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Biography
About|the band|other uses|Nixon (disambiguation) The Nixons (formed in 1990) were an United States|American post-grunge rock band, finding some commercial success in the mid-1990s.
Band history
The Nixons were founded in Oklahoma City by singer/guitarist Zac Maloy , guitarist Jesse Davis, bassist Ricky Brooks, and drummer Tye Robison . The group released their debut Extended play|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 (album)|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, Slash's Snakepit, Brother Cane, Soul Asylum , Radiohead , and Toadies . Foma eventually peaked at #77 on the Billboard 200.
The group replaced Ricky Brooks with Ricky Wolking and released the self-titled album, "THe Nixons" in 1997 with MCA/Universal, which featured three singles: "The Fall", "Miss U.S.A." and "Baton Rouge". The album eventually peaked at #188 on the Billboard 200. Their consistent gigging ensured a strong cult audience for 1999's Scrapbook EP (featuring b-sides, live and acoustic performances, including covers of Elton John 's Rocket Man (song)|"Rocket Man" and Cheap Trick 's "Heaven Tonight"), which saw the band return to Rainmaker.
Their fourth album Latest Thing , was released by E1 Music|Koch in early 2000. It featured songs co-written by Marti Frederiksen and Jack Blades of Night Ranger fame. The subsequent promotional tour used Ray Luzier on drums and Scott "Scoob" Bush on guitar.
After a brief tour in support of Latest Thing , the Nixons went on hiatus.
Later projects
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 (musician)|John Humphrey has gone on to play drums in the band Seether . Ricky Wolking now plays bass for the Dallas-based rock band Edgewater (band)|Edgewater and has recorded a solo album as Honky Mofo . Jesse Davis played in a roots-rock/psychedelic jam band called 4 Points West which released one EP and one full-length album. He currently plays guitar in the Oklahoma City based rock band In Union. In Union released their self titled E.P. in 2011. Davis also has a recording studio in Oklahoma City. Zac Maloy released two albums and an EP as a solo artist, and has since become a songwriter and producer,and relocated to Nashville working with such acts as Carrie Underwood , Our LadyPeace , Supercell , The Daylights , Hanson (band)|Hanson , Chris Daughtry , David Cook (singer)|David Cook and Bowling for Soup . Maloy also recently opened his own recording studio, Rosewater Studios, in Tulsa . 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 .
Discography
1990 - The Nixons (cassette)|The Nixons (self-released, on cassette only)
