Digby (band)
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Digby is an American power pop
band originally formed in January 2000 in Louisville, Kentucky
. They had been known as 100 Acre Wood before that. The band is fairly popular within the city and surrounding area. During 2000, Digby released its first album, Laughing At The Trees. In 2004, they released their most notable album to date, Falling Up, on June 1, 2004 under the Toucan Cove/Label X label. The album was produced by Todd Smith, who has done work with Days of the New
and Smash Mouth
. The album debuted #1 on the ear X-tacy
sales chart, #92 on the CIMS sales chart, #20 on R&R's specialty chart, and #7 on FMQB's Submodern Report.
Power pop
Power pop is a popular musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop and rock music. It typically incorporates a combination of musical devices such as strong melodies, crisp vocal harmonies, economical arrangements, and prominent guitar riffs. Instrumental solos are...
band originally formed in January 2000 in Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
. They had been known as 100 Acre Wood before that. The band is fairly popular within the city and surrounding area. During 2000, Digby released its first album, Laughing At The Trees. In 2004, they released their most notable album to date, Falling Up, on June 1, 2004 under the Toucan Cove/Label X label. The album was produced by Todd Smith, who has done work with Days of the New
Days of the New
Days of the New is an American alternative rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, formed in 1995. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Travis Meeks and a variety of supporting musicians...
and Smash Mouth
Smash Mouth
Smash Mouth is an American rock band from San Jose, California. The band was formed in 1994, and was originally composed of Steve Harwell, Greg Camp, Paul De Lisle and Kevin Coleman as lead vocals, guitar, bass and drums respectively...
. The album debuted #1 on the ear X-tacy
Ear X-tacy
ear X-tacy was a Louisville, Kentucky "alternative record store", owned and operated by John Timmons. The store announced it's closing on October 31st, 2011, after 26 years in business.-History:...
sales chart, #92 on the CIMS sales chart, #20 on R&R's specialty chart, and #7 on FMQB's Submodern Report.
Albums
- Laughing At The Trees (2000)
- Go Digby (2003)
- Falling Up (2004)
- Falling Over: The Remix EPFalling Over: The Remix EPFalling Over: The Remix EP is the fourth release by Louisville, KY band, Digby. It was released on January 25, 2005. It contains four tracks from their previous disc, Falling Up, remixed by Nate Robinson, and two tracks from the 2003 regional-only release, Go Digby.It is also known as the "100%...
(2005) - What's Not Plastic? (2007)
Trivia
- The name had previously been used by the short lived 'indie' rock band based in Knaresborough, England, circa 1997. This band remained largely intact to form the marginally better known five piece "The Usual Suspects".
- There is also an Australian band of the same name
External links
- Digby official website
- Digby MySpace page
- http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/digby/artist.jhtmlDigby's VH1VH1VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
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