These shows were at the Black Cat in Washington, DC, Diesel in Pittsburgh, and at Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio. On 21 August 2009, with one day's notice and no rehearsal, Wiggs played three shows with The Breeders after bassist Mando Lopez had to fly home because his girlfriend had gone into labour. In November 2005, Wiggs played two shows with The Breeders in London, at an event commemorating the 25th anniversary of record label 4AD. Kim Deal released a solo album, the Amps, Pacer in 1995, and she resurrected the Breeders' name in the late 1990s, but neither Wiggs nor Macpherson were members of this line-up. After playing the 1994 Lollapolooza Tour, The Breeders went on indefinite hiatus following the well-publicized drug problems of guitarist Kelley Deal. Their last record was a vinyl-only EP, Head to Toe whose title track was written by Wiggs. The Breeders supported Nirvana on their In Utero tour, and Last Splash achieved platinum sales. The video for "Cannonball", much-played on MTV, was directed by Kim Gordon and Spike Jonze. This line-up recorded the album Last Splash in 1993, which featured the hit song "Cannonball" with its iconic opening bass riff. This recording became the title track of The Breeders' second release, the Safari EP.įrom 1992, alongside Deal and Wiggs, The Breeders' second incarnation had Kelley Deal on guitar and Jim Macpherson on drums. In 1992, Deal visited Wiggs in Brighton during time off from the Pixies, and they worked on the song "Safari," recording it in London with Wiggs's friend Spacemen 3/Spiritualized drummer Jon Mattock. The album was released in 1990 on record label 4AD. Deal, Wiggs and Slint drummer Britt Walford rehearsed for a week at Wiggs's house in Bedfordshire, and for further week with Donelly in London, before driving to Edinburgh to record the album with engineer Steve Albini. In 1989, Deal asked Wiggs to join her and Throwing Muses Tanya Donelly in making the first Breeders' album Pod. In 1988, Wiggs met Kim Deal when Perfect Disaster supported the Pixies in London. Wiggs played cello on the Spacemen 3 album Playing With Fire. She joined The Perfect Disaster in 1988 as bass guitarist, playing on the albums Asylum Road, (1988) Up (1989) and Heaven Scent (1990) before leaving to form The Breeders with Kim Deal and Tanya Donelly. Wiggs studied Philosophy at the University of London, earning a BA degree, going on to get a MA in Continental Philosophy from the University of Sussex. Wiggs is the daughter of Richard Wiggs, a teacher of handicapped children and founder of the Anti-Concorde Project.