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The three instrumentalists (Crombie, Campbell and Dowling) started jamming together in 2008/9 after Dowling got a very cheap drum kit, or something like that. These three kept jamming together covering White Stripes, Pixies, Raconteurs, Muse and the like. Although far from serious or any good, they went through about 20 name changes in this time. One day they had a spontaneous jam with Mannix one day at Gerard’s place, and it was then that all realised that was the way to do it. The name came from sitting on the beach one day brainstorming names, then digging a hole and realising all the puns that could come from Digs. Each member of the band has fairly similar influences to the others, however each person brings their own ideas to the group. Gerard is influenced by modern pop/alt/rock bands like Architecture in Helsinki, XX, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the idea that bass is an instrument in it’s own right that shouldn’t simply follow the guitar line or the chord structure. Mannix is