Brad Conyers of The Ziggens

Interview with Brad Conyers (aka Brad Ziggen ) of The Ziggens. Brad is a drummer, singer, and songwriter who has an incredibly diverse musical career from playing with the Ziggens to working with Glen Campbell. Brad shares stories that span from the basement beginnings, encounters with KISS, playing with sublime, all the way up to the Ziggens last release Well Qualified to Represent the L.B. SEA vol 1, and 2. Order a copy of Well Qualified to Represent the L.B. Sea vol 1 on vinyl here : A bit on The Ziggens : The Ziggens are an American band based out of Huntington Beach, California, United States, whose self-described style of "cowpunksurfabilly" combines elements of cowpunk, surf, rockabilly, punk, ska, and country. The Ziggens were led by Bert Susanka who sang and played rhythm guitar. Other members include Dickie Little on lead guitar, Jon Poutney on bass, and Brad Conyers who plays the drums and provides background vocals.[3] The Ziggens have been playing since the early 1990s and have developed a strong following in Southern California. The Ziggens were contemporaries with Sublime and were originally signed to their label Skunk Records. Their song "Big Salty Tears" was covered and popularized by Bradley Nowell on the Sublime acoustic album. The Ziggens, and more specifically Susanka, were also mentioned in the Sublime song "Greatest Hits". Also, their song "Outside" is sampled in the Sublime song "Smoke Two Joints" for the line "Smoked cigarettes 'til the day she died!".

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Brad Conyers of The Ziggens is an episode from Zig at the gig podcasts by Zig at the gig.

This episode is 117:06 long.

This episode was published on Jan 21, 2026.

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