Bad Haggis

Bad Haggis is a Celtic band with roots in Scottish music. The American group is led by piper Eric Rigler, who has played on dozens of movie soundtracks. A tune by Bad Haggis was used in the first season of Crossing Jordan, and pipes and whistles played by Eric Rigler are still heard regularly on the show.

Eric Rigler has played bagpipes on several movies and is commonly regarded as "the world's most recorded piper". He also played the pipes at former President Ronald Reagan's memorial service.

Current members

• Eric Rigler - uilleann pipes, great highland bagpipes, Scottish smallpipe, tin whistle
• Mike Hoffmann - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Mick Linden - electric bass, vocals
• Ryan Krieger - drums
• Alberto Lopez - percussion

Past members

• Rogerio Jardim - drums, vocals
• Bryon Holley - drums, vocals
• Kathleen Keane - fiddle, whistles, vocals

Guest Members

• Rubén Blades - vocals, percussion
• Los Angeles Scots Pipe Band
• On certain occasions (notably, the 2005 Seaside Games in Ventura), a few members of Bad Haggis have been known to join The Wicked Tinkers on stage.

Discography

• Bad Haggis (1998)
• Ark (2000)
• Trip (2001)
• Wine Dark Sea (2005)

Movie Soundtracks with either Bad Haggis or Eric Rigler

• Titanic
• Braveheart
• Austin Powers
• Troy
• Master and Commander
• Cinderella Man

External links

• badhaggis.com The band's regularly updated homepage.
• yahoo.com More information about the movie history of Eric Rigler and Bad Haggis
• mikehoffmaNN.com Guitarist Mike Hoffmann.
• hoffmannamps.com Hoffmann Amplification - Musical instrument amp builder for Bad Haggis