Root Hog or Die (album)

Root Hog or Die
Studio album by
Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
Released1989
StudioSounds Unreel Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
GenreRock
LabelEnigma
ProducerJim Dickinson
Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper chronology
Bo-Day-Shus!!!
(1987) 		Root Hog or Die
(1989) 		Unlimited Everything
(1990)

Root Hog or Die is an album by the American musicians Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper, released in 1989.[1][2] It was the duo's final studio album.[3] Nixon originally wanted to call it Bush Idiot Slime; he took "root hog or die" from Davy Crockett's autobiography.[4][5] The duo supported the album with a North American tour.[6] Root Hog or Die sold more than 50,000 copies in its first six months of release.[7]

"Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child" was released as a single; MTV refused to air the accompanying video, which starred Winona Ryder as Gibson.[8][9] The song peaked at No. 16 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.[10] The video for "(619) 239-KING" includes guest appearances from the Beat Farmers, Dead Milkmen, and Kris Kristofferson.[11]

  1. ^ "Disc Drive". Calgary Herald. 16 Feb 1989. p. D3.
  2. ^ Monahan, Casey (25 Mar 1989). "Mojo Nixon, Kinky Friedman forge strange partnership". Austin American-Statesman. p. D11.
  3. ^ Okamoto, David (31 Aug 1990). "Otis". Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. p. D10.
  4. ^ Faris, Mark (March 24, 1989). "Mojo Nixon Is Sure to Keep His Music Raunchy". Akron Beacon Journal. p. C1.
  5. ^ St. John, Michael (April 27, 1989). "Time Has Come for Mojo Nixon". Wisconsin State Journal. p. 3D.
  6. ^ Beck, Marilyn (4 Apr 1989). "The Inside Track". Living. The Province. p. 35.
  7. ^ DeVault, Russ (May 20, 1989). "Mojo Nixon Pokes Pop's Sacred Cows". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. L30.
  8. ^ Moon, Tom (19 May 1989). "A Visit from Mojo and Skid". Features Weekend. The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 24.
  9. ^ The Rough Guide to Rock (2nd ed.). Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 694.
  10. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008. Record Research. p. 178.
  11. ^ Scott, Jane (May 6, 1989). "The search for Elvis: Mojo Nixon's imaginary world is all his own". News. The Plain Dealer.