7/13/08 -- Just checkin' In
Wow, over a year without an update. Sorry, but there's simply been no news
to pass on. It's sad to think that the band reunited over 4 years ago
(March 2004), yet all that's come out of it in all that time are a couple
LA shows and one new track (see previous update). Bummer. Hopefully more
new songs and live shows are in the future, but who knows.
Apparently
another new Dig song ("Overhead") was used in the 2006 film Love Is The
Drug, though I haven't been able to find more info on this yet.
Scott Hackwith has been working on doing the score for the Discovery
Channel show Bone Detectives. A couple years ago he produced the
Only Son album Drop to the Top, and also contributed some bass and
backing vocals to it.
Johnny Cornwell is still playing in the 70s punk cover band
No Thanks.
Anyways, some site updates to mention. The web address for this here
Dig fansite has changed. Please note that we're now located at
defgav.com/dig
Please update your bookmarks/favorites! To help celebrate the new home, a
full live show from 1994 has been added to the audio
section.. so go download that if you like. Enjoy that and thanks for
visiting the site.
6/14/07 -- new track!, "No One's There"
Check out the band's myspace
for the first new dig song in years, "No One's There". The song will be on
a compilation cd by
Poison Tree Records due in late August called Road To Nowhere.
The band will soon be back to work on a new EP, which will hopefully be
out around August. The band will likely play some shows around that time,
too.
the current line up for DIG is:
Scott Hackwith- vox, GTR
Jon Morris- GTR, backing vox
Jonny Cornwell- GTR
Pete Reichert- Bass (a.k.a. Petey X, previously from Rocket from the
Crypt)
Dave Stedronsky- Drums
11/9/06 -- album update and some cool links
Sorry so long since an update, but I haven't had anything new to
say. But today Johnny the guitarist was nice enough to fill me in on the
progress:
"We (dig) were trying to set up a show before the end of the year but
scheduling didn't work out. So, we're taking the rest of the year to work
on the record. Hopefully we'll be in full force by the end of Feb. Scott's
been spending alot of time on getting his label up and running so that
when we do put out the record it will be all in place."
Good to know. I know all us fans are very excited to hear it and wish
the band the best of luck.
As mentioned, Scott started a new label called Cassette Recordings
which will release the next Dig album. Other bands on the label are Only
Son, Modern Cinema, Beandip, and L.A.D. ..so look in their "top friends"
and check them out while you're at it. http://www.myspace.com/cassetterecordings
see also,
http://www.cassetterecordings.com/
Dig guitarist Johnny Cornwell has a new band called No Thanks that plays
70s punk rock covers. Their first show will be at "On The Rox" (above
the Roxy) in L.A. on Nov 16th, 2006. http://www.myspace.com/nothankstheband
These are the only Dig videos I've found on YouTube, but if you come across
more, please let me know.
4/18/06 -- another dig show
Short notice, but I just got word that dig is playing the Viper Room in
Los Angeles on Thursday, April 20, 2006 at 10pm.
2/26/06-- live show recap
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make it to the recent show, but dig fan
Jason Evans kindly posted this brief recap on
the dig yahoogroup: they played ten songs. they did most of the ones you'd think they would
do. it was kind of a laid back environment. a couple of songs were kind of
sloppy, but that's to be expected with the layoff they had.
on s/t they did unlucky, believe, tight brain,. on runt they did we don't
care, mothership. they also did king of my world and live in sound. plus a
couple more i don't remember. i'm glad i went and made it part of my
roadtrip.
Angie adds:
Just wanted to add to the review. The setlist for the show was:
We Don't Care
I'll Stay High
Unlucky Friend
King of My World
Fearless
Tight Brain
I'm Around (listed on the setlist, but not played)
Conversation
Live in Sound
Believe
Mothership
2/1/06-- a show!! dig live -- Thursday, February 16,
2006 @ the Viper Room in Hollywood, CA.
For the first time in 7 years (wow, has it really been that long?) dig
will rock the stage. Johnny Cornwell says, "We’ll be playing a lot of
songs from the first record and first 2 eps. The line-up is Scott, Jon and
I taking care of the guitars (Scott on vocals of course), Matt Tecu from
the 2nd record on drums and our new bassist Jamie Carter. Hope to see you
there."
Ticket price is $12. Opening band is Surfact. Dig goes on at about 11pm. Must be 21+ w/ ID. There is
a "discount list" for fans to get in for a few bucks cheaper, so if you
plan to go, email me your name and I'll pass it on. Or you can buy tickets in advance at
viperroom.com
If I hear any news about additional shows, I'll of course pass on the
info, but I think this is the only show planned for the time being.
1/8/06-- I recently checked in with Scott and here's what he had to say:
the dig record is still in the works.
i have started a label called Cassette Recordings and i am about to
release our first record by an artist that is calling himself the Only
Son. his real name is jack dishel. he used to be in the Moldy Peaches. the
record came out great.
i signed another band called Bean Dip. almost finished with that one. you
can check them out on
http://www.myspace.com/beandip
the dig record will also be coming out on Cassette.
we just did
http://www.myspace.com/cassetterecordings .. check it out. the web
site is in the works.
8/17/05-- It's been a while, but finally there's word from the dig camp
about the next record. Sweet! Johnny Cornwell told me the following: Just wanted to drop you
a line and let you know that we’re in the studio. I
know, we really are. We have drum tracks for 16 songs thanks to
Matt Tecu who was the second drummer in “dig”.
It’s great to play with him, I never did before. For bass, which we’re in
the middle of tracking right now, we have enlisted Jamie Carter
(Capricorn) Jon and I’s
bassist from our band “The Barons”. He’s doing a great job and fits right
in with everyone. It’s been a really great vibe so far. As soon as we have
pictures we’ll send them right out.
4/15/05-- Sorry, no news on the new dig album. But I was digging around my
closet the other day and stumbled upon some the tablature for the song
"Believe" from the May 1994 issue of Guitar magazine. I scanned 'em up and
here they are:
guitar page 1
guitar page 2
guitar page 3
guitar page 4
bass page 1
bass page 2
bass page 3
and here's the accompanying
article
Other little site updates: I added a short review of Defenders
from Bikini magazine to bottom of the
"various
blurbs, etc" page. Also added pic of "I'll Stay High" 1 track promo
(that I just found out about thanks to an eBay auction) to the
discography.
11/23/04-- Scott Hackwith, Jon Morris, and Johnny Cornwell are still
working on the next dig record. It's been slow going, but they hope to
pick up the pace after the new year. This info comes from the awesome Mr.
Cornwell, who jokes that the album should be called "snail". Hopefully
they'll be able to get me some pix and a track or two to share on the site
soon.
3/26/04-- Dig is back! That's right, recording has recently begun
on a new Dig album. This is their first activity since splitting up back
in 1999. I don't have much details, but I know the project involves the 3
original guitarists.. Scott Hackwith, Jon Morris, and Johnny Cornwell.
This should be a great CD! Hopefully they'll play live, too. I'll be sure
to pass along more info when I hear it. Stay tuned.
Also, notice the new
look of the site? I figured since Dig was returning, I owed it to them to
spruce up the site a little. :)
2/22/04-- No updates to speak of,
really. But I thought I'd address a somewhat frequently asked question:
Where to buy dig stuff. Well, many of dig's releases are out of print.
However, they can be found used very cheaply. So even if you're one of
those fans who only owns the first album, you might as well shell out a
couple bucks for Defenders, Life Like, and/or Runt!
Here's a handy little search tool I made for finding/buying Dig cds
online...
Also, there are several UK cd retailers with dig
singles for sale:
here,
here,
here,
here.
Other large retailer listings with rare stuff can be found
here and
here
Please note that the dig site does not endorse any of these stores and
can't vouch for their trustworthiness. The exception would be
Amazon, who we're in cahoots with and get a couple cents credit if you buy a
CD from them through one of the links above.
Another warning: since "dig" is a very common name, it makes it hard to search
for stuff from the band. Be careful not to be fooled thinking you've found a
super-rare dig cd that you've never heard of, and then find out it's not really
the band dig, but some other band also going by the name dig. For example,
there's a cd called "dig live 1999 @ Milton Theatre & The Basement".. when I
first saw that, I got very excited thinking it was a live recording from the
band.. but it turns out it's really just some Australian acid jazz album.
Luckily, I didn't go ahead and buy it. (Nothing against acid jazz, but that
would've been a huge disappointment to pay over $20 for a cd and it turns out to
be something totally different than what you were expecting.)
Oh wait, here's one dig-related update for you:
WiLD GiFT, the band featuring former dig guitarist Joel Graves, has
unfortunately broken up. Check out their
official site to download
their last recordings.. great stuff, and i'm not just saying that. Also, I'm not
sure, but judging from their respective long-dormant websites, I assume other
dig-related bands Teen Machine and
The Puppies have also given it up. And
The Barons, the promising new band mentioned a year ago a couple updates down,
apparently never went anywhere.. as I can't find a website for them or any info
online. It sucks that bands featuring former dig members haven't had very good
luck lately!
BTW, while searching for dig stuff selling online, I found
a couple pictures that I've added to the discography.
8/6/03-- Got a great update from Scott recently. He says he's been real
busy with his music house,
Slogan. They do music for film and TV. They've done spots for companies
such as Budweiser, Bombay gin, Nike, McDonalds, and the NY Knicks (the theme
song that they played before every home game last year and next season). Check
out the website at
sloganmusic.com ..there
are some sample videos you can watch.. dig fans will recognize "Busstopping" in
one of them. Slogan also produces records sometimes, like recent releases by
Beachwood Sparks and The Pattern. Currently, a group called Kinky is recording
there.
Also, Scott's got a couple bands going. One, mentioned here in previous
updates, is called Glassy and features a young lady named Zosia on
vocals.
Another band is Scott (on vocals) plus Brent Rademaker and Charlie George. At
the moment they're calling the band olo. Scott describes it as "mellow
stony music." They got a bunch of stuff recorded so far, and plan to record more
and play some live shows.
Scott was cool enough to share some olo and unreleased dig with me. I hooked
up the folks on the mailing list.
