best known for his irreverent and comedic TakeThat songs about celebrities which earned him acclaim in the 1980s college rock scene and {{MTV}}, being namedropped in Music/TheDeadMilkmen's hit "Punk Rock Girl"...and for playing Toad in the ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' movie.

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Tropes that apply to Mojo Nixon:
* AcceptableTargets: Mojo mocked RickAstley [[RickRoll before it was cool]] on "DebbieGibson is Pregnant With My Two Headed Love Child," declaring the "Never Gonna Give You Up" singer a "pantywaist."
* BawdySong: "Tie My Pecker To My Leg" among many others.
* TheBermudaTriangle: According to "Elvis" is Everywhere," Elvis is responsible for all the disappearing vessels here, simply because "Elvis needs boats."
* ElvisHasLeftThePlanet: "Elvis is Everywhere" also claims that all aliens in outer space look like Elvis "because Elvis is a perfect being."
* LesserStar: Skid Roper, the folk musician who accompanied Mojo on his first four albums, only penned four songs which were panned by critics.
* OdeToIntoxication: Many, including "Gin Guzzling Frenzy" and the Music/RogerMiller cover "Chug-A-Lug."
* TakeThat: "[[Music/TheEagles Don Henley Must Die]]"

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