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and bassist for

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Career history

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, playing " American Witch" live on the ''

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'' right before picking up the second leg of the ''

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'' tour in mid 2006. To this day, he maintains a successful solo career while playing with Zombie. Piggy co-directed a short 10-minute promo video entitled ''Along Came a Spider: the Movie'' for Alice Cooper's album which was released on the Cooper's official YouTube-page on October 2, 2008. The movie featured three songs from the album: "Vengeance is Mine," "(In Touch with Your) Feminine Side", and "Killed by Love." The video stars

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, Roxxi Dott,

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, and

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. Piggy D. also contributed all the graphic design for the album including the album cover and multiple teaser posters. Piggy D has also contributed album artwork for

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's solo albums. His work features on ''

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'' (2008) and ''

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'' (2007). Piggy D also co-designed the art for the newest Lita Ford album '' Wicked Wonderland''. In 2009, Piggy co-wrote and produced the first ever Alice Cooper Halloween song, " Keepin' Halloween Alive." The single was released digitally on iTunes, and a limited edition CD. A glow in the dark 7" record has also been released. February 2010 saw the release of the first studio album with Zombie that featured Piggy. The song "The Man Who Laughs" was co-written by Piggy. In 2011, Piggy co-wrote with David Spreng, Bob Ezrin and Alice Cooper for the long waited sequel ''

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''. The track " Last Man On Earth" is featured on the album. Piggy and experimental vocalist Shannon Gallant began working together again after a 5-year hiatus, and began work a new recording project called The Haxans. The duo have release two singles "Cold Blood" and "Black Cat Bone." In 2011, Piggy was invited to co-write and co-produce the debut album for The Doom Party. A release date has not been set. In 2013, Piggy contributed to the song writing for the new Rob Zombie album ''

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'' with the song "Lucifer Rising". Piggy uses

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basses. In 2016, Piggy announced that he was collaborating with Ash Costello from New Years Day on a new project called The Haxans. The first single "Chains" was released on June 6, 2016.

Discography

With Wednesday 13

*2005: '' Transylvania 90210: Songs of Death, Dying, and the Dead''

With John 5

*2007: ''

With Rob Zombie

*2007: ''

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'' *2008: '' Punisher: War Zone Soundtrack'' *2010: '' Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool'' *2013: ''

'' *2015: ''Spookshow International Live'' *2016: ''

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'' *2021: ''

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With Alice Cooper

*2009: " Keepin' Halloween Alive" - Single *2011 " Last Man On Earth" album track Co-songwriter for "

Solo

*2007: ''The Evacuation Plan'' *2010: ''Can't Blame You'' - Single *2011: ''God Save The Queen Bee'' - Single *2011: ''Locust Dance'' - Single *2011: ''1975'' - Single *2012: ''Repeat Offender - The Singles and Remix Collection''

The Haxans

*2012: ''Cold Blood'' - Single *2012: ''

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'' - Single *2016: ''Chains'' - Single *2017: ''Three Hits from Hell'' - EP *2017: ''Lights Out'' - Single *2017: ''Party Monsters'' (To Be Released October 13, 2017)

The Doom Party

2013 "The Last Party" - Single (co-writer/co-producer)

References

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