In 2018, along with Green Day members Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, guitarist Jason White, and tour manager Bill Schneider, he formed the Coverups, for which he plays drums.
[1][2] Nu-Tone quickly became an indie band favorite, drawing the local rock scene and labels like Lookout!, Adeline, and Alternative Tentacles.
In 2003, The Effection, with Dugan as the band's drummer, released the album Soundtrack to a Moment via Adeline Records.
He has also worked with producers Rob Cavallo, Butch Vig, Bob Ezrin, and Jeff Saltzman.
In 2009, he won the Grammy for Best Rock Album of the Year for engineering Green Day’s “21st Century Breakdown.” In 2010, he won the Grammy for Best Musical Show Album for engineering Green Day’s "American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording”.