The Ziggens "Rusty Never Sleeps" 1992

this album is punk surf ska and reggae it just makes u want to go get a surf board and go to cali - jon vinalThe Ziggens are certainly unique in their music. A lot of classics from these guys are on this album, like Call it Quits, Gillian, On the Way, Dickie Built a Halfpipe, When I Die, I'm Tryin', Carry Your Cross, Bin Loop Baby II, etc. Overall, I liked 90% of the songs on the album. A couple of them like Buttermilk and Dandruff weren't to my liking, but the overall CD is excellent. All the other songs are top notch with a mix of nearly every time of music along with one surf song (I Hit My Head (On the Corner of the Kitchen Cabinet)). Before I bought any of The Ziggens albums, I had bought their Greatest Zits album years ago and started listening to it again about a year ago. It also came with a bonus surf CD with 14 of their best surf songs. I have to say that I gained a whole new appreciation for this band and its talent. Their regular songs are great and their surf songs are absolutely killer. After ordering Pomona Lisa and the self-titled album, I'll have all the albums I can get. I even found a way to create Wake Up and Smell... by taking songs from other CD's.
Truly an underrated and very unknown band. I'm a huge Sublime fan and Bradley Nowell's favorite band was the Ziggens. They were even co-partners on Skunk Records. The Ziggens may not be very popular because they aren't quite Sublime, but if you take the time to listen to this album and their others, you'll see they are up there and they were trailblazers for a ton of bands in the southern CA area, along with Sublime. - A. Brunelletrax:
01 Ride the Wild Surf 02 Call It Quits 03 Barefoot on Hot Cement 04 On the Way 05 Gilligan 06 Couldn't Get a Date 07 Dandruff 08 When I Die 09 Bin Loop Baby Pt. II 10 Dickie Built a Halfpipe 11 Go Wild at the Beach 12 Buttermilk 13 Ed Gein 14 I'm Tryin' 15 Carry Your Cross 16 Females 17 High School Love 18 I Hit My Head (On the Corner of a Kitchen Cabinet) 19 Outside 20 Mississippi 21 End of the Summer 22 The Lottery Song 23 Sue Got the Flu 24 Gravel Song 25 Memphis 26 All the Fun That We Missed