The band was started after Kyle "KJ" Jansen, Mark O'Flaherty and Mike Egger… Read Full Bio ↴The band was started after Kyle "KJ" Jansen, Mark O'Flaherty and Mike Eggermont started selling Chixdiggit! T-shirts at their high-school, although at this stage the band did not officially exist. Eventually the shirts started selling well, which provided the band with enough money to purchase a drum kit. However none of the band members had any musical experience nor did any of the members own instruments (except Mark who owned a classical guitar). Mike took up playing Bass and because "KJ couldn't sit still long enough to be drummer" he took up playing guitar as well as becoming the lead vocalist for the band. The band in its early stages went through many drummers, however, Jason Hirsh is currently the drummer for the band.

Officially the band started in 1991 and started playing shows in 1992. However, they only played a small number of shows at this stage and decided to concentrate their efforts on practicing. In 1993 the band started playing regularly in venues around Calgary.

In 1996 Chixdiggit! were signed to Sub Pop records. They released their first self-titled album on the record label, however they only lasted a short time on the label. The band left the label as they felt as though they didn't fit in with the record label's ideals. As stated by Mike from the band: "the people that actually had to sell our records and deal with us on a day to day basis were not quite so fond of us".

At this stage Chixdiggit was touring worldwide. They were quickly picked up by Honest Don's Records, a Fat Wreck Chords subsidiary from San Francisco.

After the release of 2000's From Scene to Shining Scene, the band took a hiatus, from which they returned in 2003 and in 2005 the band started writing and recording its fourth full length album, Pink Razors. The album was released April 19, 2005 on Fat Wreck Chords in North American and Bad Taste Records in Europe.

Founding member Mike Eggermont left the band in 2002 and started Blatant Media, a software company. In 2003, drummer Dave Alcock (owner of Sundae Sound recording studio) left the band, and was replaced by the band's original drummer, Jason Hirsch.

On October 31st, 2007, the band released a re-recording of their debut album, Chixdiggit!, on Bad Taste Records. The re-recorded album was titled Chixdiggit! II.

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Chixdiggit! Lyrics

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get turned on by your nylons in the hamper parents out of town, i guess they're sleeping in the camper tonite i bet they're getting sweaty 'cause when i met you you were a (vision in the paper?) try to be, but you're not like her at all you're just not like your mom try to look (like your mom) try to act (like your mom) try to smell (like your mom) couldn't, girl oh where's your mom? i had a dream that she flew me to vegas tied me to the bed and played bridge with her friends and they were naked the next day she took me out shopping bought me kids clothes just to dress me up oh god! she said i was bad boy try to look (like your mom) try to act (like your mom) try to smell (like your mom) couldn't, girl oh where's your mom?

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Chixdiggit!'s song "Where's Your Mom" convey a sexual fantasy about a girl in the absence of her parents. The lyrics firstly mention the singer's excitement about the girl's nylons in the hamper while her parents are out camping. The singer seems thrilled at the idea of sneaking around while the girl's parents are absent. The next lines make reference to the singer having met the girl before, and he describes her as a "vision in the paper". However, the singer acknowledges that although the girl is attractive, she is not like her mom, who seems to be the object of the singer's sexual fantasy. The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "try to look (like your mom), try to act (like your mom), try to smell (like your mom)... couldn't, girl oh where's your mom?"

The latter part of the song takes an even more absurd turn as the singer describes a dream he had about the girl's mother. He imagines that the mother takes him to Las Vegas and ties him to a bed while she plays bridge with her friends who are all naked. The next day, the mother takes the singer shopping to buy him kids' clothes to dress him up. The lyrics "she said I was a bad boy" seem to suggest a play on the idea of being disciplined for his fantasy while also reinforcing the sexual undertones of the lyrics. The chorus is repeated once more before the song ends.

Overall, the lyrics of "Where's Your Mom" are suggestive and sexual in nature, with the singer imagining a scenario where he can fulfill his desire for the girl's mother. The lyrics convey a sense of forbidden desire, as the singer is attracted to someone who is out of reach.

Line by Line Meaning

get turned on by your nylons in the hamper
I find your discarded stockings arousing

parents out of town, i guess they're sleeping in the camper tonite
Your parents are gone and probably sleeping in their camper tonight

i bet they're getting sweaty
I imagine they are getting sweaty

'cause when i met you you were a (vision in the paper?)
When I first saw you, you were like a picture come to life

try to be, but you're not like her at all
You try to resemble your mother, but you are quite different

you're just not like your mom
You are not like your mother at all

try to look (like your mom)
You attempt to resemble your mother in appearance

try to act (like your mom)
You attempt to behave like your mother

try to smell (like your mom)
You attempt to emit an odor similar to your mother

couldn't, girl
You are unable to resemble your mother in these ways

oh where's your mom?
I wonder where your mother is