MOJO NIXON - Destroy All Lawyers

What this video is

Released in 1990 at the apex of Mojo Nixon's cult prominence, 'Destroy All Lawyers' appeared on Otis, his debut solo album following the dissolution of his partnership with Skid Roper. The song exemplifies Nixon's populist, anti-establishment satirical voice — targeting the legal profession as a symbol of systemic power and corruption — and landed squarely within the PMRC-era censorship debates of the late 1980s…

Why it matters

A defining artifact of the cowpunk/psychobilly satirical tradition, 'Destroy All Lawyers' represents Nixon's populist anti-institutional voice at its most distilled. As a music video, it documents the raw, low-budget aesthetic that defined fringe MTV alternative content circa 1990, serving as a…