Update: Revitalized Thrashers DEVASTATION Still A Band, For Now
November 26, 2008, 15 years ago
Mind Inversion has issued the following update:
Despite what recent reports and the band’s website would lead you to believe, revitalized Texas thrashers DEVASTATION are still touring together. In fact, they made a stop here in Maplewood at the Rock with SOULFLY on Saturday, November 22nd, and they blasted out classics from their albums Violent Termination, Signs Of Life, and Idolatry.
Apparently Richie Dunsmore and Alex Dominguez stranded the rest of the band without a van or trailer, but Henry Elizondo, Walter Trachsler, and and Fidel Tagle are continuing on as a trio until the tour is finished - Elizondo and Walter are trading off on vocals for the rest of the tour (with occasional help from INCITE and inebriated members of BLEED THE SKY).
Says Mind Inversion's Ryan Buege: "We’ll see if the three-piece lineup continues on for long, but I personally hope they do. Despite the fact that no one expected them to even play that night (and they were missing two key members), they immediately made the large venue feel small and alive with their lovable egos and mindbending shred of mid-80s thrash. The unsuspecting audience was headbanging and circle pitting from the word “GO”! I’ll cross my fingers to hopefully seeing them again in some incarnation."
