He wrote their hit single "Lonesome Loser" and co-wrote "Happy Anniversary",[3] and played lead guitar on the albums Diamantina Cocktail, Sleeper Catcher, First Under the Wire, Backstage Pass, Live in America and Time Exposure.

Briggs also produced the rock band Australian Crawl and co-wrote their single "Hoochie Gucci Fiorucci Mama" with vocalist James Reyne.

He produced Russell Morris' Almost Frantic album and started Rough Diamond Records with Ross Gardiner, a Melbourne-based music writer, which was distributed through Astor Records and then PolyGram.

Subsequently, the single "We Have Survived" was released, which was launched by Bob Hawke, the Prime Minister of Australia at the time.

[5] Since 2002 he has been a lecturer at Victoria University, Melbourne, teaching Applied Acoustic Design and Advanced Digital Audio.