Mike Riggs

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Mike Riggs, a.k.a. Riggs, is a heavy-metal guitarist born April 23, 1971 in Arkansas. Highlights in career include his guitar work for Rob Zombie's first two solo albums (Hellbilly Deluxe and The Sinister Urge) and currently his skills as a guitarist, vocalist, and producer for Scum of the Earth.

[edit] Career History

His career as a musician started at the age of 19 in 1990 when he started the band Demiltry in Austin, Texas for whom he played the rhythm guitar and sang lead vocals. The band released only one record, a 4-track demo titled Artist of Misery for which Mike composed the title song on the album. The band split up soon after the release. He went on after this to play for another Austin band called Skrew which included future Nine Inch Nails guitarist Danny Lohner. He toured with Skrew supporting their first album, Burning in Water, Drowning in Flames, then went on to contribute to the recording of their sophomore release, Dusted. After playing with Skrew for several years, Riggs joined Prong after the release of their studio album Rude Awakening and toured with them for some time. When Riggs was attending a WWF event, he met Rob Zombie (ex-White Zombie) who said he was working on a new album, and had yet to find a guitarist. He played guitar for Zombie on several of his albums before he left the band to begin his own project. He founded the band Scum of the Earth for which he played guitar and sang lead vocals on their first album Blah...Blah...Blah...Love Songs for the New Millennium released October 26, 2004 produced by famed producer and philanthropist Ben Burkhardt at Belt of Orion Recording in Los Angeles, CA.

He is best known for his see-through guitars filled with bovine blood that he pours on himself, drinks or spits into the crowd while playing.