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<div>{{Short description|Scottish post-Britpop powerpop band}}<br />
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'''The Diggers''' are a Scottish [[Britpop|post-Britpop]] [[powerpop]] band, with a 1997 debut album, ''Mount Everest''.<br />
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==History==<br />
Members Miezitis and Moffatt had attended school together and began playing as an [[acoustic music|acoustic]] [[duet (music)|duo]] in the early 1990s. In 1991 they moved to [[Glasgow]], and added members Eslick and Ross. After a 1993 car crash, the group was noticed by [[Martin Carr]] of [[The Boo Radleys]], who got them signed to [[Creation Records]]. They opened for [[Super Furry Animals]] on tour in 1996, and released their debut album for Creation, ''Mount Everest''.<br />
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The band got their name from the novel Ringolevio by Emmett Grogan.<br />
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==Members==<br />
*Chris Miezitis (vocals, guitar)<br />
*Alan Moffat (vocals, bass)<br />
*John Eslick (guitar)<br />
*Hank Ross (drums)<br />
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==Discography==<br />
*''Mount Everest'' ([[Creation Records]], 1997)<br />
*''Nobody's Fool'' (Three-track CD). Includes "Nobody's Fool", "Life's All Ways" and "Here and There" (Creation Records, 1996)<br />
*''Peace of Mind'' (Three-track CD). Includes "Peace of Mind", "Tangled Web" and "Get It Together" (Creation Records, 1996)<br />
*''O.K. Alright'' (Three-track CD). Includes "O.K. Alright", "On the Line" and "Holiday Inn" (Creation Records, 1997)<br />
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==References==<br />
*[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p203325|pure_url=yes}} The Diggers], [[AllMusic]]<br />
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