The Devastators are a four piece outfit based out of San Diego, California. Their sound is a soulful mix of roots reggae, dub, and hint of 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 veteran musicians combined 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 fame).

      The Devastators were nominated in the 2004, 2006, 2008, and currently in the 2009 San Diego Music Awards in the category of Best World Music. They are entering their sixth year of residency at Longboards in Pacific Beach, performing three sets every Sunday evening to a consistently 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 current discography includes two studio albums on the Peaks and Valleys Productions label:  Their debut album "Frontline" released November of 2005 and their sophomore album "Better Days" released February 2008.  As of October 2008 the band has been back in the studio recording their upcoming third album.