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.
Other members include Dickie Little on lead guitar, Jon Poutney on bass, and Brad Conyers who plays the drums and provides background vocals.
Their song "Big Salty Tears" was covered and popularized by Bradley Nowell on the Sublime acoustic album.
The Ziggens contributed a cover of the song "Paddle Out" to the Sublime tribute album Look at All the Love We Found, released in June 2005.
More recently, Bud Gaugh formed the band Jelly of the Month Club, a children's music side project, with Susanka.