Artist description While Fighting Gravity is deeply indebted to the influences of reggae, ska and the 2-Tone movement, those musical elements are only a piece of Fighting Gravity's complex puzzle. With a breadth of stylistic approach that includes rock, pop, soul and funk, the fresh, edgy feel of Fighting Gravity looks to the future and the past simultaneously. Which is exactly the strength that has allowed Fighting Gravity to build a career in an era of prefab musicians.

Music Style Rock-Pop-Ska-Reggae-World Beat

Artist History For most bands, 12 years of touring and six albums with over a quarter million combined units sold is more a fantasy than it is ever a fact. But for Fighting Gravity, one of the country's most potent and enduring rock-ska combos, the only way to celebrate entering the 13th year of a great career is to release the double-disc live album that fans and band members alike have dreamed about since this six-piece Richmond, VA act began.

Group Members Michael Boyd - Drums : Schiavone McGee - Vocals : David Peterson - Bass : David Triano - Guitar : John Utley - Trombone, Congas, Flute, and Trumpet : Kevin Tyser - Saxophone

Instruments Vocals, Drums, Bass, Guitar, Trombone, Flute, Trumpet, Congas, Saxophone, Piano, Organ

Albums Hello Cleveland - 2000 : Flood Zone - 2000 : You and Everybody Else - 1998 : Forever = 1day - 1996 : No Stopping, No Standing - 1994 : Shishskabob - 1993 : BOBSled - 1992 : Boy-O-Boy - 1991

Press Reviews Billboard: "If the songwriting approach of the Dave Matthews Band were to absorb the upbeat rhythms of Ska and reggae, the result could sound like Fighting Gravity." ----- Rolling Stone Magazine: "McGee - whose velvety, soulful vocals at times recall former English Beat singer Dave Wakeling . . . the group's songs are infectious and upbeat." ----- Rolling Stone Reviews, Los Angeles Times Syndicate: (* * * 1/2) "forever = 1 day - the group's latest independent release - captures their charms vividly and shows the seven-man outfit to be expanding their range in a variety of interesting directions."

Additional Info Ska Cover to Cover Compilation, Ska Gone South Compilation, Aware 4 compilation, Jack Frost sound track

Location Richmond, VA - USA

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