“Love and Light to All.” That’s the first thing Ziggy The Mess:Age says when we sit down to talk—and it feels less like a greeting and more like a declaration. From the first sentence, you sense that Ziggy isn’t here to play by industry rules but to shift consciousness.
Raised on the gritty streets of Homerton, Hackney, Ziggy grew up around music the way most kids grow up around playgrounds. His parents ran bars with stages that attracted actors, pop stars, and rock legends. Young Ziggy was watching from the sidelines, making friends, soaking in the energy, and unknowingly laying the foundation for what would become a lifelong calling.
But here’s the twist—ask Ziggy about influences, and he won’t name-drop. Instead, he’ll tell you he draws directly from life and from what he calls his “inner Spiritual source.” For him, songwriting isn’t mimicry, but mission. In his words: “It is my duty to Almighty God to awaken and enlighten the masses.” That mission has shaped The Mess:Age across four albums (two already out, two on the horizon), and it’s what makes his music feel like more than songs—it’s testimony.
Sound with Spirit
Describing Ziggy’s sound isn’t easy because it refuses to sit still. Sometimes it’s indie-pop polish, sometimes it’s a rock-driven anthem, sometimes it leans into a flower-power spiritual vibe. What ties it together is that unmistakable edge—a rebel spirit fused with a universalist message. Ziggy himself calls it “Indie commercial Pop/Rock with a slightly Flower-Power Christian Spiritual edge.”
Take his single “Free At Last.” Born out of a turbulent love-hate relationship, it’s a bittersweet pop-rock track that radiates healing. Ziggy frames it as personal release and a universal reminder: “It is better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.” Beneath the easy-on-the-ear melody, there’s a hard-won wisdom and a call to fearlessness.
When asked about the recording process, Ziggy doesn’t rattle off tales of studio headaches or technical glitches. For him, creation is never a grind. “No song is a challenge, it is a gift and comes naturally,” he says. That word—gift—lingers. The way he frames it, each track isn’t just music, but a message entrusted to him, waiting to be released into the world. The studio, then, isn’t a battlefield, but a sanctuary, a place where the spiritual meets the sonic.
A Mission Wrapped in Melody
Ziggy’s latest release carries the urgency of someone who believes their songs have work to do once they leave the speakers. He doesn’t want you to simply hear it, to be moved, shifted, awakened. As he explains, “If you are not willing to sacrifice, to gain something greater than yourself at a later stage—if you can’t become fearless within your quest and life’s journey—then you’ve already lost the battle in deciphering truth from lies, fact from fiction.”
This is music as mirror and megaphone. Ziggy weaves spirituality, rebellion, and love into a kind of sermon set to indie-pop-rock tones. It’s not background listening, but foreground transformation.
Weeping for the Blind Spots
Ziggy confesses that within this song, he is weeping. Weeping for the blindness and ignorance of mankind’s last two thousand years, for the cycles of self-destruction we’ve refused to break. But even in that lament, there’s hope—because the song itself becomes the bridge. It asks us to listen closer, to open our eyes, to stop sleepwalking through history.
Why It Matters
Plenty of artists talk about awakening, but Ziggy backs it with every chord, every lyric. His songs aren’t polished distractions designed for playlists, but signposts, pointing toward higher realms and deeper truths. Whether you agree with his worldview or not, you can’t deny the conviction. And conviction, in today’s flood of disposable singles, feels like a rare and defiant spark.
Songs That Choose Their Own Path
Ask Ziggy how a song begins, and you’ll get the same answer you’d expect from someone who refuses to follow a formula: “They have to come naturally and not be forced.” Sometimes it’s a phrase that becomes a title. Sometimes it’s a melody that insists on being written down. Each track, he says, “develops its sound uniquely, in its own way.”
That openness to the moment keeps The Mess:Age unpredictable. You never quite know if the next release will lean into anthemic guitars or flow with psychedelic calm. But you can count on it carrying Ziggy’s sense of duty to open eyes, to awaken, to challenge.
Mentors and Memories
Though fiercely independent today, Ziggy has stood beside giants. He recalls his friendship with legendary producer Colin Thurston—known for his work with Bowie, Duran Duran, and Iggy Pop—not with industry bravado but with reverence. Colin once produced Ziggy’s track “PAIN” and even offered him his own gold and platinum discs as keepsakes when facing his final days. Ziggy couldn’t accept them. His reason? “Because you, Colin, are everything in music that I want to be. I never earned them—you did.”
It’s a moment that sums up Ziggy’s philosophy: respect the craft, respect the mission, respect the love that fuels it all.
Beyond Awards, Toward Awakening
Where many artists list achievements, Ziggy shifts the spotlight. For him, awards and recognition aren’t the goal. His reward, he says, is watching “someone’s face light up when they hear The Mess:Age.” If even one life is changed, that ripple is worth more than trophies.
As he puts it: “Spread the Word…Spread The Mess:Age…Always Spread the Love.”
OTHER WORKS OF THE MESS:AGE
“MR W.H.O” by The Mess:Age
“FAMOUS FRIENDS” by The Mess:Age
“HOW LONG” (how wrong) by The Mess:Age
Ziggy The Mess:Age is a musician, and a rebel with a cause, a channel for stories bigger than himself, and a reminder that music, at its best, can still feel like a spiritual force.
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