The Diggers are a Scottish post-Britpop powerpop band, with a 1997 debut album

Album

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, Mount Everest.

History

Members Miezitis and Moffatt had attended school together and began playing as an acoustic

Acoustic music

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 duo

Duet (music)

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 in the early 1990s. In 1991 they moved to Glasgow

Glasgow

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

Martin Carr

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 of The Boo Radleys

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, who got them signed to Creation Records

Creation Records

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. They opened for Super Furry Animals

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 on tour in 1997, and released their debut album for Creation, Mount Everest.

The band got their name from the folk tale featured in Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg

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's "The World Turned Upside Down", on his 1987 album, Back to Basics.

Members

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

Discography

• Mount Everest (Creation Records
  Creation Records
  Creation Records was a British independent record label headed by Alan McGee. Along with Dick Green and Joe Foster, McGee founded Creation in 1983. The label lasted until its demise in 1999. The name came from the 1960s band The Creation , whom McGee greatly admired. McGee, Green and Foster were...
  
  , 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)