15 Facts About Josephine Wiggs

Josephine Wiggs has formed multiple side-projects, including her own bands Honey Tongue, The Josephine Wiggs Experience, and Dusty Trails.

Josephine Wiggs studied philosophy at the University of London, earning a BA degree, going on to get an MA in continental philosophy from the University of Sussex.

Josephine Wiggs joined The Perfect Disaster in 1988 as bass guitarist, playing on the albums Asylum Road, Up and Heaven Scent before going on to form The Breeders with Kim Deal and Tanya Donelly in 1990.

Josephine Wiggs played cello on the Spacemen 3 album Playing With Fire.

In 1988, Josephine Wiggs met Kim Deal when Perfect Disaster supported the Pixies in London.

In 1989, Deal asked Josephine Wiggs to join her and Tanya Donelly in making The Breeders' first album Pod.

In November 2005, Josephine Wiggs played two shows with The Breeders in London, at an event commemorating the 25th anniversary of record label 4AD.

On 21 August 2009, with one day's notice and no rehearsal, Josephine Wiggs played three shows with The Breeders after then-bassist Mando Lopez had to fly home because his girlfriend had gone into labor.

In 2013, Josephine Wiggs had officially re-joined The Breeders for the bands' "Last Splash" 20th Anniversary World Tour, to coincide with 4AD's release of LSXX, a limited-edition seven-disc vinyl box set, and three-CD package of the band's 1993 hit album Last Splash.

In 1992, Josephine Wiggs had collaborated with Jon Mattock and released an album, Nude Nudes, under the name Honey Tongue.

In 1995, Josephine Wiggs recorded and co-produced the album Klassics with a K for the Kostars, featuring Luscious Jackson's Jill Cunniff and Vivian Trimble, and toured with them playing drums.

Josephine Wiggs sang vocals, played guitar and electric and acoustic bass, and recorded and mixed the album.

In 1997, Josephine Wiggs started a writing and recording collaboration with Luscious Jackson keyboardist Vivian Trimble under the name Dusty Trails.

In 2009, Josephine Wiggs recorded the soundtrack for chameckilerner's Conversation With Boxing Gloves, one of eleven short films that make up Vita Futurista Redux, a re-imagining of the lost 1916 film Vita Futurista, commissioned by Performa 09 and which premiered at SFMOMA.

Josephine Wiggs released the music video for the album's first single "Time Does Not Bring Relief" on 20 March 2019.