Roots & Dub For Your Meditation

Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad is relentless reggae sound. Roots reggae and experimental dub. North American International Body Music.

From New York City to Washington DC; throughout New England, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey, and Delaware; through the Midwest, Colorado, Omaha, Chicago and everywhere else - Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad is bringing heavy vibration to well pleased rooms. In music halls, schools, bar rooms, and basements... indoors & outdoors, night & day, GPGDS is performing original music for all to find ground in.

Giant Panda’s explosive live show and impeccable musicianship are a force to be reckoned with. Consistently rewarding weekly events hosted by GPGDS have helped the band earn a strong following. Giant Panda continues to put on concerts in their hometown of Rochester, NY featuring modern American powerhouses, Dub Trio, Toubab Krewe, and others. Giant Panda is honored to have shared bills with reggae greats The Wailers, The Meditations, and King Yellowman. GPGDS have been joined on stage by members of John Brown’s Body, Umphrey's McGee, String Cheese Incident, as well as Lou Lou from Thievery Corporation with whom the band also has a side project called Sharp Sword.

The band’s first record Slow Down, was recorded at Ithaca, NY's legendary Pyramid Sound Studio. Featuring Nate Richardson (formerly of John Brown's Body, Sim Redmond Band) on keyboards, "The album's 12 cuts work on a nearly physiological level to calm you down and cheer you up" says Tim Karan of Rochester Insider.

Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad is James Searl, Matthew O'Brian, Christopher O'Brian, Rachel Orke, Dylan Savage, Buddy Honeycutt, and Aaron Lipp. Travelling with the group in early 2007 are Josh Williams (video artist), and Michael Matties (live sound/recording engineer).

GPGDS is receiving regular airplay on XM Radio’s reggae station “The Joint” as well as several college and indie stations all over the country.

Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad is a fully growing independent unit of friends, family, & truth seekers - committed to connecting great people with great music. Roots & dub for your meditation.


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Check out the full Giant Panda shows uploaded to Archive.org for your listening/downloading/sharing pleasure. (Live At The Aggie Theatre makes for one killer double disc album)

Radio Airplay:
XM Radio - The Joint
WICB 91.7 FM - Ithaca, NY
WVUD 91.3 FM - Newark, Delaware
WBER 90.5 FM - Rochester, NY