Christopher Higgins, best known by his

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Higgins X-13 (born September 23, 1972), is an

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. He performed as backup

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player in the punk rock band

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from 1994 to 2005. He provided

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for Offspring's studio albums between ''

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'' and '' Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace''. During his 11 years with the band, he performed live with the Offspring on tour and made an appearance in the music video for "

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". When the Offspring was not on the road, Higgins ran the lead singer's studio and produced the demo recording of upcoming Offspring albums. Higgins also played guitar and did some vocals in the bands Gentleman Jack, All the Madmen (Working Class Zeroes) and Good Kitty. As of 2005, he was no longer with The Offspring on the tour but he did backup vocals on ''Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace''. According to his former bandmate

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, Higgins left The Offspring to spend more time with his family and church. he was involved in

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and visual communications at St. John's Lutheran Church of Orange, California.

Later career

Wank

In 2017 Higgins joined the reformed band Wank, a 90s Orange County ska-punk band whose best known song was "Forgiven". In 1998 Wank was signed to

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, re-releasing their debut album ''Get a Grip on Yourself''. Higgins appears on Wank's 2018 release "White Knuckle Ride" and the 2022 single "The States". Wank briefly worked with Die Laughing Records in 2019 and played various shows from 2015 through 2020, pausing due to the

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pandemic.

Sleeping Dogs

As of 2021 Wank created a spin-off project called Sleeping Dogs that includes the members of Wank with the addition of Keyboardist George Hughes - with both groups led by bassist and vocalist Bobby Amodeo. Sleeping Dogs' sound isn't significantly different from Wank, which makes sense considering the two bands share four members. Their debut song and video "No Mercy" was released in November 2021.

Discography

With The Offspring

Studio albums

*1998 — ''

'' *2000 — '' Conspiracy of One'' *2003 — ''

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'' *2008 — '' Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace''

With AFI

Studio albums

*2000 — '' The Art of Drowning'' (backing vocals)

With T.S.O.L.

Studio albums

*2003 — '' Divided We Stand'' (backing vocals)

References

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