Fighting Gravity - Fighting Gravity is a music group based out of Richmond, Virginia. Fighting Gravity has incorporated a variety of music into their style, including reggae, rock, and pop. Fighting Gravity was formed while its original members were attending Virginia Tech.
Originally, the Fighting Gravity consisted of vocalist Schiavone McGee, guitarist David "Tree" Triano, bassist David Peterson, keyboardist Eric Lawson, trombonist Chris Leitch, saxophonist Karl von Klein, and drummer Mike Boyd. As of 2007, the band has three core members: Schiavone McGee, David Peterson and Mike Boyd.
In the late 1990s, Fighting Gravity was the subject of a five page article in Rolling Stone magazine by senior editor David Wild as part of the summer college issue.
Fighting Gravity has sold more than 300,000 albums and performed before more than 1,000,000 people in the United States and abroad, including locales such as Tokyo and Honduras, and has performed two USO tours overseas for United States troops. Fighting Gravity is supported by 25,000 email subscribers and 1,500 street team members.