The Diggers are a Scottish

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band, with a 1997 debut album, ''Mount Everest''.

History

Members Miezitis and Moffatt had attended school together and began playing as an acoustic duo in the early 1990s. In 1991 they moved to

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, and added members Eslick and Ross. After a 1993 car crash, the group was noticed by

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, who got them signed to

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. They opened for

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on tour in 1997, and released their debut album for Creation, ''Mount Everest''. The band got their name from the novel Ringolevio by Emmett Grogan. Moffat went on to run Leith Record Company in Edinburgh.

Members

*Chris Miezitis (vocals, guitar) *Alan Moffat (vocals, bass) *John Eslick (guitar) *Hank Ross (drums)

Discography

*''Mount Everest'' (

, 1997) *''Nobody's Fool'' (Three-track CD). Includes "Nobody's Fool", "Life's All Ways" and "Here and There" (Creation Records, 1996) *''Peace of Mind'' (Three-track CD). Includes "Peace of Mind", "Tangled Web" and "Get It Together" (Creation Records, 1996) *''O.K. Alright'' (Three-track CD). Includes "O.K. Alright", "On the Line" and "Holiday Inn" (Creation Records, 1997)

References

* Stephen Thomas Erlewine The Diggers

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