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They toured extensively and made six albums between and During this period, Nixon was featured in a series of high-octane MTV promotional spots that aired on the-then skyrocketing music video channel. After opening the Monty Rockers record store in El Cajon in , Montana almost co-founded the pioneering San Diego punk-rock band The Penetrators and the garage-rock band the Crawdaddys. He then became the drummer, periodic lead singer and charismatic master-of-ceremonies for the Beat Farmers, one of the first cow-punk bands of note in the early s.

With varying degrees of success, he would then pour the beer into his mouth. In , he was treated here for a recurring thyroid condition. He was instrumental in creating a thriving San Diego music scene whose impact was felt far beyond the city. And, like Nixon, he delighted in telling tall tales, especially to interviewers in Europe, who would usually publish his most outlandish claims verbatim.

Separating truth from fiction was never easy when it came to Montana — or Nixon, who, in an early San Diego Union interview, announced his presidential campaign. Country Dick did not let you down! Country Dick was all in, at 4 a. Nixon grew more contemplative when asked where he and Montana drew the line between their onstage and offstage personas. Country Dick is is who he wanted to be.

Over time, both merged into one. There was a demand for him to be Country Dick. I saw the same thing with author Hunter S. Thompson and Irish musician Shane MacGowan; the demand for the public persona eats up the private guy.

Montana and Nixon were both-larger-than-life figures, irrepressible rock wild men who did almost everything with an impish wink and a grin or a smirk. Both shared a daredevil sense of adventure that could sometimes lead to painful, self-inflicted wounds. Undaunted by the gushing of blood that resulted, he kept singing, then received 25 stitches at a hospital.

He ended up striking his head so hard with the instrument that he knocked himself out. After coming to, Montana insisted on playing an encore with the band as blood spurted from his temple. The ball snapped back so hard and fast, hitting Nixon directly in the head, that it knocked him out. Tweets by outlawcruise. More Lineup.

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