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Bad Haggis is a Celtic band with roots in Scottish music.^{[citation needed]} The American group is led by piper Eric Rigler, who has played on dozens of movie soundtracks. A tune by Bad Haggis was used in the first season of Crossing Jordan, and pipes and whistles played by Eric Rigler are still heard regularly on the show.

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Eric Rigler has played bagpipes on several movies and is commonly regarded as "the world's most recorded piper".^{[citation needed]} He also played the pipes at former President Ronald Reagan's memorial service.

Current members

• Eric Rigler - uilleann pipes, great highland bagpipes, Scottish smallpipe, tin whistle
• Mike Hoffmann - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Mick Linden - electric bass, vocals
• Ryan Krieger - drums
• Alberto Lopez - percussion

Past members

• Rogerio Jardim - drums, vocals
• Bryon Holley - drums, vocals

Guest members

• Rubén Blades - vocals, percussion
• Los Angeles Scots Pipe Band

Discography

• Bad Haggis (1998)
• Ark (2000)
• Trip (2001)
• Wine Dark Sea (2005)

Movie Soundtracks with either Bad Haggis or Eric Rigler

• Titanic
• Braveheart
• Austin Powers
• Troy
• Master and Commander
• Cinderella Man

External links

• badhaggis.com The band's regularly updated homepage.
• yahoo.com More information about the movie history of Eric Rigler and Bad Haggis
• mikehoffmaNN.com Guitarist Mike Hoffmann.
• hoffmannamps.com Hoffmann Amplification - Musical instrument amp builder for Bad Haggis

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