SCUM OF THE EARTH

THE BECOMING

- A recipe for disaster.

- 4 part(s) of the dark liquid in the green bottle (750ml bottle preferred)

- 1 part(s) tonic water

- 5 little green pills

directions - crush up the little green pills, then set aside. Spoon float equal amounts of tonic water & dark liquid on the rocks, then garnish with green powder.

For a man who has played guitar on records that have sold in enumerations exceeding five million copies, Riggs has in no way lost his hunger for creating art that is both visually and sonically impacting.

Riggs had just come off tour with Rob Zombie and knowing that Rob planned to focus his efforts on directing movies, he decided to focus on his first born- Scum of the Earth. Being Rob Zombie's guitarist was good for Riggs because it allowed him to take the signature guitar playing and songwriting he had spent years developing- to a different forum and forge the foundation for Scum of the Earth.

Riggs is known for issuing highly menacing mechanical riffs with plenty of brash attitude and a definite bone-chilling authority. These days, the guitarist fronts his own band of roguish gypsies, Scum Of The Earth. In 2003 he went to work fashioning the band musically, lyrically, and spiritually- with psychopathy and sociopathy- not to mention some rather severe loathing and self-loathing... and the recipe was complete.

In 2004 the band signed to Eclipse and entered Belt of Orion Recording Studios in Los Angeles, CA to record the album. While recording, long-time friends John Dolmayan (S.O.A.D.) and Johnny Tempesta (Rob Zombie & White Zombie) sat in as guest musicians on several songs to add the finishing touches and give the band a definite sense of where they have been and where they are going.

Now, the glass is full, the little green pills are "fizzing", and you're about to drink... Prepare to experience Scum of the Earth's debut national release "Blah... Blah... Blah... love songs for the new millennium", and don't be surprised if a few things get broken along the way.