Former GF rock band wins contestGrand Forks Herald
Published Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Former Grand Forks-area band Starving For Gravity has won an online competition to open an August ?Rock Against Diabetes 2008? show in Las Vegas.
The band features Caleb Fritzel, formerly of Hazen, N.D., on drums; and three former Alvarado, Minn., musicians ? Brad Kovar on lead guitar, Brett Lindenberg on bass and vocals and Lucas Holter on lead vocals.
The band?s effort to compete in the contest was inspired in part by Holter?s younger brother, Brandon, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes about 14 years ago.
Starving For Gravity was chosen in a concert poll by fans and additionally was approved by a separate panel of judges. The band was one of 45 that had entered the competition; Starving For Gravity was among 10 finalists.
Starving For Gravity will play a Las Vegas pre-concert bash Aug. 22, followed by opening the main ?Rock Against Diabetes? show Aug. 23 featuring Guns and Roses? Bumblefoot and his All-Star Band, Magnetico and Karneval. All proceeds from the event will go to diabetes research.
On the Net:
www.rockagainstdiabetes.orgwww.myspace.com/starving-forgravity.
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