The Nixons

The Nixons
The Nixons
	The Nixons
Background information
Origin	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Genres	Post-grunge, alternative rock
Years active	1990–2000, 2017–present
Labels	Dragon Street; Rainmaker; MCA; KOCH;
Associated acts	Seether, Edgewater, 4 Points West, Anchor the Girl, Huver, Zac Maloy Band
Members	Zac Maloy; Jesse Davis; Ricky Brooks; John Humphrey
Past members	Tye Robison; Ricky Wolking

The Nixons (formed in 1990) are an American alternative rock band, finding commercial success in the mid-1990s.

Band history

The Nixons were founded in Oklahoma City by singer and guitarist Zac Maloy, guitarist Jesse Davis, bassist Ricky Brooks, and drummer Tye Robison. The group released their debut EP Six in 1992 (after a self-titled album, released in 1990) on Dragon Street Records and replaced Robison with John Humphrey, before releasing Halo in 1994 on Dallas-based Rainmaker Records. This album features several songs also included on Foma, their official debut LP, released in 1995 on MCA Records. Foma included the radio hits "Sister", " Happy Song", "Wire", and "Passion". The group capitalized on their success with big tours (about 300 shows a year), including dates with KISS, Sevendust, Slash's Snakepit, Brother Cane, Soul Asylum, Radiohead, and Toadies. Foma eventually peaked at No. 77 on the Billboard 200.

The group replaced Ricky Brooks with Ricky Wolking and released the self-titled album The Nixons in 1997 on MCA/Universal, which featured three singles: "The Fall", "Miss USA" and "Baton Rouge". The album eventually peaked at No. 188 on the Billboard 200. Their consistent gigging ensured a strong cult audience for 1998's Scrapbook EP (featuring b-sides, live and acoustic performances, including covers of Elton John's "Rocket Man" and Cheap Trick's "Heaven Tonight"), which saw the band return to Rainmaker.

Their third full-length album Latest Thing, was released by Koch in early 2000. It featured songs co-written by Marti Frederiksen and Jack Blades of Night Ranger fame. Davis and Humphrey left the band after the album release. The band continued touring, replacing them with Scott Bush and Ray Luzier (of Korn and Army of Anyone fame), respectively. However, when the tour supporting the album concluded, the Nixons quietly disbanded.

Post break-up

Davis, Brooks, and Humphrey reformed in early 2001 as Huver, with a new lead singer, Garin Murdock. The band gigged heavily and reportedly signed a recording contract with Epic Records, but broke up in the summer of 2002 after independently releasing one EP. John Humphrey has gone on to play drums in the band Seether. Zac Maloy released two albums and an EP as a solo artist, and has since become a songwriter (Warner/Chappell) and producer, and relocated to Nashville working with such acts as Carrie Underwood, Skillet, Our Lady Peace, Halestorm, Hanson, Chris Daughtry, David Cook and Bowling for Soup. Jesse Davis formed roots-rock band 4 Points West in 2002, which released EP, "Lonesome Demise..." and full-length album, "Insomnia Suite". Davis now plays in Anchor The Girl and released music produced by Grammy nominated Wes Sharon. Ricky Wolking went on to play bass for the rock band Edgewater and has recorded a solo album as Honky Mofo. Original drummer Robison is a co-owner of January Sound Studio in Dallas, and has worked as a producer/engineer with Drowning Pool, Cas Haley, and Dennis DeYoung.

Reunion

In 2017, they announced a couple of reunion shows with the band's classic Foma line-up (Maloy, Davis, Brooks and Humphrey) which played in their native Oklahoma and also as a part of the KDGE "The Edge" Edgefest 25th Anniversary line-up in Frisco, Texas. The Nixons started an official Facebook page for the band.

A new song called "Song of the Year" was released on iTunes, Google Play and Spotify in early June. The Nixons released the brand new Song of the Year EP, along the re-release of their debut album Halo on vinyl for the first time, newly remastered by original producer Kerry Crafton. Both albums were supported by touring in late 2017.

On June 21st, 2018 a Facebook post appeared indicating new shows were going to be announced soon.

Discography

Independent albums

Year	Title	Label
1990	The Nixons (Green Album)	Independent, on cassette only
2017	Halo (Remastered)	Independent, on vinyl only

Studio albums

Year	Title	Label	Chart positions
Year	Title	Label
Billboard 200
1994	Halo	Rainmaker Records	-
1995	Foma	MCA Records	77
1997	The Nixons	MCA Records	188
2000	Latest Thing	KOCH Records	-

Extended plays

Year	Title	Label	Chart positions
1992	Six	Dragon Street Records	-
1998	Scrapbook	Rainmaker Records	-
2017	Song of the Year	-	-

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions			Album
Year	Title	US Hot 100	US Mainstream Rock	US Modern Rock	Album
1996	"Sister"	48	6	11	Foma
1996	"Wire"	-	27	-	Foma
1997	"Baton Rouge"	-	9	-	The Nixons
1997	"The Fall"	-	22	-	The Nixons
2000	"First Trip"	-	32	-	Latest Thing
2017	"Song of the Year"	-	-	-	Song of the Year EP

Music videos

Year	Title	Album
1995	Head	Foma
	Wire
	Sister
1996	Happy Song
1997	Baton Rouge	The Nixons
2000	Blackout	Latest Thing
2017	Song of the Year	Song of the Year EP

Band members

Current members

Zac Maloy – vocals, guitar (1990–2000, 2017–Present)
Jesse Davis – guitar, backing vocals (1990–2000, 2017–Present)
Ricky Brooks – bass guitar, backing vocals (1990–1997, 2017–Present)
John Humphrey – drums (1992–2000, 2017–Present)

Former members

Tye Robison – drums, backing vocals, programming (1990–1992)
Ricky Wolking – bass guitar, backing vocals (1997–2000)
Ray Luzier – drums (2000)
Scott "Scooby" Bush – guitar, backing vocals (2000)

External links

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