Write to: #310 1040 15th Ave. Calgary,
Alberta T2R 0S6 Canada |
The Crew (in no particular order):
| James Maclean | Booking Canada (email) | Martin Svensson | Booking Europe (email) |
| Tom Bagley | Logo and album cover art | Brendan Tincher | P/T Drummer | Mike Eggermont | Bass 1990 - 2002 (email) |
| Dave Alcock | Drummer 1997-2003 |
| Ike Eidsness | Drummer PUSA tour 1996 |
| Scott Ingram | P/T Road manager |
| "Cute" Kevin Challacombe | P/T Road Manager, P/T Guitar (email) |
| Brent Cooper | Producer "CHIXDIGGIT!" |
| Ryan Greene | Producer "Born on the first of July" | Russ Broom | Producer "Pink Razors" |
Mark Gallup |
Photographer, From Scene to Shining Scene website |
| BRIEF BIOGRAPHY:
The idea for Canadian alternative rock band Chixdiggit developed in 1990 when high school friends Mike, Mark and KJ began selling T-shirts for their fictional band of the same name. When the T-shirt sales escalated, it was decided to put the band on a proper footing. Mike took up bass guitar, KJ moved from drums to vocals and Mark learned guitar. With KJ's defectionfrom the drum position a new percussionist was sought, auditions leading to the recruitment of Jason Hirsch, who was really a bass player, butrelented under pressure. With the line-up established, Chixdiggit began to cultivate a reputation in their native Calgary, Canada, for playing support to practically any touring band, often at short notice. They spent 1995 in its entirety on the road. Signed to US label Sup Pop Records at this juncture, the group recorded its self-titled debut album for release in June 1996. Encyclopedia of Popular Music Copyright Muze UK Ltd. 1989 - 1998 |
| Bibliografia
Come tanti prima di loro, i canadesi
Chixdiggit hanno imparato a suonare rock and roll ascoltando Guess
Who e BTO. Come tanti prima di loro, si sono trasferiti nella West
Coast degli USA. Ma come nessuno prima di loro riescono a interpretare
il punkpop piu` sferragliante. A rivelarli era stato il singolo
Best Hung Carrot In The Fridge (Lance Rock), che rimane uno dei
classici del genere. Infiammato dalle chitarre di Jansen e Mark
O'Flaherty, il sound di Chixdiggit (SubPop, 1996) recupera l'esuberanza
dei Sex Pistols e degli Heartbreakers senza un'ombra delle loro
depressioni nervose. I ritornelli a perdifiato di Great Legs, Stacked
Like That, 323 faranno felici i fans di Green Day e Offspring. Un
"lento" come Songs For R (o come Hemp Hemp Hooray) fa
capire come potrebbe evolvere il genere tutto. Piero Scaruffi |