Career With The Breeders
In 1988, Wiggs met Kim Deal when Perfect Disaster supported the Pixies in at Brixton Academy and The Town and Country Club, in London. Deal, Tanya Donelly, and Wiggs, along with Slint drummer Britt Walford, got together in December 1989 to make the album Pod, recorded in 10 days by Steve Albini.
The Breeders next release was the Safari EP in 1992. The title track was recorded in London with drummer Jon Mattock, a friend of Wiggs' since the days when the Perfect Disaster and Spacemen 3 had played shows together.
The Breeders recorded the album Last Splash in 1993, which featured the hit song "Cannonball" with its iconic opening bass riff. The video for "Cannonball", much-played on MTV, was directed by Kim Gordon and Spike Jonze. The Breeders supported Nirvana on their In Utero tour, and Last Splash achieved platinum sales.
The band went on hiatus after playing the 1994 Lollapolooza Tour, following the well-publicized drug problems of guitarist Kelley Deal. Kim Deal resurrected the Breeders name in the late 1990s, following the release of a solo record, the Amps, Pacer, but Wiggs was not a member of this lineup.
In November 2005, Wiggs played two shows with The Breeders in London, at an event commemorating the 25th anniversary of 4AD Records.
On August 21, 2009, with one day's notice and no rehearsal, Wiggs played the last three shows of the Breeders tour, after bassist Mando Lopez had to fly back to East LA because his girlfriend had gone into in labor. These shows were at the Black Cat in Washington, DC, Diesel in Pittsburgh, and at Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio.
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