The Devastators are a four piece outfit based out of San Diego, California. Their sound is a soulful mix of Roots Reggae, Dub, and Funk, combining heavy drum and bass grooves and the old school sounds of Hammond organ, clavinet, and piano. The current line-up consists of some of San Diego's most prominent reggae musicians including Ivan Garzon (lead vocals, bass), John Allen (drums, harmony vocals), Alex Somerville (keyboards), and Brian Teel (guitar, keyboards, harmony vocals). These four musicians alone share well over 10,000 hours of stage experience.
A graduate of Cal Arts with a BA of Fine Arts, singer/songwriter Ivan Garzon (Spaceman Spiff/ Citizen X/ The PHD's) is both an accomplished bassist and vocalist, and possesses the rare ability to combine the two seamlessly in live performance. Garzon's talents blend well with one of the hardest working rhythm sections in Southern California, best known locally for a decade performing and recording with Elijah Emanuel and the Revelations and more recently Quinazo (solo project of singer/songwriter Quino McWhinney of Big Mountain)
The Devastators were nominated in the 2004 and 2006 San Diego Music Awards in the category of Best of World Music. They are entering their fifth year of residency at Longboards in Pacific Beach, performing three sets every Sunday evening to a packed house. In addition to Longboards they have held residencies at many SD hotspots including On Broadway, Thin Room, Winstons, and Wave House. Collectively they have performed at virtually every prominent music venue on the West Coast.
The Devastators second album "Better Days" is now available. Like "Frontline" the album features all original music, additional dub versions, and a host of guest musicians. Check out http://www.thedevastators.com for more info.
Our debut album "Frontline" is also available. 13 Tracks of original material, played by humans (NO DRUM MACHINES!). For additional info, reviews, samples of the entire album, and to order online visit:
Good morning and thank you very much! I wish you every happiness in the world for you, your family and all your friends! Hoping for this year and all those to come much love, peace, unity, respect and solidarity for centuries and centuries! JAH that guides us on the right path of life and it protects us all from evil, and all these injustices! One love!! Djah Olive from : DATAMAYA (france) and reggae sessions radio (spain)(BCN)
Awesome show last night at the belly up guys. I had a great time!! I'll look forward to seeing you guys Sunday night at longboard's, since i'm not going to make your show on the 4th. Have a happy 4th of July!!! Peace & Love.
hey guys. I'm rockin Better Days over and over. I can't stop it. 'Oppressor Man' on Sunday would be tight. Thanks so much for what you do for live music!
