Josephine Wiggs
| Josephine Wiggs | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Miranda Cordelia Susan Josephine Wiggs |
| Born | 26 February 1963 |
| Origin | Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK |
| Genres | Alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Bass guitar, guitar, drums, cello, piano, vocals |
| Labels | 4AD, Fire, Grand Royal, Atlantic |
| Associated acts | The Perfect Disaster, The Breeders, Honey Tongue, The Josephine Wiggs Experience, Dusty Trails |
Miranda Cordelia Susan Josephine Wiggs (born 26 February 1963 in Letchworth, Hertfordshire) is an English indie/alternative rock musician, noted for her work with the bands The Perfect Disaster, The Breeders, and Dusty Trails.
Wiggs is the daughter of Richard Wiggs, a teacher of handicapped children and founder of the Anti-Concorde Project. 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. She studied cello for ten years. 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 played cello on the Spacemen 3 album Playing With Fire.
In 1988, Wiggs met Kim Deal when Perfect Disaster supported the Pixies in London. In 1989, Deal asked Wiggs to join her and Throwing Muses Tanya Donelly in making the first Breeders' album Pod. 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. The album was released in 1990 on record label 4AD. 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 . This recording became the title track of The Breeders' second release, the Safari EP.
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