The Nixons were founded in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma by singer/guitarist Zac … Read Full Bio ↴The Nixons were founded in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma by singer/guitarist Zac Maloy, guitarist Jesse Davis, bassist Ricky Brooks, and drummer Tye Robison. The group released their debut EP Six in 1992 (after a obscure self-titled album, probably released in 1990) on Dragon Street Records and replaced the original drummer with John Humphrey before releasing Halo in 1994 on Rainmaker label. This album features several songs also included in Foma, their first official full length record, released out in 1995 on MCA Records. Foma spawned the radio hit "Sister" and the group capitalized on their success with a big tour (about 300 shows in one year), including dates with Soul Asylum. Two years later, the group replaced Ricky Brooks with Ricky Wolking and released a self-titled album, also known as "the red album" which featured songs like In Spite of Herself and Baton Rouge. Though The Nixons failed to match the success of Foma and the band left MCA, their consistent gigging ensured a strong cult audience for 1999's Scrapbook EP (featuring b-sides, live and acoustic performances), which saw the band return to Rainmaker, and their fourth album The Latest Thing, which was released by Koch in early 2000.

Head
The Nixons Lyrics

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Don't want no foo foo hair cut sitting on my head
Don't want no foo foo hair cut sitting on my head
Man I'd rather be bald, I'd rather be dead

Oh the best hair of my generation been destroyed by stylin' mousse
Some of the best hair of my generation
Been destroyed by that evil stylin' mousse
Yeah there's only one moose, said Bullwinkle's on the loose

Don't be like Charlie Sexton, a prisoner to your haircut
Don't be like Charlie Sexton, a prisoner to your haircut
My wife up on a magazine (?), looking like a nut

They'll nuke your cats mommas (?)
If her hair sticking up so high
Man if it gets caught in a fan
Them poor boys they might die

Man that would be a shame, it would be a pity. You know one morning I
woke up, from a
nice night of sleeping, I woke up and I said to myself, "Mojo, Mojo, you
cannot judge a foo
foo by his haircut. Can't just a book by it's cover, you can't decide,
you know, if a person's
good or band just because they got one of them big poofter haircuts
sticking up. Mojo
there might be a great cosmic kid inside of them people. One of them
people all dressed
in black, looking all like they're gonna die and everything, they're
just regular folks like me
and you. Them heavy metal guys, they're regular folks like me and you.
So man, for
brotherhood, for peace, fraternity, equality, I decided that I, Mojo
Nixon, was gonna get
me a foo foo haircut. That's right, in the war between the rockers and
the poofters, ya dig
it. So I went and got me one of them haircuts, man I'm talking about a
mighty big one,
they had to get a hair extension peace on me man, sticking three, four
feet up the air.
Big black thing, lots of styling mousse on it, bees and birds and bats
were flying all around
that sucker, looked like a couple of bats had a nest up there or
something, might have been
vampire bats or something, you know, I dig it man. So I'm sitting there
and I'm walking
around and everybody's seeing me and they're saying, "Mojo, we're so
bummed Mojo, we
can't believe, we can't believe Mojo, you got a foo foo haircut." All
for brotherhood, I did
it all for brotherhood. So one Sunday afternoon you know I do I go down
to my local
go-kart track man, and I get in that there little go-kart and I think
I'm gonna take off like
Wendell Scott and the guy that owns the place he comes up to me and he
says, "Hey Moj,
Moj, I know you like go-karts a whole lot and everything, but that
haircut, mmm mmm,
mmm mmm, Mojo, you can't be racing with that haircut, not only are the
bats scaring
everybody, but you might poke somebody's eye out with that thing. I
mean it's just way
up there, Mojo, it's out of control. I know that haircut helps you get
in them New York clubs
and everything, make you feel real existential and what not, but no
go-karts Mojo." I
thought about this for a second, I was mighty discombobulated, I said to

myself
"Discombobulation is sweeping the nation!" and...

Overall Meaning

The Nixons's song "Head" is a humorous take on the idea that one should not judge someone based on their appearance, specifically their hairstyle. The lyrics express a preference for a bald head rather than a "foo foo" haircut that has been destroyed by styling products. The song calls out specific examples, such as Charlie Sexton, who is described as a prisoner to his haircut, and a wife who looks like a nut on a magazine cover. The lyrics also mention the dangers of overly-styled hair, such as the potential for it to get caught in a fan and cause harm.

The song takes a turn when the singer decides to get a "foo foo" haircut himself, in the name of brotherhood and equality. He describes getting a massive hair extension, complete with bees and bats flying around it, and the reaction of those around him who can't believe he has gone against his previous beliefs. The final verse takes place at a go-kart track, where the singer is told he can't race with his haircut because it's too dangerous.

Line by Line Meaning

Don't want no foo foo hair cut sitting on my head
I don't want a fancy and elaborate haircut on my head

Man I'd rather be bald, I'd rather be dead
I'd rather have no hair or be dead than have an overly styled haircut

Some of the best hair of my generation Been destroyed by that evil stylin' mousse Yeah there's only one moose, said Bullwinkle's on the loose
The success and beauty of hair in my generation has been ruined by the use of excessive styling products like mousse. The only moose I want is the one from Bullwinkle, not the one in my hair

Don't be like Charlie Sexton, a prisoner to your haircut My wife up on a magazine (?), looking like a nut
Don't become like Charlie Sexton, who is trapped by his hairstyle. My wife is in a magazine looking ridiculous with an overly done haircut

They'll nuke your cats mommas (?) If her hair sticking up so high Man if it gets caught in a fan Them poor boys they might die
If hair is excessively styled and sticks too far up, it could be dangerous and could potentially harm people or pets if caught in a fan

Mojo, Mojo, you cannot judge a foo foo by his haircut. Can't just a book by it's cover, you can't decide, you know, if a person's good or band just because they got one of them big poofter haircuts sticking up
You shouldn't judge someone based solely on their hairstyle. You can't determine whether someone is good or bad just by their big and elaborate haircut

So man, for brotherhood, for peace, fraternity, equality, I decided ... to get me a foo foo haircut.
In the name of brotherhood, peace, fraternity, and equality, Mojo Nixon decided to get an overly styled haircut

Big black thing, lots of styling mousse on it, bees and birds and bats were flying all around that sucker, looked like a couple of bats had a nest up there or something, might have been vampire bats or something, you know, I dig it man.
Mojo got an extremely elaborate and styled haircut with lots of mousse, and it attracted many bees, birds, and bats which made it look like a nest. Mojo found it funny and liked it

All for brotherhood, I did it all for brotherhood.
Mojo got the haircut in the name of brotherhood

Hey Moj, Moj, I know you like go-karts a whole lot and everything, but that haircut, mmm mmm, mmm mmm, Mojo, you can't be racing with that haircut, not only are the bats scaring everybody, but you might poke somebody's eye out with that thing.
When Mojo tried to go go-karting, the owner of the track told him that his haircut was too dangerous and might cause harm to others, and therefore he couldn't race with it

I thought about this for a second, I was mighty discombobulated, I said to myself "Discombobulation is sweeping the nation!"
Mojo was confused and disoriented when he was told he couldn't race with his haircut, and he even made a random statement about discombobulation

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Written by: MOJO NIXON

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