Randy DeVol is a New York-born, Hawaiʻi-raised musician whose life has always revolved around music, art, and family.
The son of a choreographer, Randy grew up surrounded by theatre and the performing arts. He picked up the guitar in his early teens and knew immediately that music would become both his passion and his lifeline.
At 16, he moved to Los Angeles and quickly found himself in the entertainment industry, landing a Coca-Cola commercial and a featured role in a CBS television movie filmed in Japan. But acting took a back seat to music, and during the alternative rock era of the ’90s, Randy formed his own band, Nebulous.
He later moved behind the scenes, working in sound and production for MTV, VH1, BET, PYTKA, and others. His friendship with legendary Los Angeles graffiti artists also led him to document their underground world, culminating in The Graff Life, winner of Best Urban Documentary at the 2007 New York Independent Film & Video Festival.
Eventually, Randy left Hollywood and returned to Hawaiʻi with his wife, Michelle, to raise their family. Music became personal again while life centered around his children, coaching sports, and eventually surfing alongside his son.
Then came the pandemic—and an unexpected return to music.
Randy reconnected with longtime friend, mentor, and acclaimed musician Gary Grant, with whom he had worked since the 1980s. Their reunion revived recordings and ideas from years earlier and, with a momentum of its own, STARSEEDS was born.
Gary brought together an extraordinary group of his “A-list” musician colleagues, and over the next four years Randy traveled back and forth to Los Angeles as the album took shape. STARSEEDS was finally completed in 2024.
The album’s first release, “Me and My Lonely,” celebrates individuality and the freedom of following your own path:
“Lonely isn’t alone, and alone isn’t lonely.”
Set against the Hawaiʻi Randy knows—not simply sunsets and palm trees, but barefoot skateboarders, soul surfers, and “townies” living close to the ocean—the song captures a time when life felt simpler, freer, and anything was possible.
In June 2024, Gary passed away before he could see the album STARSEEDS released.
The album is dedicated to Gary—friend, mentor, collaborator, and one of the greatest STARSEEDS who ever lived.
STARSEEDS releases September 11,
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