Diggs Dynamite

DIGGS DYNAMITEDiggs Dynamite got his first drum kit at the age of 4. Living on a 100ft. schooner sailing the Caribbean, and briefly in Costa Rica and Brazil, he became immersed in the poly-rhythmic sounds of samba, reggae, and local island music. When Diggs was 10 he moved to rural Virginia, bouncing back and forth between parents. He developed a deeply transient perspective on life, continuing to beat out his rhythmic rebellion on the drums—his one constant companion.Exposed to Led Zeppelin and Santana by his father, a drummer on the southern rock touring circuit, Diggs practically lived in rehearsal spaces and on the road. One night he was found curled up and sleeping with his head on a pillow inside a kick drum—a premonition of what was to come. Diggs discovered punk rock and got his first guitar at 13, manifesting his teen angst and rage into song. Heavily influenced by Minor Threat, The Minutemen and drumming gurus Steve Perkins (Jane’s Addiction) and Jimmy Chamberlain (Smashing Pumpkins), Diggs started crafting his own brand of gut wrenching beat driven rock and roll.“[Diggs’] sound is raw and inspiring”—David Ishay, Publisher, YRB magazineRunning away at 17, Diggs began to party heavily and spent the next several years moving from coast to coast achieving success drumming for well known LA bands and signed recording artists. His troubled past and almost constant state of inebriation caught up with him, interrupting his music career and landing him in prison for five years in an Ohio State Penitentiary.While in prison, Diggs lost touch with the music that was being made on the outside and starting writing the music that he wanted to hear. Deconstructing the prison system and smuggling in recording equipment, he paid fellow inmates in cartons of cigarettes to stand guard while he hastily recorded tracks in one take. Taking the time that prison afforded him, Diggs began the long road towards rehabilitation using every opportunity to write, rehearse and record his immense catalogue of songs, emerging five years later with over 150 demo quality tracks, a website with merchandise, and an autobiography provisionally titled “I sold my soul to the devil for a couch.”. . . certainly a guy to watch.”—Tom Dinardo, Star MagazineCurrently amassing a veteran team of managers, entertainment lawyers, publicists and agents, Diggs is beginning his assault on the music business with the same bare knuckles approach he has to song writing. His story is the subject of a pilot reality TV series, and he is entering the studio this fall to begin recording a full length album with his band.